J. Laurens Wilkes Departs Jones Day for Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn has tapped the Houston partner to lead its Infrastructure & Projects – Global Disputes practice.
Q&A with Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo GC Jeffrey Downing
The native Houstonian shares his early HLSR memories, what he's learned 18 months into the job, how he manages all of the logistics of an event serving more than 2 million people over 20 days, and why it's the best job he's ever had.
GT Grows Real Estate Capabilities in TX
Greenberg Traurig announced this week that real estate shareholder Paul M. Williams, who will spend time in California and Texas, has joined the firm. GT has also recently added four associates to its Dallas office.
Spencer Fane Signs Labor and Employment Partner in Houston
Laura Alaniz was most recently at Porter Hedges. She is the fourth lawyer addition in Texas for Spencer Fane so far this year.
Houston IP Firm Launches Huntsville, Alabama Office
Todd Patterson of Patterson + Sheridan said the home of his firm’s eighth office is “one of America’s primary ‘cities of the future.’”
Real Estate Duo Joins Frost Brown Todd
Dallas real estate partners Kevin Maguire and Nicole Karam have departed Spencer Fane to join Frost Brown Todd, the firm announced Tuesday.
Bradley Adds Houston L&E Partner
Kindall C. James has left Liskow and is making the first lateral move of her career in joining Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.
Former FERC Leader Joins Baker Botts in Houston
Baker Botts announced Monday the addition of David Applebaum, a former head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, from Jones Day. It is the firm’s fourth lateral partner hire in Texas this year.
Houston Litigation Firm Vasquez Waite Off to ‘Fast and Furious’ Start
Cara Vasquez and Mark Waite are “complete opposites” on paper, but the unlikely duo decided to launch their own firm in 2024 focused on representing petrochemical and construction companies in litigation. Vasquez, who spent her entire career at DLA Piper, and Waite, who was a senior in-house lawyer at LyondellBasell before practicing at DLA for the past six years, launched Vasquez Waite on Jan. 1 and have been “way busier” than they anticipated.
Dallas Financial Restructuring Partner Joins Baker Botts
With the firm’s third lateral partner hire in Texas in 2024, Baker Botts added depth to its financial restructuring practice with Travis McRoberts from Squire Patton Boggs.