Jones Walker Adds Four Partners At Mobile Office

Jones Walker LLP recently added four new partners—Richard Gaal, Fred Helmsing, Hart Benton and Alex Steadman—as members of its Litigation Practice Group in the Mobile office. The four partners joining from McDowell Knight bring well-established practices and deep relationships in the bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate compliance, and civil and criminal defense fields. Bankruptcy attorney Gaal represents clients in complex bankruptcy matters throughout the country, including secured lenders and other creditors, unsecured creditors’ committees, debtors-in-possession, trustees and asset purchasers. Helmsing is an accomplished civil and criminal litigator whose practice focuses on products liability, complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal matters. Benton’s practice is focused on the areas of white collar governmental investigations and proceedings, complex commercial disputes and litigation, and employment law. Steadman focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring law, representing both creditors and debtors in complex bankruptcy.