Exclusive: Houston energy law firm hopes to grow headcount by 100 in two years

Two years after opening its first Houston office, Dentons LLP, a global law firm with offices on six continents, plans to grow its Houston headcount astronomically. The firm currently has 19 lawyers but hopes to have 100 to 150 in business and litigation by 2017. Glenn Ballard, a high-profile litigator in Houston and the firm’s newly appointed managing partner, has been tasked with growing and developing the firm’s Houston office. Prior to Dentons, Ballard spent more than 30 years at Houston-based…