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Brooks Igo is the publisher at The Texas Lawbook and leads lateral move coverage.
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.
Ex-Texas Third Court of Appeals Justice Scott Field has joined Butler Snow, firm announced on Tuesday. Field lost his reelection bid for the state appellate court to Democrat Chari Kelly in November.
The Houston Bar Foundation honored Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman, Shell Oil Company and Baker Botts, among others, at its annual awards luncheon last week.
The Houston Bar Foundation announced recently that Shell corporate counsel Travis Torrence has officially begun his term as chair of the Houston Bar Association’s charitable arm.
Nine of the newly-minted partners are based in Austin. The other four represent the firm’s Dallas, Houston and San Antonio offices.
Heidi Bloch joins GT as a shareholder from Husch Blackwell.
Locke Lord announced Monday that Dallas partner Art Anthony is the 2019 recipient of the National Bar Association’s Heman M. Sweatt Award, which honors the civil rights activist’s legacy.
Matt Lea lateraled over from Porter Hedges.
The moves add depth to the firm’s energy litigation and tax practices.
Two attorneys from Houston law firm Watt Thompson, including its managing partner, have jumped to Porter Hedges.
Norton Rose Fulbright has selected John Jennings to chair the firm’s U.S. real estate practice after naming Jane Snoddy Smith global co-chair of real estate.
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