Bracewell LLP announced that Stephen B. Crain and Ryan S. Holcomb have each been elected to serve a three-year term on the firm’s management committee, effective January 1, 2023.

“Stephen and Ryan are outstanding partners and leaders. I look forward to working with them on the management committee,” said Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp.

Stephen B. Crain – Crain, who has chaired Bracewell’s litigation section since 2014, will be serving a fourth term on the management committee. Based in Houston, he has led the growth of Bracewell’s national and international trial practice. Crain often represents power generators and oil and gas exploration and development companies. Crain also represents defendants in disputes involving alleged violations of securities laws, including public companies, officers and directors, and special committees. He is a graduate of Duke University and The University of Texas School of Law.

Ryan S. Holcomb – Holcomb is a partner in Bracewell’s Houston office and chair of the firm’s power practice. Holcomb represents clients in a wide variety of transactions in the electric power, and midstream and downstream oil and gas industries. He negotiates and documents acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint venture transactions, and structured commodity transactions for private equity investors, energy companies, utilities, financial institutions and commodity trading businesses. Holcomb is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and a magna cum laude graduate of Baylor Law School.