Class Notes 2025-2026

Class of 1976

Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn joined Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann as a partner in its Dallas office. 

Class of 1984

Steven Smith joined Thompson Coburn LLP as a partner in its Dallas office. 

Class of 1990

Alan Ratliff was appointed to the national board of Girls Inc. 

Class of 1992

Kenda Culpepper was elected as the 2025-2026 chair of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Class of 1995

Albert Lin was named chair of the Tax and Finance Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association for a three-year term.

Class of 1998

Jarod T. Moss re-joined Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP as a partner in its Dallas office. 

Class of 2001

Rachael Jones joined McKool Smith as a principal in its Dallas office. 

Class of 2002

Brandy Treadway joined Academy Sports + Outdoors as its executive vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary.

Class of 2009

Bradford Smith joined Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. as a shareholder in its Dallas office. 

Honorable Taylor Wine was reappointed to the the Kansas Supreme Court, in the 4th Judicial District.

Class of 2011

Phil Kim joined Jackson Walker LLP as a partner in its Dallas office. 

Class of 2014

John J. Kappel joined Goranson Bain Ausley (GBA) as a partner in its Plano office.

Class of 2018

Patricio J. Gutiérrez, Dallas-based managing attorney of Gutierrez Law Group PLLC, has entered into an of counsel relationship with international law firm Ontier, expanding the firm’s reach into Texas.

Class of 2021

Katherin Frisbie joined Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP as a senior associate in its Houston office.

Class of 2022

Matthew Fosheim joined Kane Russell Coleman Logan as an associate in its Dallas office. 

Austin Gilleland joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as an associate in its Dallas office.

Class of 2024

Allayna Ford joined Jackson Spencer Law, a Dallas firm that represents employees in workplace disputes.

Class of 2025

Ashton McCary joined Goranson Bain Ausley as an associate in its Dallas office.

Lauren Restino joined Goranson Bain Ausley as an associate in its Dallas office.