Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is an AmLaw 200 firm that is one of the biggest full-service law firms in the Southwest, which has branches in Mexico City, Houston, Austin and Dallas. The firm provides legal services to public and private businesses and individual clients in various sectors, which include the corporate, government affairs, labor and employment, financial services, intellectual property, hospitality, energy, tax and environmental.

Recently, the firm announced its addition of new litigators, who have a combined experience of six decades in complex commercial disputes.

The group in Austin is now composed of Mark Mayfield, Leslie Robnett, Fred Sultan and Mark T. Mitchell, who are formerly from Clark, Thomas & Winters PC. They are now teaming up with Ed Burbach, from Texas Deputy Attorney General, in the advancement of the firm’s dedication to a wide range of litigation expertise throughout Texas.

“The addition of this group of top-tier litigators to Gardere’s Austin office furthers our strategy to service our clients’ litigation needs in Austin and the Western District of Texas,” said Gardere managing partner Steve Good.

The firm is dedicated to growth in one of the fastest developing cities in the United States. Good enthused that having a group of seasoned state and federal court litigators bodes well for Gardere Wynne Sewell’s expansion plans. Good has been quoted as saying, “I am proud that Gardere has attracted this caliber of individuals who will further enhance the star line-up of litigators at the Firm.”

Head of the Governmental Affairs practice group Kim Yelkin, said that the addition of new lawyers with the established team in Austin would enhance the firm’s capability to serve old and new clients. To her, these new additions speak much about what the firm is all about and what it is aiming to achieve.