Louisiana-based Blue Williams (with offices in New Orleans, Mandeville, Houston, and San Antonio) and Houston’s Heard & Medack are pleased to announce the merger of their firms effective January 1, 2026. The Heard & Medack attorneys will join the Blue Williams Houston office, expanding the firm’s growing presence in Texas. The merger adds respected trial attorneys Joe Heard and David Medack to an already experienced group of trial lawyers led by Houston Managing Partner Steve Reilley, providing the firm’s clients throughout Texas with an even broader scope of services and greater ability to handle complex litigation in the areas of premises liability, construction litigation, trucking and automobile litigation, products liability, maritime litigation and medical malpractice litigation.