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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.

Q&A with Katten ESG Expert Johnjerica Hodge

The Texas Lawbook visited with Hodge to learn more about her vision for leading the firm’s ESG Risk and Investigations practice, what it’s like to be reunited with her former classmate and how she sees ESG evolving over the next several years.

July 20, 2023 Brooks Igo

Gibson Dunn Adds Tax Depth in Houston

Hillary Holmes, co-head of Gibson Dunn’s Houston office, said Greg Nelson’s “deep tax expertise, particularly in the energy industry, will be of immense value to our clients.” Nelson most recently led the Houston office of Paul Hastings, but worked with Holmes for nearly a decade at Baker Botts.

July 11, 2023 Brooks Igo

K&S Lands Houston Litigator from GT

Mary-Olga Lovett, a member of Greenberg Traurig’s global executive committee, has taken her decades of trial experience to King & Spalding.

July 11, 2023 Brooks Igo

Clifford Chance Continues Houston Expansion with Akin Hire

Akin corporate oil and gas deal lawyer David Sweeney is the seventh lateral partner addition in Houston by the London-based firm this month.

June 27, 2023 Brooks Igo

Dallas Litigator Stephanie Clouston Laterals to Winston & Strawn

Clouston, who led the Texas litigation practice at Alston & Bird, said she has seen an increase in large disputes being filed in the state.

June 27, 2023 Brooks Igo

Houston Public Finance Group Jumps to Jackson Walker

A team of four public finance partners from Orrick have moved to Jackson Walker. The Texas-based firm also said it has added a tax partner from California.

June 20, 2023 Brooks Igo

Q&A with Willkie’s Tan Lu

The Lawbook caught up with Lu about his move to Willkie from V&E earlier this year, the emerging trends he is paying attention to and the “fuel that keeps [his] fire burning” as a deal lawyer.

April 21, 2023 Brooks Igo

Katten’s Mark Solomon Reflects on Dallas Office’s Successes/Challenges at Five-Year Mark

In an in-depth Q&A with The Lawbook, Mark Solomon shares a few of the office’s major successes, identifies significant challenges facing the firm, surveys the lay of the land for deal activity and shares his favorite features of the new digs at PwC Tower. Plus, a windup about those damn Yankees as baseball returns.

April 12, 2023 Brooks Igo

Q&A on the Importance of Women Mentoring Women

As we commemorate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, two women lawyers in the Austin office of Vinson & Elkins — Marisa Secco Giles and Michelle Arishita — agreed to discuss the importance of women mentoring women from the perspective of both the mentor and the mentee. They share what qualities they think are most important in a mentor, the best advice they have received and how strong mentoring relationships help with the retention of female lawyers.

March 8, 2023 Brooks Igo

Haynes and Boone Opens Virginia Outpost

The Dallas-based firm expanded to Northern Virginia by adding 19 lawyers with expertise in government contracts, construction and white-collar law.

January 31, 2023 Brooks Igo

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  • New UT Law Grads Make Courtroom Debut in Federal Appeals Arguments - In their career debuts, two newly minted University of Texas law school graduates and incoming Kirkland & Ellis associates faced pointed judicial questioning from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a prison conditions case. Gabrielle Olubanke Howells and Lizeth Badillo Garcia spoke with The Texas Lawbook about rising to the rare occasion of presenting oral arguments in a federal appeals case before even taking the bar exam.  June 5, 2025Krista Torralva
  • Before Bar Admission, UT Law Grads and Incoming Kirkland Associates Head to Fifth Circuit for Pro Bono Oral Argument - They haven’t taken the bar exam yet, but on Thursday, two newly minted University of Texas School of Law graduates and incoming Kirkland & Ellis associates will argue before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The rare opportunity is the result of a collaboration spearheaded by Kirkland Partner Zack Ewing, who was inspired by the graduates to emulate a program afforded to him while a student at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. June 4, 2025Krista Torralva

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Nora Burke
T.J. Campbell
Wayne Chan
Michael Considine
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James Cowen
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Samantha Crispin
Dawud Crooms
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Clint Culpepper
Brock Degeyter
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Austin Elam
Miles Emery
Bill Finnegan
David Gail
Adam Garmezy
Sami Ghubril
Breen Haire
Kim Hicks
J. Dean Hinderliter
Nicole Islinger
James Johnston
Atma Kabad
John Kaercher
Erin Kaufman
Paul Kukish
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Oscar Fernando Leija
Emily Lichtenheld
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Ryan Lynch
Ryan Maierson
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Madeline McCune
Sean McFarlane
Richard McGee
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Andrew Monk
Charlie Ofner
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Joe Orien
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Brendan Quigley
Kevin Richardson
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Julian Seiguer
Mark Sloan
Chad Smith
Lande Spottswood
John Stribling
Vanessa Sutherland
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Kyle Watson
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Sean Wheeler
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