Ted Lasso Season Two Playbook Offers Mental Health Strategies for Attorneys
Where the theme of Ted Lasso season one was empathy, season two’s theme is clearly about mental health. This message could not be timelier for attorneys.
Thompson Coburn Makes 5-Year Sponsorship Commitment to UNT Law Moot Court Competition
In addition to the firm's five-year sponsorship commitment to the nation's most diverse law school, Thompson Coburn has hired four UNT Dallas College of Law grads since opening its Dallas office in March 2020.
Fletcher Held: V&E Alumni Team Up at Houston Boutique
Scott Fletcher and Kenneth Held were young trial lawyers at V&E in the securities litigation practice. Fletcher loaned Held an office couch and chair when Held became a partner in 2003. Seven years later, Held replaced Fletcher as V&E’s co-chair of the securities litigation section. Now both in their 50s, Fletcher and Held are partners again – this time at their own Houston securities litigation boutique, appropriately named Fletcher Held.
FBFK Taps IP Expert to Lead Austin Expansion
It is Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta, PC's fourth office outside of the 46-lawyer firm's Dallas headquarters.
1-800-343-TLAP: ‘That Call Changed My Life’
Eleven years ago on Mother’s Day, I was driving down a winding Texas road thinking about how much I loathed who I had become. I had been abusing alcohol for years and had severe, untreated depression. I was lying to my employer about the work I was doing (I was not doing it). I would not return client phone calls knowing they would remind me I was not doing the job I was entrusted to do.
‘Not Enough Lawyers’ – Texas Corporate Law Firms Face the Unthinkable
The Texas legal market is so hot right now that law firms have discovered the economic theory known as supply and demand. Corporate lawyers are stretched and in danger of burnout. Law firm leaders want to hire more attorneys and are even offering huge signing bonuses. But there's a problem: There just aren’t enough lawyers in Texas to do the job.
Mattress Firm, Norton Rose Fulbright, Carl Lewis Run Against Racism
Norton Rose Fulbright, Mattress Firm and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis came together Sunday for a charity race to raise money for three elite organizations that fight racism and to announce college scholarships. The “Run Against Racism” raised $197,087 and produced a lot of good times. And Mattress Firm announced two $10,000 college scholarships.
Latham Relocates Two Lawyers Key to Houston Success to Austin
The firm is betting the two corporate lawyers' institutional knowledge and experience building a successful office will reap more rewards in Austin.