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Natalie Posgate

Natalie Posgate covers pro bono work, public service and diversity within the Texas legal community.

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Natalie Posgate

Natalie Posgate covers pro bono work, public service and diversity within the Texas legal community.

Natalie joined The Texas Lawbook in 2012 as a founding staff member shortly after receiving her Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Southern Methodist University. While at SMU, Natalie and SMU-classmate-turned-Lawbook-colleague Brooks Igo published “Sweeping Rape Under the Rug,” an award-winning investigative piece about SMU’s handling of on-campus sexual assaults. Later that year, Natalie and Brooks published a follow-up piece that broke the news of the first grand jury indictment in decades of an SMU student involving an alleged on-campus sexual assault. She began her reporting career in college as an intern for The Dallas Morning News’ breaking news desk, and before that, interned for Texas Highways magazine.

In the early days of The Lawbook, Natalie served as a general assignment reporter and covered everything from lawsuits to Texas law schools to mergers and acquisitions to legal industry trends. Before launching The Lawbook’s pro bono, public service and diversity beat, Natalie served as senior litigation writer. She has covered numerous high-profile trials gavel-to-gavel, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2013 insider trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban and a 2018 products liability trial that rendered a $242 million jury verdict against Toyota Motor Corp.

In 2021, Natalie profiled former East Texas federal prosecutor Joshua Russ, who went on the record for the first time with Posgate about resigning and filing a whistleblower complaint against the Department of Justice for its alleged political interference in a civil case Russ was leading against Walmart for its role in the opioid crisis. The piece is cited in a chapter of “Servants of the Damned,” a book released in September 2022 by New York Times journalist and bestselling author David Enrich.

Through The Lawbook’s content partnerships, Natalie’s work has regularly reappeared in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Business Journal and The Dallas Morning News.

Natalie lives in East Dallas with her husband David and German Shorthaired Pointer rescue Stella. She is an avid runner, reader, hiker and coffee drinker.

Gruber Hurst Elrod Prevails in $33 Million Pipeline Contract Dispute

A federal court in Minnesota has ordered an Indian conglomerate to pay Houston-based Great Lakes Gas Transmission $32.9 million for failing to pay Great Lakes for natural gas transmission services the parties had agreed to in a 15-year contract.

September 18, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Appeals Court Favors ex-CFO in Insurance Dispute over Coverage in Bankruptcy

A Houston appeals court ruled Tuesday that a lower trial court must consider whether an insurance company breached its duty to a former Superior Offshore International executive when it refused to provide certain coverage the executive claimed was included in the director-and-insurer policy.

September 16, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Bracewell and AZA Prevail in Fifth Circuit for Investment Bank – Updated

A federal appeals court recently affirmed the August 2014 dismissal of energy investment bank Mueller Chen & Co. from a $46.5 million lawsuit brought by International Energy Ventures Management for a fee dispute that resulted from a deal involving the two companies.

August 25, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Royalty Owners Win MSJ Against Chesapeake, Trial Day Approaches

A group of Fort Worth area mineral owners, including members of the wealthy Bass family, prevailed this past week in a summary judgment ruling that supports one of their fundamental claims in their lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy entities.

August 25, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Frank Branson, Gruber Hurst and Beckmen Law Score Record $71 Million Win in West Texas

The two lawyers and their firms scored a record $61-plus million win in Fisher County when the jury determined a group of business partners conspired to cut their clients out of a lucrative mineral rights leasing deal

August 21, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Pit Bull Trial Lawyer Transforms into ‘TinMan’ on Appalachian Trek

With the cornucopia of high-profile cases Mike Lynn has tried and won in his career, many know him as a pit bull trial lawyer who fights vigorously for his clients. But after spending three months hiking the Appalachian Trail, Lynn returned to the office this past week with a new identity: “TinMan.” Mr. TinMan recalls the life lessons he learned on his 700-mile trek, full of summit climbs, endless rainfall and good people – but no blisters, thank God.

August 13, 2015 Natalie Posgate

A Word with John Goodgame: The Top M&A Dealmaker in 1H 2015

John Goodgame is having a very good year. The corporate partner at Akin Gump has led more mergers and acquisitions (11) during the first seven months of 2015 than any other lawyer in Texas, according to The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker. Learn why he's doing so many energy transactions.

August 4, 2015 Natalie Posgate

XTO and BofA Score Mandamus Win in Derivative Royalty Trust Lawsuit

XTO Energy and Bank of America scored a win this week in a Dallas appellate court when a three-judge panel ruled that a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a derivative action lawsuit to continue with an investor of XTO’s publicly-traded royalty trust.

July 31, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Brewer Firm Continues Success in TX Voting Rights Act Cases

Bill Brewer and his team of lawyers are having a busy summer.

July 16, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Addison Pizzeria Owner Ordered to Pay $21.4 Million to Sexual Assault Victim – Corrected

Exactly 1,536 days ago, a 49-year-old owner of a popular Addison pizza shop sexually assaulted an 18-year-old waitress in a nearby Addison hotel. The attacker caused the teenager to suffer severe emotional and physical anguish and gave her herpes.

July 10, 2015 Natalie Posgate

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  • P.S. — Haynes Boone’s Sean Lewis Honored with Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award - In this edition of P.S., Haynes Boone associate Sean Lewis was recently recognized for more than 400 hours of pro bono service last year, including his trial representation of a minister and gospel singer who won a $973,000 jury verdict in a fraud lawsuit against a longtime acquaintance and former business partner. The Texas Lawbook previously profiled Lewis and his Haynes Boone colleagues on the case. 

    Attorneys Serving the Community is celebrating a record-setting fundraising year, generating $489,486.65 in net proceeds for Shared Housing Center. At its annual luncheon, the organization recognized several supporters, including Hannah Luke, who received its Most Valuable New Member Award, and Munsch Hardt, which received its Friend of the Community Award.

    Plus, several prominent lawyers have joined the board of directors of the Wesley Community Center, and lawyers and professionals from Sidley Austin and Goldman Sachs teamed up to support The Stewpot.
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GCs, Lawyers & Firms

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  • Dallas Real Estate Shareholder Moves to Polsinelli 
  • Austin IP Director Moves to Kane Russell 
  • Platt Richmond Promotes Three to Partner 
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Lawyers in the News

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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
Rajiv Dharnidharka
James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
Dionne Hamilton
Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

Firms in the News

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AZA
Baker Botts
The Bandas Law Firm
Beck Redden
Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
Burns Charest
Clement & Murphy
Condon & Forsyth
DLA Piper
Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Willkie
Winston & Strawn

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