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Jackson Walker attorney Josué Galván credits his parents for laying the foundation for him to become the first college graduate and attorney in his family. But it took him moving away to appreciate the full significance of his family’s story.
This story is part of a special series for Hispanic Heritage Month and is published outside of our paywall courtesy of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
Operation Peter Pan helped Yvette Ostolaza’s parents and 14,000 other Cuban children flee Fidel Castro’s regime for the U.S. in the early 1960s. But it is tenacity, grit and gratitude that have been the pixie dust for the success her family has since enjoyed.
This story is part of a special series for Hispanic Heritage Month and is published outside of our paywall courtesy of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
Yolanda Garcia says her story proves that adversity can be a critical motivator and the law can help you create a safety net that supports an entire community.
This story is part of a special series for Hispanic Heritage Month and is published outside of our paywall courtesy of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler name partner Laura Benitez Geisler became the first Hispanic president of the Dallas Bar Association in 2019. She shares the story of how her upbringing has impacted her career with The Lawbook in the first of a special series of articles for Hispanc Heritage Month.
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The Atlanta-based law firm has launched its 10th U.S. office with a team of energy litigators from Thompson & Knight.
Revenue and client demand at Texas-based corporate law firms were down during the first six months of 2020, but they were not as bad as everyone expected, according to a new report from Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Norton Rose Fulbright announced late Sunday that the firm has elected a litigation partner in Houston to be its global chief executive starting Jan. 1. Gerry Pecht is the first U.S. lawyer to take the 3,500-lawyer firm’s highest ranking leadership position since Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose combined in 2013.
The nine-lawyer office is the Cincinnati firm’s second Texas outpost.
The Los Angeles partner and executive committee member is the first woman to serve in the top management position at the prominent commercial litigation firm.
Taylor Wilson has been groomed for three decades to lead at Haynes and Boone. He’s served on the firm’s board of directors and executive committee, chaired the partner compensation committee and led hiring and recruiting efforts. On Jan. 1, he gets a new title: managing partner.
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