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Norton Rose Fulbright Elects Linda Addison as US Managing Partner

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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

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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

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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

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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

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By Brooks Igo
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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

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(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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  • P.S. — J.L. Turner Legal Association Hosts Sold-Out Inaugural Juneteenth Celebration in Dallas - In this edition of P.S., we highlight the success of the J.L. Turner Legal Association’s first official Juneteenth Celebration, held at the Dallas African American Museum. The Dallas African American bar association, named for one of the city’s first Black lawyers, shared with The Texas Lawbook why it was compelled to emphasize the importance of Juneteenth in an event that was open to people of all professions and not just the legal community. Meanwhile, the State Bar of Texas is kicking off its annual meeting on June 19 amid controversy over its decision to disinvite the NAACP president from speaking at its Bar Leaders Recognition Luncheon. Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, Wallace B. Jefferson, will deliver a keynote address commemorating the legal history and significance of Juneteenth. And we highlight other upcoming Juneteenth celebrations, as well. June 13, 2025Krista Torralva
  • P.S. — Raising the Bar: Lawyers Fight Food Insecurity, Support Veterans and More  - In this week’s P.S. Column, the Dallas-area legal community is recognized for raising more than $145,000 and donating nearly half a ton of food to the North Texas Food Bank through the annual Food from the Bar campaign, with top-performing firms honored at a recent awards celebration. In Houston, Bracewell and Cheniere Energy recently worked a free legal clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, assisting 23 veterans with challenges such as housing disputes. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis and AlixPartners have launched the first-ever Knock Out the Need blood drive to address summer shortages. Other notable updates include nonprofit board appointments, scholarship awards and Communities Foundation of Texas presenting its 2025 Vester Hughes Award to Holland & Knight’s David Rosenberg.  June 6, 2025Krista Torralva

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Holland & Knight’s Recent Lateral Partner Additions Strengthen RE, Financial Services Offerings - The firm has announced three new partners this month recruited from three different firms.
  • Rice Taps Munck Wilson Attorney to be Associate Athletic Director
  • Veteran Energy Lawyer Christopher Richardson to join Paul Hastings
  • Troutman Pepper Locke Snags Two Key Houston PE Partners
  • Jackson Walker Hires Bracewell Partner to Lead Appellate Group
  • Husch Blackwell Hires Veteran Real Estate Partner in Dallas
  • Bracewell Partner Becomes Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Houston, New York Offices
  • Bradley Hires Former EVP, CLO of Texas Regional Bank
  • Dell Technologies In-house Counsel Joins Yetter Coleman IP Group
  • Atma Kabad Moves from Kirkland to Gibson Dunn
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Adam Garmezy
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Kim Hicks
J. Dean Hinderliter
Nicole Islinger
James Johnston
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