The addition of the Blackwell, Blackburn, Herring & Singer firm nearly doubles Phillips Murrah’s Dallas personnel while deepening transactional and litigation capabilities.
From left: PM Director and Executive Committee member, Lyndon Whitmire; PM President and Managing Partner, Dawn Rahme; and PM Director and BBHS co-founder, Nate Blackburn.
DALLAS, TX (July 27, 2026) – Phillips Murrah welcomes a highly regarded group of attorneys to its Dallas office, substantially broadening the Firm’s Texas footprint. The incoming group, comprised of founders and attorneys from the boutique firm Blackwell, Blackburn, Herring & Singer (BBHS), creates immediate, tangible advantages for clients.
The BBHS team brings a powerful blend of capabilities that adds significant depth to Phillips Murrah’s existing transactional expertise in commercial lending, corporate, and real estate transactions practice areas. Concurrently, the move fortifies the Firm’s diverse litigation bench in specialized areas, including healthcare, medical devices, construction, and employment disputes.
This transition represents a deliberate alignment of talent, culture, and client-centric values, as all parties share a singular, core vision to provide clients with unrivaled legal services at reasonable rates.
“The addition of this exceptional group represents a milestone in Phillips Murrah’s continued growth in Dallas,” said Dawn Rahme, Phillips Murrah’s President and Managing Partner. “This expansion of talent in Dallas reinforces our commitment to delivering comprehensive, high-quality legal solutions to clients across Texas and the broader region.”
Meet the Transitioning Team
Nate Blackburn joins Phillips Murrah as a Director. Nate focuses his practice on corporate and commercial real estate transactions and represents local and national real estate developers, lenders, borrowers, investors, landlords, tenants, receivers, and other corporate clients across a variety of asset classes. Nate’s transaction track record includes representing national retail chain operators in the acquisition, leasing, and due diligence review of more than 100 locations, negotiating triple net leases for national restaurant brands, and structuring preferred equity and mezzanine loan documentation for complex real estate capitalization stacks. He earned his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma School of Law, where he was classmates with Phillips Murrah Director and member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, Josh Edwards.
Bob Blackwell joins Phillips Murrah as a Director. Bob represents a diverse clientele in complex commercial disputes, healthcare and medical device litigation, real estate litigation and receivership actions, and employment matters. He also serves as outside general counsel to numerous small and mid-sized businesses, providing deep insight into the challenges that businesses encounter. Bob is an active member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and has also been recognized by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas.” He earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and began his legal career at Fulbright & Jaworski.
Becky Siegel Singer joins Phillips Murrah as Of Counsel. Becky principally practices employment law, bringing 40 years of elite experience spanning both the public and private sectors. Her distinguished career includes successfully defending multiple federal court lawsuits affirmed by the Fifth Circuit, including arguing a multi-plaintiff federal whistleblower case before the Fifth Circuit, which was subsequently denied review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Becky earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and began her career in the Solicitor’s Office of the U.S. Department of Labor in Dallas before entering private practice at Fulbright & Jaworski.
Lindsey Reinhardt joins Phillips Murrah as Of Counsel. Lindsey focuses her practice on commercial, healthcare, construction, real estate, and financial institutions litigation and represents clients in matters ranging from emerging startups to major financial institutions and healthcare providers in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations. She is an active member of the Dallas Bar Association and serves as an attorney advisor for the Mock Trial Program at Thomas Jefferson High School. Lindsey graduated with Honors from the University of Texas School of Law.
Sayuri Shimoda joins Phillips Murrah as Of Counsel. Sayuri focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, representing corporations and individuals in high-stakes disputes and regulatory matters. A former associate at prominent international law firms Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling, Sayuri has extensive experience handling complex contract disputes and tort claims in state and federal courts. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor for the Fordham Urban Law Journal. Sayuri is also named to the Texas list of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.”
“Joining Phillips Murrah marks an exciting new chapter for our team and our clients,” said BBHS co-founder Nate Blackburn. “This move provides our transactions and litigation groups with access to a large group of talented attorneys with experience spanning almost every legal practice area. Phillips Murrah’s full-service resources align perfectly with our goals of delivering more support to our clients while allowing for expansion that benefits our team and the Firm.”
Looking Forward
The guiding priority for both teams is a seamless experience for the clients they serve. The transitioning attorneys will relocate to Phillips Murrah’s Uptown Dallas office in Regency Plaza at 3710 Rawlins St., Suite 900, ensuring that client matters continue to be managed by the same trusted counselors with the same personalized attention. By uniting these two highly compatible, client-first cultures under one roof, this integration ensures that clients’ goals are job one on day one.
The addition of the BBHS lawyers will lead to further growth with the Firm’s Dallas office actively engaged in searches for a general litigation partner or counsel, a trusts and estates partner or counsel, and a transactional real estate partner, counsel, or senior associate to join its client service team.
CONTACT
Mark Golman
Director
Phillips Murrah Dallas – Regency
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Dallas, TX 75219
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