Brooks Igo

Brooks Igo is the publisher at The Texas Lawbook and covers lateral moves.

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.

Munck Wilson Promotes Two to Partner

The Dallas firm announced the partner promotions on the heels of the news of the firm's expansion to LA.

January 9, 2019 Brooks Igo

Reed Smith Names Houston Bankruptcy Lawyer Partner

Lloyd Lim is one of 43 newly-elected partners, the largest new partner promotions class in the firm's history.

January 9, 2019 Brooks Igo

Fort Worth Law Firms Announce Partner Promotions

Together, Kelly Hart and Cantey Hanger minted six partners in Texas.

January 9, 2019 Brooks Igo

Bradley Mints Houston Partner

The Birmingham law firm promoted 14 attorneys to partner firmwide.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Dykema Names Four New Members in Texas

Dykema promoted two attorneys to member in San Antonio and two in Dallas.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Burns Charest Adds Dallas Trial Lawyer

Darren Nicholson was formerly a shareholder at Sayles Werbner, which merged with Bradley last week to launch the Alabama law firm’s Dallas outpost.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Houston Litigation Firm Signs Former Norton Rose Fulbright Partner

Alaina King Benford has developed special expertise in representing entities involved in acquiring easements, property and rights-of-way for large projects involving pipelines, water pipelines and transportation projects.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Former Legal Director of CENAGAS in Mexico Joins Reed Smith in Houston

Mariano Ornelas López was the general counsel at Centro Nacional de Control del Gas Natural, the Mexican government entity that manages the country’s natural gas transportation and storage network.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Susman Godfrey Names New Partner in Houston

The prominent litigation firm announced a new partners class of five on Tuesday morning.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

Clark Hill Elevates Four Dallas Attorneys to Partner

One-fourth of the new member class are Dallas attorneys, all of whom are graduates of SMU Dedman School of Law.

January 8, 2019 Brooks Igo

P.S. — The Lawbook’s Plan for Pro Bono, Public Service and Diversity Coverage in 2026 - Never before has the role of Texas lawyers been more important when it comes to meeting the legal needs of those in poverty, those who are disenfranchised or disadvantaged, those who are military veterans or single parents and children facing abusive environments. Never has the issue of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession been more important or more newsworthy.

For three years now, The Texas Lawbook has covered the work of Texas lawyers — from law firm partners and associates to in-house counsel — who stepped forward on their own time and at their own expense to help others.

In 2025, Texas Lawbook pro bono, public service and diversity reporter Krista Torralva published 127 articles highlighting the pro bono and public service work of more than 400 Texas lawyers and firms.

As our colleagues on PBS and NPR say, this is only possible with the help of contributions from folks like you. January 9, 2026Mark Curriden & Derek Lipscombe
Schwab Chief Counsel Shamoil Shipchandler ‘Wouldn’t Trade Places with Anyone’ - Shamoil Shipchandler scored landmark successes as a high-profile white-collar Texas prosecutor and the SEC’s top corporate cop pursuing financial criminals such as self-proclaimed frack master Christopher Faulkner and top executives at AriseBank. Shipchandler is still racking up major achievements as chief counsel at Charles Schwab where he leads a team of 15 lawyers and 11 other legal professionals.

“Most of the successes of my group cannot be publicly celebrated because they are confidential,” Shipchandler told The Texas Lawbook. “For example, closing nonpublic regulatory investigations or securing millions of dollars in FINRA arbitration victories.”

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Lawbook have named Shipchandler and his team at Schwab as a finalist for the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for DFW Corporate Legal Department of the Year. January 7, 2026Mark Curriden

Introducing Charles Schwab GC Peter Morgan — An Exclusive Q&A with The Texas Lawbook - Charles Schwab's relocation of its global headquarters, including its 150-member corporate legal department, from San Francisco to a 70-acre campus in Westlake’s Circle T Ranch development is complete, and by all accounts, the transition has been hugely successful. The move required a significant amount of infrastructure work by the legal department for Schwab, a multinational financial services company with more than 32,000 employees, $11 trillion in assets under management and a market cap of $178 billion.

“The move itself was real legal work, including banking charter conversions and building new relationships with Texas regulators and the Dallas Fed, and we found the same constructive, execution-oriented approach throughout,” Schwab General Counsel Peter Morgan told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview.

Morgan said Schwab's hiring of two Dallas prominent lawyers — Winstead shareholder Michael O’Neal and Jones Day partner and former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regional Director Shamoil Shipchandler — were critical parts of the transition. In the interview, Morgan discusses the Texas legal and business markets and the challenges ahead.

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