Three Bell Nunnally Partners Named to "Best Lawyers in Dallas 2016" List

    DALLAS, TX, April 27, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP partners Kassandra G. McLaughlin, Karen-Lee Pollak and James A. Skochdopole have been selected by their peers for inclusion on D Magazine's "Best Lawyers in Dallas 2016" list in the categories of Real Estate, Immigration and Tax: General, respectively.

The "Best Lawyers in Dallas 2016" features attorneys across more than 48 practice areas chosen by fellow Texas attorneys who answered the publication-posed question, "Which Dallas lawyers, of those whose work you have witnessed firsthand, would you rank among the current best?" Respondents were asked to provide two lawyers from outside their firm and one within their firm across all voting categories. After tallying the votes, nominees were evaluated by the magazine's editors in concert with a panel of attorneys selected by the publication.

McLaughlin's commercial real estate practice ranges from large leasing transactions (office, warehouse-flex, retail, solar, wind and desalinization plants) through acquisitions, dispositions, land use and development. She represents Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), including medical office building REITs and storage REITs. McLaughlin also represents individuals in their real estate investment property needs. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2001; B.A., 1991) and the University of Michigan (M.S., 1994).

Pollak leads the firm's Immigration practice and provides full-service legal immigration counsel to large corporations, small businesses and individuals. Her docket routinely includes representing businesses and families in obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas to live and work in the United States. Pollak also assists corporations in compliance audits and immigration-related corporate policy formulation. Her immigration litigation practice focuses on federal court litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act and removal defense. Pollak is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, where she earned both her undergraduate and law degrees (B.A., 1989; LLB, 1993).

Skochdopole is active in the firm's tax, mergers and acquisitions and corporate practices. He is well-versed in structuring, negotiating and closing a wide variety of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, debt and equity financings and start-ups. Skochdopole has negotiated and drafted a multitude of commercial arrangements, including partnership and LLC agreements; service, supply, vendor and customer contracts; employment-related agreements; and compensation plans. Skochdopole serves as the firm's managing partner. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School (1986) and his B.A. from Lawrence University (1983).

About Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
With more than 50 attorneys and three decades of doing business, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP is among the most respected business law firms in Texas, one of the 25 largest in North Texas and one of the state's fastest-growing firms. The depth of the firm's knowledge and breadth of its expertise sets Bell Nunnally apart. The firm, a member of the global law firm network Legalink, provides a full range of services, including litigation, appellate law, commercial finance, corporate and securities, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, intellectual property, labor and employment, healthcare, immigration, real estate, entertainment, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, tax and white collar criminal defense. Bell Nunnally is regularly singled out as a "Go-To" firm by America's largest companies each year in Corporate Counsel magazine.

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