Two Energy Regulatory Attorneys in Austin Join Spencer Fane
William A. (Cody) Faulk III and Rashmin Asher have left Austin-based Lloyd Gosselink for Spencer Fane.
Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
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.
William A. (Cody) Faulk III and Rashmin Asher have left Austin-based Lloyd Gosselink for Spencer Fane.
Max Stubbs, who specializes in midstream and upstream transactions, is reuniting with old colleagues from the Locke Lord corporate group.
Knox Ricksen, a litigation firm specializing in complex healthcare and insurance-fraud cases, has opened its first office outside of California with three lawyers.

Sarah Fortt, the fifth lateral partner Latham has added in Austin, will lead the global ESG practice alongside London partner Paul Davies.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Hooper about his decision with Brian Lidji to join forces with one of the largest firms in the state, memorable deals he and Lidji have handled and their clients’ concerns.
With the additions from Crain Caton, Jackson Walker has recruited 12 partners over the past three months.
Phoenix-based Snell & Wilmer is the latest new entrant — and the first of 2022 — in Texas.
The non-stop, day-to-day challenges posed by the pandemic and the feverish activity by private equity firms in the healthcare space have kept Lisa Prather exceptionally busy over the past 20 months. In this Q&A, she describes how her practice group became "instantly busier" when the pandemic hit, what trends are here to stay and the kinds of deals she expects to see more of.

Kristin Cope is the second Baker Botts litigation partner to join O'Melveny's new Dallas office.
Jeff Oldham has presented oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits and state courts of appeals throughout Texas
© Copyright 2026 The Texas Lawbook
The content on this website is protected under federal Copyright laws. Any use without the consent of The Texas Lawbook is prohibited.