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Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Q&A: Rob Ellis of Southwestern Energy

For Premium Subscribers As assistant general counsel of Southwestern Energy, Rob Ellis has notched big victories. None bigger than last October when Ellis and his team of lawyers at Yetter

May 2, 2023 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Southwestern Energy’s Rob Ellis: ‘An Impressive Mix of Smarts and Emotional Intelligence’

As assistant general counsel of Southwestern Energy, Rob Ellis has notched big victories. None bigger than last October when Ellis and his team of lawyers at Yetter Coleman sued a chemical company whose operations on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River allegedly trespassed and interfered with the underground drilling operations of a Southwestern Energy subsidiary. A three-week trial resulted in a unanimous verdict awarding Ellis’ company $70 million in damages. Citing the huge courtroom victory and his service to the greater Houston community, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston chapter and The Texas Lawbook have awarded Ellis the 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department (five or fewer lawyers).

May 2, 2023 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Dallas Judge Reduces $7.3 Billion Award in Murder of 83-Year-Old Charter Spectrum Customer

In his four-page judgment, Judge Juan Renteria stated that the plaintiffs “voluntarily remitted a substantial amount of the exemplary damages.”  

September 21, 2022 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Sources: Veteran Dallas Prosecutor Front-runner To Be Next NDTX U.S. Attorney

Federal prosecutor Leigha Simonton, head of the Northern District of Texas’ Appellate Division, is widely praised by colleagues as smart, hard-working, and an exemplary leader. ‘She would be a great choice,’ says Erin Nealy Cox of Kirkland & Ellis, Simonton’s former boss.

August 1, 2022 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

‘It Is High Time’ To Halt Inheritance Litigation by Albert Hill III, Judge Declares

U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay rejected yet another lawsuit by ‘Al Three,’ an embittered descendant of oil magnate H.L. Hunt, and said he’s considering sanctions against the ‘vexatious litigator’ and his lawyers.

April 1, 2022 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Exit Interview: Erin Nealy Cox

On the day she announced her resignation as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Erin Nealy Cox sat for an exclusive interview with Mark Curriden and Bruce Tomaso of The Texas Lawbook. The interview touched on a broad variety of topics, from dealing with COVID-19 to the opioid crisis to her legacy after three years in office to the pipeline of white-collar fraud cases she initiated that, she says, will come to fruition in the next few years.

December 21, 2020 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Erin Nealy Cox Steps Down: ‘I gave it all I could for as long as I could’

Calling it the “Job of a lifetime,” Erin Nealy Cox says in an interview with The Lawbook that the work she’s most proud of will not end when she leaves Jan. 8.

December 17, 2020 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

Forest Park Surgeons and Hospital Officials on Trial for Alleged Kickback Scheme

Jury selection is expected to start today for five doctors and four other Forest Park hospital officials standing trial in federal court for being involved in an alleged illegal kickback scheme that put tens of millions of dollars into their pockets. Healthcare lawyers across the country are closely monitoring the case. Texas Lawbook correspondent Bruce Tomaso is covering the trial and will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage.

February 20, 2019 Bruce Tomaso & Mark Curriden

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Kit Addleman
Geffrey W. Anderson
Daniel Avila II
Jon Benloulou
Mike Bielby
Jimmy Blacklock
Jane Bland
Thomas D. Bowers III
Denis Braham
Thomas Brandt
Ron Breaux
Kenneth Broughton
Kyle Carter
Brian Cathey
Michael Chambers
Tracy Christopher
David Coale
Samuel C. Cole
David S. Cook
Alicia G. Curran
Michael Darden
Joe Davidson
Joshua P. Davis
Adrienne Dominguez
Mollie Duckworth
Shannon Dugan
Keith Ellison
Jennifer Walker Elrod
Harper Estes
Andrew Fabens
Bill Finnegan
Bryan Flannery
Joshua Flores
Murray Fogler
Marc Fuller
Rob Goodin
Robert N. Grisham II
Richard Guiltinan
Charlie Haag
Stancell Haigwood
John Russell Hardin
Meagan Hassan
Chris Heasley
Michael Heidler
Sean M. Higgins
Laura Hill
Amanda S. Hilty 
Jim Ho
Russell Hollenbeck
Hillary Holmes
Kenneth Hoyt
Joan Huffman
Wallace Jefferson
David Johansen
Zona Jones
Jameson Joyce
Jacob Kring
David Lassetter
Tom Leatherbury
Debra Lehrmann
Brenda Lenahan
Luis Leos
Brice Lipman
Ieuan List 
Mey Ly-Ortiz 
R.J. Malenfant
Peter Marshall
Levi McCathern II
Pamela Medina
Dale Mellencamp
Todd Mensing
David Miller
Rodney R. Miller
Regina Montoya
Eric Moyé
Andrew Murr
Tim Newsom
Kurt Nondorf
Ethan Nutter
Robin O'Neil
Yvette Ostolaza
Matt Pacey
Sarah Patel Pacheco
Scott Parel
Danielle Patterson
Ken Paxton
Kelley Peacock
Eric T. Penner
Kyle Poelker
Chris Popov
Laura Prather
Gregory Pryor
Shirley Redwine
Aiesha Redmond
R. Douglas Rees
Justin Reinus
Samuel Rettew
Aaron Rigby
Justine Robinson
Ian Roffman
Kristen Rohr
James Ruiz
Dylan B. Russell
Russell Ryan
R.K. Sandill
Steven Sanfelippo
Valeria Sartorio
Neil Sawhney
Harrison Scheer
Karen Gren Scholer
Jonathan C. Scott
Tali Sealman
B. Jack Shepherd
Laura Sizemore
Ryan W. Smith
Britta Stanton
Harrison Steakley
Johnathan Stone
Gary Swaim
Laura Tamez
Matthew Turner
Rahul Vashi
Donald Verrilli Jr.
Brett Wagner
Darrin Walker
Hannah Walsh
Paul Watler
Kyle Watson
Alex Whitman
Cory T. Wilson
Randy Wilson
Travis Wofford
Eric B. Wolff
Thomas C. Wright
Angela Zambrano
Mingda Zhao

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Alexander Dubose Jefferson
Allen & Overy
Anderson & Riddle
Ares
Autotalks
AZA
Azek
Azelis
Bair Hilty
Baker Botts
Beard Energy
BMW
Cozen O'Connor
Cunningham Swaim
Delta
DHLF
Dohery Wagner
Ducommun 
Fogler Brar O’Neil
Gibson Dunn
Greenberg Traurig
Gupta Wessler
Haynes Boone
Hedrick Kring
Hess Midstream
Holland & Knight
Hoover Slovacek
Hyatt
Jackson Walker
Kinder Morgan
Kirkland
Lancium
Latham
Lewis Brisbois
LG Chem
Lynch, Chappell & Alsup
Lynn Pinker
Marriott
McCathern
MoloLamken
Morrison Jones
Munger Tolles & Olson
Newmont
NOG
Nutter McClennen & Fish
Penn Law Firm
Perkins Coie
Reed Smith
Rice University
Schlumberger
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley
Sunnova
TADC
TEX-ABOTA
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TLR
Toyota
Trafigura Trading
TTLA
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