Norton Rose Fulbright Elects Linda Addison as US Managing Partner
By Mark Curriden, JD
Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(June 10) – Linda Addison, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, became the first woman to be named managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright’s U.S. operations. A trial lawyer who splits her time between Houston and New York, Addison once climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. She replaces Dallas lawyer Ken Stewart.
Baker Botts Advises Chesapeake in Oilfield Services Spin Off
By Mark Curriden, JD
Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(June 10) – Chesapeake turned to Baker Botts partner and capital markets expert Hillary Holmes to leads its legal efforts to spin off its oilfield services operations, Seventy Seven Energy. David Treadwell, the current chief counsel at Chesapeake, will be the new GC at Seventy Seven Energy, which will have a value of $2.2 billion.
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“Two Greeks and a Sheik:” AZA is Exhibit A for Litigation Boutiques
By Mark Curriden, JD
Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook
HOUSTON (June 4) – Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos started their law firm in 1993 with no clients, no revenues and no savings. Their office was a rickety old building that leaked every time it rained. Now, in the age of litigation boutiques, AZA is a law firm of preference for GCs at Plains All American, National Oilwell Varco and Apache who want to take their business disputes to trial.
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HayBoo and Reese Gordon Marketos Score a Victory for TGI Fridays
By Natalie Posgate
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(June 11) – It was a “Thank God it’s Friday” moment indeed last week for TGI Friday’s Inc. and its lawyers. On June 3, a Dallas jury ruled in favor of the Carrollton-based company regarding a bitter joint venture dispute that the restaurant chain was involved in with one of the three other partners at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
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The Texas Lawbook Hits 6,000 Paid Subscribers
By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
The Texas Lawbook is proud to announce that our publication has hit and passed a remarkable milestone: 6,000 paid subscribers.
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Seyfarth Shaw Celebrates New Houston Digs
By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(May 28) – Seyfarth Shaw’s Houston office hosted a reception for its lawyers and clients to celebrate its move into new office space at Pennzoil Place.
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