Launch of Winston’s Dallas Office Featured in Various Publications

The launch of Winston & Strawn’s Dallas office garnered significant media coverage with headlines such as D Magazine’s “Chicago Law Firm Raids DFW Firms, Snagging ‘Apex Predators’ for New Dallas Office,” The American Lawyer’s “Winston & Strawn Moves into Dallas, Poaching 21 Lateral Partners,” and Texas Lawbook’s “Chicago-based Winston & Strawn Lures Dozens of Litigators to Start New Dallas Practice.”

On February 6, 2017, Winston announced the expansion of its Texas practice in Dallas with the addition of 23 prominent partners joining from eight different firms. 

Bloomberg Law notes that it is rare for a large law firm to recruit so many partners from such a variety of different law firms at once.

Mr. Goolsby said he was attracted to the challenge of helping Winston & Strawn launch a Dallas office alongside some lawyers he has known for many years. 

Real Estate Partner Billie Ellis, who joined from Locke Lord, stated: “This was a unique opportunity to be involved in something that we think is going to change the paradigm here for national firms coming into Dallas.”

Making a large commitment to Dallas, Winston now has a practice focus ranging from commercial litigation, transactional, finance, tax, and real estate.

The announcement was also covered by Texas Lawyer, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Business Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Law360, Legal Week, The Lawyer, Legal Business, ABA Journal, IFLR, and CDR.