The law firm of Thompson & Knight announced the election of nine lawyers to serve on the firm’s Management Committee for 2015. Emily A. Parker was elected to her fourth year as the firm’s managing partner. The other members of the committee are:

• William L. Banowsky – member of the firm’s Trial Practice Group in the Dallas office
• David M. Bennett – Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice leader in the Dallas office
• J. Holt Foster, III – Office leader for the firm in Dallas and member of the Firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group
• Sarah E. McLean – member of the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the Austin and Houston offices
• Gregory S. Meece – member of the firm’s Trial Practice Group in the Houston office
• Bruce S. Sostek – co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Dallas office
• Mark Weibel – co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate Capital Markets Practice Group in the Dallas office
• R. David Wheat – member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group in the Dallas office
• Hunter H. White – co-chair of the firm’s Energy Industry Group in the Houston office and member of the firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group