Haynes Boone welcomed six new attorneys in Dallas, including four in the firm’s family wealth and estate planning group, one in labor and employment and one in employee benefits and executive compensation.
Private wealth partners Bill Mureiko and Sarah Marks and senior counsel Barbara Ferguson and Eric Reis have come aboard from Holland & Knight, while L&E partner Ann Marie Painter and employee benefits partner April Goff join from Perkins Coie.
Mureiko, Marks, Ferguson and Reis bring decades of experience advising high-net-worth individuals and families on estate planning, trust and estate administration, fiduciary litigation oversight, charitable planning and closely held business matters. Their practices are rooted in long-standing relationships with clients throughout Texas and beyond, including multigenerational families, entrepreneurs and privately held companies with deep ties to the state’s business community.
“We have spent years – and, in some cases, decades – building relationships with Texas families who want legal advice grounded in practicality and trust,” Mureiko said. “Haynes Boone offers a platform where we can expand that work with the support of a firm that values long-term relationships with clients in our community.”
Marks added, “The firm’s culture aligns with the way we serve our clients. Haynes Boone understands the importance of personal relationships in private client work, and we are excited to join a team that approaches those matters with the same care we do.”
Painter and Goff each bring over 20 years of a unique blend of experience advising employers on labor and employment issues, along with benefits and privacy matters, including workplace investigations, compliance, complex litigation management and counseling on risk mitigation strategies. They have represented companies across technology, retail, defense, hospitality, healthcare and other major industries with significant operations in Texas and around the world.
“The strength of Haynes Boone’s Texas platform made this an ideal move for me in such a rapidly evolving business and legal climate,” Painter, who litigates employment discrimination and unfair competition matters in federal and state court, conducts sensitive internal investigations and counsels clients on litigation avoidance strategies, workforce change and employment law best practices, said. “I’m excited to join an outstanding labor and employment group with deep roots in Texas and across the United States, along with a growing international presence.”
Goff, who focuses on ERISA and employee benefits counseling, healthcare and workforce privacy, and employment compliance, including policy design and large-scale workforce strategy, added, “The firm’s collaborative environment will allow us to provide exceptional service to employers navigating rapidly evolving workplace and compliance demands. Joining a Chambers Band 1 group with such significant bench strength is an exceptional opportunity, and I am looking forward to contributing to the team at Haynes Boone.”
