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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, which formed in October 2007 when Texas firm Locke Liddell & Sapp merged with Chicago-based Lord, Bissell & Brook, opened an office in Boston on Feb. 20. With the new Boston outpost, 723-lawyer Locke Lord has 12 offices, including Austin, Dallas and Houston. Stephen K. Fogg is the managing partner of the new Boston office, joined by partner Jeffrey Warren. Fogg, a corporate attorney, came from Day Pitney’s Boston office, while Warren had been a co-manager and general counsel for Eaglestone Investment Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Los Angeles and Boston. “Adding this Boston office demonstrates Locke Lord’s allegiance to the Northeastern markets and demonstrates our expanding national platform,” Locke Lord chairwoman Jerry Clements of Austin says in a written statement. The Texas-based firm has several private equity, insurance and real estate clients in the Boston area, says Julie Gilbert, the firm’s chief communications officer.

-- Brenda Sapino Jeffreys