Marc Stanley, a prominent Dallas securities trial lawyer who has handled thousands of civil cases and taken more than 50 disputes to trial, was sworn in Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer as the new ambassador to the Argentine Republic.
TechnipFMC’s Victoria Lazar Solves Billion-Dollar Problems
Victoria Lazar has designed, negotiated and closed numerous multibillion-dollar, high-profile M&A deals for corporate giants such as Electronic Data Systems and General Electric during her three decades practicing law. She worked on EDS’s separation from General Motors and GE Oil & Gas’s $32 billion purchase of Baker Hughes. She worked in Russia for Baker Botts representing the Azerbaijan International Oil Co. She became an expert on evaluating the risks of offshore, deep-water drilling equipment following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. She guided Bristow Helicopter Group out of a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy. Now TechnipFMC’s chief legal officer, Lazar recently completed a billion-dollar corporate spinoff.
But it was a pro bono divorce case Lazar handled when she was a young corporate transactional associate at Baker Botts in Houston that she considers her first memorable moment practicing law. Meet Victoria Lazar and her lifetime of achievements.
Q&A: Victoria Lazar
Premium-Only Content: During her three decades practicing law, Victoria Lazar has designed and negotiated multibillion-dollar, high-profile M&A deals for corporate giants like Electronic Data Systems and General Electric. Even as a young lawyer, she worked on the separation of EDS from General Motors in what was at the time the largest IPO in history. Here, Lazar shares her perceptions about the role of corporate counsel.
Mary Isensee is a ‘One-Woman Army at PROS’
Three years ago, Mary Isensee made some big changes in her career. After six years of practicing corporate law at three different large law firms in Houston, she decided to go in-house. Isensee went from oil and gas to technology and artificial intelligence – during a pandemic when PROS clients, many in the travel industry, were hit hard. “Mary is a young attorney practicing at an experience level beyond her years,” AZA’s Todd Mensing says. Isensee is also the 2021 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Rookie of the Year.
Q&A: Mary Insensee
In an exclusive Texas Lawbook Q&A with Mary Isensee, the technology counsel at PROS, Inc. explains the challenges facing in-house counsel, her pet peeves about outside counsel and what lawyers need to know about her if they want her business.
Six-Digit Holiday Bonuses for Susman, Sidley and Other Firm Associates
In an effort to attract and retain talented business lawyers in a highly competitive Texas market, corporate law firms are dishing out major holiday bonuses to their associate ranks this year. Susman and Sidley are leading the way in Texas.
Sarah Hurt: A Big Impact in a Short Time at Jefferson Energy
Sarah Hurt has been the GC at Jefferson Energy Companies for a year and has scored huge achievements. Three separate pipeline systems have been placed into service. The issuance of $425 million in Port of Beaumont bonds and a major terminal project well underway. The Houston Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook announce Hurt is a finalist for the 2021 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department.
Q&A: Sarah Hurt
In an exclusive Texas Lawbook Q&A with Sarah Hurt, the general counsel at the Jefferson Energy Companies squares off on the kinds of challenges facing in-house counsel, her pet peeves about outside counsel and what lawyers need to know about her if they want her business.
MilliporeSigma’s Christallyn Williams: A DEI Leader in the Texas Legal Community
Christallyn Williams was a junior in high school when she demonstrated her courage to step forward on issues of race, diversity and inclusion. The leadership she showed in a Houston classroom a couple decades ago continues today. Williams is senior corporate counsel for labor and employment law at MilliporeSigma, a multibillion-dollar global life-sciences company. She is also one of the most successful lawyers in Texas in pursuing diversity and inclusion in the profession and a finalist for the 2021 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion.
Q&A: Christallyn Williams
An exclusive Texas Lawbook Q&A with MilliporeSigma senior counsel Christallyn Williams on challenges facing in-house counsel, her pet peeves about outside counsel and what lawyers need to know about her if they want her business.