UNT Dallas College of Law Announces Four New Professors for 2015-2016 School Year
Jonathan Bridges, Michael Maslanka, Brian Owsley and Reynaldo Valencia will join the faculty in its second full-year of classes.
Dykema Cox Smith’s Christopher Kratovil Elected Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation
Kratovil focuses his practice on appellate matters, particularly at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dykema Cox Smith's Christopher Kratovil Elected Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation
Kratovil focuses his practice on appellate matters, particularly at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
T&K Partner Ricky Raven Elected to ABOTA
Raven, who is based in Houston, focuses his practice on civil litigation, toxic tort, products liability, personal injury, fracking litigation and white collar criminal defense.
T&K Partner Ricky Raven Elected to ABOTA
Raven, who is based in Houston, focuses his practice on civil litigation, toxic tort, products liability, personal injury, fracking litigation and white collar criminal defense.
V&E Partner Tom Leatherbury Named Chair-Elect of NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education
Leatherbury is co-head of V&E’s appellate practice and chairman of talent management.
V&E Partner Tom Leatherbury Named Chair-Elect of NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education
Leatherbury is co-head of V&E’s appellate practice and chairman of talent management.
Baker Donelson Picks Up Houston Litigator Lori Hood
Hood returns to the big law firm world after spending the past eight years at Johnson Trent LLP.
Update: Tallgrass Energy IPO Closes at $1.3 Billion
TEGP offered 41.5 million shares at $29 per share and granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 6.2 million Class A shares. The underwriters exercised the full amount of their option, which closed the IPO on Tuesday at $1.3 billion.
Texas Law Firms Fight for Talent, Revenues and Survival
Despite record revenues and profits, the Texas legal market is in turmoil. Even as elite law firms experience phenomenal growth in revenues and profits, many large, full service Texas law firms struggle to tread water and could face major restructuring or even extinction. There's a fierce battle over talent. Law firms that pay the most get the best lawyers. The best talent gets the best clients. The best clients pay the highest rates, which leads to greater revenues and profits. “The deck has been completely reshuffled in Texas,” said Kent Zimmerman with Zeughauser Group. “In a short amount of time, the leaderboard has changed significantly.” The Texas Lawbook interviewed more than two-dozen legal industry insiders in an in-depth examination of the state's business law marketplace.
Skadden, Bracewell and Latham Advise in $2.1 Billion Noble-Rosetta Deal
Noble’s acquisition of Rosetta, which owns positions in the Eagle Ford area, gives it access to the South Texas shale play.
Baker Botts and V&E Advise in $1.2 Billion IPO
Leawood, Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy has raised $1.2 billion through its IPO. Baker Botts, its legal counsel, says it is the "year's largest IPO" thus far.