Five years ago, Sandra Phillips Rogers started an effort to analyze and revamp how the auto giant’s corporate legal department selected and worked with outside counsel. The idea was a more collaborative relationship between Toyota’s in-house counsel and its outside counsel. Today that idea is more than a success: it’s a model for cooperation and diversity.
Updated: Jared Sine Leads Match’s ‘World Class’ Legal Department
Jared Sine has never swiped right on Tinder, but he is making all the right legal moves for Match.com. In his 30 months as GC, Sine has tripled the size of the Match legal department, unveiled a major data privacy effort and successfully litigated a patent infringement claim against a competitor. The Texas Lawbook tells what Sine then did after lunch.
Rosewood Corp Promotes Sinead Soesbe to GC
The Rosewood Corporation announced Wednesday that long-time general counsel C. Jedson Nau is “scaling back” his work for the Dallas-based real estate and investment firm and that Sinead Clifford Soesbe is taking his place.
Ziosk’s Shruti Krishnan Makes Connections, Gets Deals Done
When complex deals become contentious – with emails flying and obstacles accruing and the transaction in danger of falling apart – Shruti Krishnan is likely to do something unusual: she picks up the phone and talks with opposing counsel. And now, as a top lawyer at Table Top, she is known as one of the most effective and personable dealmakers around.
Bracewell & Pier 1 Team Up for Major Securities Class Action Win
Two retirement funds sued Pier 1 and two of its executives in 2015 claiming they made false statements and misled shareholders about excessive inventory levels, which led to millions in financial losses. Pier 1 GC Mike Carter and Bracewell partners Stephen Crain and Bradley Benoit executed a near-perfect defense strategy to have the case dismissed.
Hunt Oil’s Michael Monroe Follows Projects from ‘Mere Idea to Fruition’
When Michael Monroe joined the Hunt Oil legal department in 2002 as a senior lawyer, company leaders had developed an innovative idea about building a massive, multibillion-dollar energy operation in Peru. From what seemed like far-fetched plans arose the first LNG producing plant in South America. And Michael Monroe was the guide.
State National’s Kate Nanney Hit the Ground Running with Markel Deal
Kate Nanney had been practicing law merely three years and was corporate counsel at Bedford-based State National Companies for only a few months when she was given a new assignment: work with some of the most experienced M&A lawyers in the world at Skadden Arps on a transaction to sell the company to a mega-insurance and investment firm for $919 million.
TX Bar Prez Questions Mandatory Dues, Seeks Dismantling Young Lawyer Division Voting Procedure
Joe Longley sent a letter Tuesday to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that questions the legality of the mandatory State Bar of Texas to charge dues to its members to pay for programs, including support for the Young Lawyers Association. He also challenges the constitutionality of TYLA elections.
Brandy Treadway Guides J.C. Penney Through Turbulent Times
Brandy Treadway’s first task when she joined J.C. Penney in 2011 was to prepare an 8-K SEC filing announcing that Ron Johnson was being hired as the CEO. Much has happened since then and Treadway has been there to help the retail giant through it all. A major proponent of diversity, she is the fourth consecutive woman to be J.C. Penney’s GC.
Mauri Miller Guides Platinum Dermatology Through Growth
When Mauri Miller arrived at Platinum Dermatology Partners in May 2016, the business had three offices and 16 providers in Texas. Fifteen transactions later, Platinum has 33 offices and 83 providers in multiple states. Miller, who is 31, oversees Platinum’s M&A and has been integrally involved in each deal.