In the news release, McGinnis Lochridge Taps Charles Gillis as COO Heading into Firm’s 100th Year, issued 22-Oct-2026 by McGinnis Lochridge LLP over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows, with additional details at the end:

McGinnis Lochridge Taps Charles Gillis as COO Heading into Firm’s 100th Year

Veteran law firm executive will help guide the long-established Texas firms’ business and operations

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — McGinnis Lochridge, a Texas-based business law firm since 1927, has hired Charles Gillis as its Chief Operating Officer. Gillis will help guide the firm’s business and operations, including finance, human resources, technology and business growth, working with Managing Partner Carl Galant and the firm’s leadership.

“Our attorneys do their best work when the firm behind them runs well,” said Galant. “Charles has spent his career helping law firms grow, operate efficiently and invest in their people. He is a seasoned business leader who will help carry us into our second century.”

Gillis knows law firms from the ground up. He started in 1991 as a courthouse runner in Austin and then spent more than 30 years leading the business side of law firms in Texas and beyond. He also writes about it. He is the author of The Seven Year Trap: Back Office Observations of the Business of Law and the Path to Partnership (2018) and writes on the business of law for The Texas Lawbook and other publications.

“I have long admired McGinnis Lochridge and its strong reputation in the legal industry,” said Gillis. “I look forward to working with Carl, the firm’s leadership and everyone in our offices to support our lawyers and the clients they serve as the firm hits its centennial year.”

Gillis most recently served for four years as executive director of Platt Richmond PLLC in Dallas. Before that, he was chief administrative officer of GrayRobinson, P.A., a Florida-based firm, and president of Northside Human Strategies, a consulting firm that works with law firms and legal departments. For nearly eight years he was executive director of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., where he served on the firm’s executive committee. Earlier in his career, he managed human resources for the Dallas office of Patton Boggs and was the first firm administrator of Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P.

Gillis holds a master of business administration from The University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s degree in history from The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a graduate finance certificate from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business and a certificate in international trade from the University of Toronto. He also is a senior certified professional of the Society for Human Resource Management. Gillis is a past chair of the Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce. He will work from the firm’s Austin and Dallas offices.

About McGinnis Lochridge

Founded in 1927, McGinnis Lochridge is a Texas law firm with more than 70 attorneys practicing in more than 20 areas of law from offices in Austin, Dallas, Decatur and Houston. For nearly 100 years, the firm has represented individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies in Texas, across the United States and internationally. McGinnis Lochridge is a member of SCG Legal, an invitation-only network of more than 145 independent law firms worldwide. Learn more at mcginnislaw.com.

Contact:
Rachel Mershon
Senior Manager of Marketing and Business Development
rmershon@mcginnislaw.com
512-495-6020

Correction: A headshot of Charles Gillis has been added to the release.

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