A Dallas-led team at Weil, working with the ACLU of Texas, has prosecuted major federal court litigation aimed at freeing hundreds of medically vulnerable immigrant detainees from an ICE civil detention facility in Conroe, Texas. To date, the Weil/ACLU team has obtained release of 15 medically vulnerable detainees through varying forms of individualized relief. The case is still pending and now awaits class certification.
Energy Transactions Lawyer Leaves Simpson Thacher for Baker Botts
Brad Honeycutt is also the former general counsel of Castleton Resources, a Houston oil and gas private equity portfolio company.
AUSA for SDNY Moves to Dallas to Join Bradley
Elisha J. Kobre developed significant experience investigating securities and commodities fraud and cybercrime over the course of his 11 years as an assistant U.S. attorney with the Southern District of New York.
Former U.S. Attorney for WDTX Lands at Husch Blackwell
Gregg Sofer is the third former U.S. attorney to join Husch Blackwell this year.
Premium Subscriber Spotlight: Hunton Andrews Kurth
Tad Davidson, co-leader of Hunton AK’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice, was among the most in-demand bankruptcy attorneys last year, advising Hi-Crush, Lonestar Resources, Remora Petroleum, Sable Permian Resources and Superior Energy Services in those companies’ Chapter 11s. The firm also stepped up on the pro bono side. Led by Dallas associate Fawaz Bham, Hunton AK partnered with the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program to help launch the organization’s first virtual legal aid intake clinic.
Baker Botts Brings Back Tech Transactions Lawyer in Dallas
Steve Mann said he needed a global platform with depth in cross-border technology transactions as his practice has become more “geographically expansive.”
Spencer Fane Picks Up Houston L&E Partner from Ogletree
The Kansas City-based firm also added a real estate associate to the office.
Premium Subscriber Spotlight: Dykema
Dykema litigators in Texas secured a significant victory in one of the first appellate oral arguments conducted via Zoom before the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio. And the firm’s Texas-based Dental Service Organization’s practice had a big year, closing nearly 50 deals in the fourth quarter alone.
Bracewell Invigorates Healthcare Practice with Seven-Lawyer Group
The mostly Dallas-based group from Thompson & Knight includes Wilson Jones, who chaired TK’s healthcare practice and will lead Bracewell’s.
Former SCOTX Justice Eva Guzman to Join Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Justice Guzman, who resigned from the Texas Supreme Court in June, is running to unseat Ken Paxton as Texas Attorney General. But on Wednesday she will be Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s newest shareholder.