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Brooks Igo

Brooks Igo is the publisher at The Texas Lawbook and covers lateral moves.

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Brooks Igo

Brooks Igo is the publisher of The Texas Lawbook. He graduated from SMU, where he studied business and journalism. Two months after the launch of The Lawbook and the beginning of his last semester at SMU, Brooks interned with Mark, Sally and The Lawbook. After joining the team full-time, he has worked to build relationships in the Texas legal community and help grow the publication’s readership to more than 13,000 subscribers.

Brooks is on the steering committee for the Dallas chapter of the Legal Marketing Association’s Southwest Region; serves on the boards of The Well Community and the Salvation Army Oak Cliff Corps; and is a supporter of Advocates for Community Transformation (Act).

He, his wife Ashley, daughter June, and son Oliver live in Oak Cliff with their pack of rescue dogs and pig.

You can reach Brooks at brooks.igo@texaslawbook.net or 214-384-4080.

Catching Up with Katten’s Peter Bogdanow

Though market demands have led many attorneys to specialize in narrow areas, Katten dealmaker Peter Bogdanow has been able to build a practice that reflects the broad training he received as a young attorney. Last month was a great example: Bogdanow played a leading role in two very different transactions. The Lawbook dove into the deals and what else Bogdanow is seeing in his practice in this Q&A.

August 9, 2026 Brooks Igo

Catching Up with Jude Leblanc on Move to Morgan Lewis

Jude Leblanc, a former assistant general counsel for Fluor who was most recently at McGuireWoods, brings more than 25 years of experience advising clients on complex commercial transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Leblanc shared his thoughts on the move and more with The Texas Lawbook.

August 7, 2026 Brooks Igo

Southwest Airlines Lawyer Transfers to Dowd Bennett

Nick Foran, a former trial lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice and naval aviator, focused on operations and regulatory compliance at Southwest.

August 6, 2026 Brooks Igo

Nadler Nelson Grows Houston Presence

Lindsay Buchanan Fisher, who was a senior associate at Baker Botts, joins the litigation boutique as a partner.

August 6, 2026 Brooks Igo

Gray Reed Adds Wendie Childress to Litigation Bench

Childress has spent the last seven years in the litigation finance world. But the bulk of her career was forged at Yetter Coleman.

August 6, 2026 Brooks Igo

Carter Arnett Adds Stahl and Cho Hernandez to Name

Dallas litigation and trial firm Carter Arnett kicked off the second half of the year by elevating Linda Stahl and Stacey Cho Hernandez as name partners.

July 20, 2026 Brooks Igo

Amy M. Stewart Teams Up with Fisher Phillips

A 30-minute coffee between Amy Stewart and Adam Sloustcher went into extra time and turned into a momentous meeting for the two Dallas labor and employment pros.

July 20, 2026 Brooks Igo

Simpson Thacher Makes Dallas Opening Official

Dallas-based Ryan Cox is part of a three-lawyer Akin team joining Simpson's Hybrid Capital practice. Cox will lead the firm's Dallas office with Dave Nemecek.

July 14, 2026 Brooks Igo

Pedernales Electric Cooperative GC Returns to Baker Botts

Andrea Stover said it was a hard decision to leave the PEC, but Baker Botts feels like home. “There’s not a better place to be for this [energy regulatory] work than Baker Botts," she said.

July 14, 2026 Brooks Igo

Lehotsky Cohn Opens Dallas Office

Andy Ryan and his team at Ryan Law Partners are joining the national litigation boutique and bolstering its trial group in Texas.

July 2, 2026 Brooks Igo

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