The 19th Annual Local Government Seminar, sponsored by the firm and by the University of North Texas, was successfully concluded on April 18. Selected papers from the presentations have been uploaded to our website in the Publications section. Make plans to join us next spring for the 20th edition of our popular seminar. For more information, contact Sarah Ellis at sellis@bickerstaff.com.

Kathryn Lumpkin joins the firm to practice real estate and local government law. Katy has been an attorney with the Office of General Counsel, The University of Texas System, serving the system and its fifteen institutions in the acquisition and disposition of real property, as well as leases, easements, and other associated real estate transactions. Katy also worked in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia and with a large Texas law firm, primarily in Dallas. She will be officing in the Austin office.

The Houston Office of the Firm has moved to 950 Echo Lane, Suite 357. The new office includes convenient covered parking, a conference room with a view of the atrium, and improved technology. All phone and fax numbers remain the same. Please drop by and meet our new secretary/office manager, Monica Moreno.

Catherine Than has been named a Texas Super Lawyer - Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine for the second year in a row. Catherine practices commercial litigation, creditors' rights, and banking law with the firm. She is the current President of the Asian Amerian Bar Association of Houston. She practices in the firm's Houston office.