Gardere Wynne Sewell adds nine new associates

Eight of the associates will be at the Dallas office.

DALLAS — Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has announced the addition of nine associates to the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices. With the addition of the new associates, Gardere Wynne Sewell strengthens its Corporate, Environmental, Labor and Employment, and Trial practices.

Ryan Ellis joins the Corporate practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree, with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007 and his B.S., with highest honors, from the University of Texas in 2003.

James A. Frederick joins the Labor and Employment practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2007 and his B.A. from the University of Texas in 2003.

Debbie E. Green joins the Trial practice in the firm’s Dallas office. She earned her law degree from Yale Law School in 2004. Prior to joining Gardere, she worked as a litigation associate in the New York office of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. She earned her B.A., cum laude, from Carleton College in 2001.

Andrew M. Howard joins the Trial practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2007 and his B.S. from the University of Florida in 2003.

P. Caleb Patterson joins the Labor and Employment practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2007 and his B.A. from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2004.

Tracy S. Penn joins the Environmental practice in the firm’s Houston office. She earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2007. She earned her B.B.A. from Mississippi State University in 1992 and a Masters of Counseling from Prairie View A&M University in 1998.

Kimberly M. Phillips joins the Trial practice in the firm’s Dallas office. She earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2007 and her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2004.

Glenn T. Singleton joins the Construction practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2007 and his B.A., with honors, from Washington and Lee University in 2002.

Slates C. Veazey joins the Trial practice in the firm’s Dallas office. He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2007 and his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Mississippi in 2004.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm, was founded in 1909 and is one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms.

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