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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.

O’Melveny Jolts Texas Growth with LNG Expert from K&S

Monica Hwang, an LNG expert, has practiced for the last 14-plus years in King & Spalding's Houston office.

November 18, 2021 Brooks Igo

Silicon Valley Partner Returns Home to Austin via Perkins Coie

Corporate lawyer Valeska Pederson Hintz is heading home to Texas and joining Perkins Coie's ECVC practice after spending the first chapter of her legal career in Palo Alto.

November 18, 2021 Brooks Igo

King & Spalding Adds Energy Dealmaker from Norton Rose Fulbright

Trevor Pinkerton heads to a firm he has great familiarity with from his time at Emory University in Atlanta.

November 18, 2021 Brooks Igo

Winston & Strawn Grows Finance Practice with V&E Hire

Ryan Hunsaker, who was of counsel at V&E, has helped secure more than $6 billion in loans and other credit facilities for clients over his decade-plus career.

November 9, 2021 Brooks Igo

Q&A with Katten Dealmaker Wade Glover

The Texas Lawbook visited with Glover about what kinds of deals he is seeing in the middle market, how his practice has evolved since making partner and the future of rep and warranty insurance.

November 5, 2021 Brooks Igo

Stinson Picks Up Dallas Real Estate Finance Partner

John Tucker was most recently at Frost Brown Todd. He said he was drawn to Stinson's "reputable and robust" finance practice.

October 29, 2021 Brooks Igo

Shearman & Sterling Snags Litigation Pair from Haynes and Boone

The securities and class action defense experts are notable additions for Shearman, which has focused most of its growth in Texas on the corporate transactional side to date.

October 27, 2021 Brooks Igo

Frost Brown Todd Expands Dallas Office with Three Hires from Three Different Firms

The firm's new recruits include a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and an experienced office managing partner.

October 25, 2021 Brooks Igo

Q&A with New Sidley Partner Trent Bridges

The former assistant general counsel at Magellan Midstream Partners discussed his recent move to Houston, his experience working with Sidley while at Magellan and key issues facing midstream companies.

October 21, 2021 Brooks Igo

Haynes and Boone Beefs Up White-Collar Practice

During his decade-plus at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas, Nick Bunch handled more than 25 cases involving white-collar fraud. He is Haynes and Boone's second addition from a U.S. Attorney's office in Texas this year.

October 18, 2021 Brooks Igo

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