Asked & Answered with Gibson Dunn’s Trey Cox: Pizza, Pipelines and a Hot Streak

Asked & Answered is a new standing feature The Texas Lawbook will bring readers every other week, highlighting the work of leading Texas lawyers and offering insight into their lives outside the courtroom. In this edition, we sit down with Trey Cox, co-chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s global litigation practice group and co-partner in charge of its Dallas office.

Cox has won some big verdicts recently and, with another trial on his calendar in October, he plans to keep the momentum going.

August 27, 2025 Alexa Shrake

McKool Smith Hires High-Ranking U.S. Prosecutor in Dallas

Rachael Jones, most recently deputy chief of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas, joins McKool Smith’s white-collar and complex commercial litigation team.

August 27, 2025 Bruce Tomaso

Litigation Roundup: Dallas Firm Readies for Airline Fatality Trial 

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Baker Botts is hired by Tesla to defend against patent infringement claims in the Eastern District of Texas, jury selection is underway in an airline crash fatality suit that a Dallas law firm is taking to trial in Washington State, and a recent appellate ruling from Eastland could have a broad impact in personal injury cases.

August 25, 2025 Michelle Casady

Elon Musk Hires Carrington Coleman and NY Firm to Battle Apple, OpenAI

Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI sued Apple and OpenAI in federal court in Fort Worth on Monday, accusing the duo of being involved in a monopolistic scheme to dominate the global market for artificial intelligence. To lead the litigation, which seeks billions of dollars in damages, Musk and the two companies hired the Dallas law firm Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal and New York-headquartered Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider.

August 25, 2025 Mark Curriden

Hicks Johnson Hires New Leader of its Appellate Practice 

Andrew Gould started a new job Monday as the leader of Hicks Johnson’s appellate practice in Houston.

August 25, 2025 Alexa Shrake

Spencer Fane Adds IP Leader from Wick Phillips

Brett Pinkus focuses his practice on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation.

August 25, 2025 Brooks Igo

DOJ to Appeal Susman Godfrey Victory in Trump EO Case

The U.S. Department of Justice notified U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan that the government plans to appeal her decision two months ago to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Susman Godfrey. The Justice Department provided no details of its appellate arguments.

August 22, 2025 Mark Curriden

Susman Godfrey EO Litigation Timeline

President Donald Trump has issued executive orders targeting a half-dozen law firms, including Houston-based Susman Godfrey, accusing them of "spearheading efforts to weaponize the American legal system and degrading the quality of American elections" and "undermining the effectiveness of the United States military.” The EOs also accuse the firms of racially discriminatory practices via their diversity and inclusion programs. Here is a timeline of events tied to the EOs.

August 22, 2025 Mark Curriden