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Wendi Rogaliner’s practice focuses on complex regulatory and compliance matters in the healthcare industry. She represents a comprehensive range of healthcare industry clients but has a particularly deep focus in hospital and health system operations, having previously served as in-house counsel to one of the largest investor-owned hospital systems in the United States. Wendi has a unique ability to assist her clients in finding practical solutions to their operational challenges and se...

Erin Turley is a partner in the firm’s Benefits, ESOPs and Executive Compensation Group and is a nationally recognized ERISA and ESOP attorney. ERISA Practice Ms. Turley's ERISA practice focuses on ERISA compliance with respect to employee benefits, including qualified plans, nonqualified plans, and executive and deferred compensation and welfare benefit plans; and on regulatory compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and PPACA. Ms. Turley advises employers in th...

Daniel L. Lowry has more than 30 years experience assisting domestic borrowers and lenders in structuring, negotiating, documenting, closing, and administering secured and unsecured credit transactions. His clients principally include domestic financial institutions, national and middle-market companies, sponsors, developers and investors. Mr. Lowry’s extensive experience includes construction loan facilities, oil and gas project financing, real estate development financing, commercial ...

Mr. Newton is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group whose practice maintains a particular emphasis on complex patent infringement litigation and counseling. Many of the matters for which Mr. Newton has been responsible involve multiple parties and multiple jurisdictions, often within multiple countries. For example, he has represented clients in federal courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin and has...

A zealous advocate for those involved in personal injury litigation and complex business disputes, Stephen Higdon is not afraid to stand up for clients. Anytime. Anywhere. That confidence is firmly rooted in his extensive courtroom experience where he has handled a wide range of civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. Stephen started his legal career clerking for the Honorable Michael H. Schneider in the Eastern District of Texas, where he was responsible for hundreds of comp...

Kelly Rittenberry Culhane is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Insurance Law. Kelly Rittenberry practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Kelly Rittenberry Culhane since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kelly Rittenberry Culhane is held by other lawyers.

We are in a battle for the future of our democracy. The frontline is the courtroom. Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? Maybe a little heavy-handed? I write and speak like this because it matters. And I care. At our founding, Thomas Jefferson said this: “I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Access to our courts is the bedrock of our democracy. But the truth is that the civil jus...

M. Matthew Fontane is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Finance Law. M. Matthew practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized M. Matthew Fontane since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which M. Matthew Fontane is held by other lawyers.

Michelle A. Reed is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Securities. Michelle A. practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Michelle A. Reed since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Michelle A. Reed is held by other lawyers.

Randall (Randy) G. Ray is a member of MWM’s executive committee and partner in the firm’s corporate law group with more than 37 years of experience. Randy works on corporate and securities matters for a wide variety of clients, including public and private companies, boards of directors, board committees, executive officers, underwriters, private equity firms, and investors. Randy assists clients with corporate finance through public and private offerings of equity and debt, secur...