Law firm Cole Schotz comes to Texas
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New Jersey law firm Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard has hired a trio of Fort Worth bankruptcy attorneys.
Michael Warner, Emily Chou and Rachel Obaldo have joined the firm. The three were formerly with the firm WarnerStevens LLP, which is dissolving.
They will open a new office for Cole Schotz in Fort Worth.
The move is the firm's first expansion into Texas. It also has offices New York, Delaware Maryland and Texas.
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