Bracewell expands New York team

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Bracewell expands New York team

Allan Taffet

Bracewell has added three new partners and an associate to its litigation team in New York.

Allan Taffet, Keith Blackman, Joshua Klein and Russell Gallaro moved to the firm from Duval & Stachenfeld, where Taffet chaired the litigation department for 15 years.

This comes as part of a series of strategic partner hires by Bracewell which have included new additions to its London, Dallas and San Antonio offices.

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