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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.

Bell Nunnally Wins Texas Appleseed Pro Bono Leadership Award

The firm, led by Dallas partner Ben Riemer, and Texas Appleseed represent the Cameron County Housing Authority (CCHA) in the matter, which is expected to go to trial in March 2019.

November 30, 2018 Brooks Igo

T&K Partner Demetra Liggins Named American College of Bankruptcy Fellow

Liggins will be officially inducted into the College with the 30th class of fellows on March 15, 2019 at a ceremony in Coronado, California.

November 30, 2018 Brooks Igo

Texas A&M Law Professor Receives University Presidential Impact Fellows Award

Lisa Alexander is one of 21 recipients of the second annual Presidential Impact Fellows award, which was launched by the university last year to recognize faculty members in the Texas A&M system who “embrace grand challenges, commit to core values and embody the unique ‘can-do’ spirit that distinguished Texas Aggies.”

November 28, 2018 Brooks Igo

Reed Smith Lures Energy Finance Partner J. Eric Holland

Holland, who lateraled to Reed Smith from Bracewell, will practice in the firm’s financial industry group.

November 20, 2018 Brooks Igo

Greenberg Traurig Signs Dallas Corporate Transactional Shareholder Tom Woolsey

Woolsey, a SMU Dedman School of Law alum, was most recently at Foley Gardere.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

Baker Botts Mints 12 New Partners, Including Eight in Texas

Eight of the newly-minted partners are based in one of the firm’s Texas offices. The other four are in San Francisco, London and Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

K&L Gates Adds Restructuring and Insolvency Expert Liz Boydston in Dallas

Boydston has significant experience with bankruptcy-related matters involving the health care industry.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

Simpson Thacher Promotes Two to Partner in Houston

The white-shoe firm minted eleven attorneys to the partnership in total.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

Former Akin Gump Senior Counsel Laterals to Clark Hill Strasburger

Andrew Newman focuses his practice on complex contract and business tort issues.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

Jackson Walker Senior Counsel Appointed to State District Court

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently appointed Jackson Walker senior counsel Carmen Symes Dusek to the 51st Judicial District Court.

November 18, 2018 Brooks Igo

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