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The Mentor: Jim Coleman Turns 90
By Mark Curriden
Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(May 21) – Jim Coleman has tried hundreds of jury trials over six decades of practicing law. He has defended huge corporations, including Oscar Wyatt’s Coastal States in 1972 in a multi-billion-dollar trial. Scores of lawyers in trouble have called him for help. He fired clients when he learned they hid evidence from the court and when they refused to allow women lawyers at his firm to work on their case. Simply put, no lawyer has influenced the legal profession or lawyers more.
On Thursday, Coleman turns 90. “I know my clock is running down,” he says. This is Jim Coleman's story.
Extend & Pretend – Texas Business Bankruptcies Plummet… For Now
By Mark Curriden
Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(May 14) – Bankruptcy filings by Texas businesses continue to decline and that is having a negative financial impact on Texas law firms with significant bankruptcy practices. But legal experts predict there’s a potential wave of new corporate bankruptcy cases headed this way in 2014 and 2015. The number of companies in the Northern and Southern Districts that filed to reorganize and restructure during the past 15 months dropped 40 percent.
Akin Gump Assists in $438 Million Transaction
The $438 million purchase will give EnerVest access to the Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.…
Jones Day Represents Chuy’s in Greenshoe Option from Secondary Public Offering
Underwriters from the public offerings will have the option to by up to 15 percent more shares.…
Baker Botts Makes Debut Law Firm Appearance at the Bush Center
Guests of the firm's Spring Enterprising Women's Series learned about the Bush Institute's Women's Intiative.…
V&E, Akin Gump and Simpson Thacher Assist in $7 Billion Partnership
Ten Texas lawyers from three firms are involved in this big buck transaction.…
Texas M&A Drops in Q1 of 2013
(May 6) – The number of corporate transactions involving Texas businesses dropped 43 percent during the first quarter of 2013 compared to the final three months of 2012.…
Facebook, You and the Government: The SEC is Following Your Tweets
By Jeff Ansley & Jay Wallace
Special Contributing Writers to The Texas Lawbook
(May 21) – The SEC now allows public companies, within certain parameters, to use social media to disclose material, nonpublic information. This new rule is already changing how companies talk to the marketplace. This article explains what every GC and corporate compliance officer needs to know.
Women Lawyers Participate in Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative
By Natalie Posgate
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(May 21) – Tobi Young, who has been the George W. Bush Foundation's GC since 2009, wears many hats in her job. Her involvement as a mentor in the Women's Initiative Fellowship Program is just one of them. In that role, she's mentoring a 37-year-old Egyptian woman passionate about the rule of law who aspires to create equal rights and increased opportunites for women in the workforce in her home country.
Baker Botts Adds Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Expert David Schiller
Schiller highlights two "hot issues" facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act. …
Updated — Rob Roby Makes Move to Become President/CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters
After 36 years, attorney Rob Roby is leaving the private practice of law to become…
INTA Co-Chair Purvi Patel: Addicted to Madonna – From Pinstripes to Trademarks
Since she was a child, Purvi Patel has been fascinated with Madonna. She once told…
Mark Temple and Leah Rudnicki Jump to Reed Smith’s Fast-Growing Houston Office
Reed Smith's two-month-old Houston office grows to 22 lawyers, 16 of which are partners.…
Paula Hinton Moves to Winston & Strawn as Partner
Hinton, a prominent energy litigator who has represented BP and Shell Oil, is the 41st…
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