The 8-10 year formula for associates making partner may no longer exist, according to 2013 promotion data.
With Fulbright Merging, Who’s Next?
Circle the Texas wagons. The British are coming!
A half-dozen London-based law firms have been quietly knocking on the doors of managing partners in Dallas and Houston in recent months wanting to talk merger. Several large Texas firms confirmed they’ve been approached by UK firms. “International firms are trolling around Texas right now,” says Winstead Chairman Kevin Sullivan. “We get calls all the time, probably four or five calls from non-US firms in the past few months.”
Rusty Hardin ‘Hit the Mother Lode’ with Three New Lawyers
Houston firm adds a former journalist, a former geophysicist and a former LSU football player to focus on business litigation.
Rusty Hardin 'Hit the Mother Lode' with Three New Lawyers
Houston firm adds a former journalist, a former geophysicist and a former LSU football player to focus on business litigation.
Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose to Merge – UPDATED
For the past decade, Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose had been rumored to be in merger talks, even though lawyers at the two law firms contended they were merely “best friends” with benefits. On Wednesday, the firms made their relationship official and permanent, announcing a merger that makes the new firm, which will be called Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the 10 largest in the world.
The new combined law firm will boast 55 offices and 3,800 lawyers around the globe with annual revenues approaching $2 billion. Read the full story for more details.
Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose to Merge – UPDATED
For the past decade, Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose had been rumored to be in merger talks, even though lawyers at the two law firms contended they were merely “best friends” with benefits. On Wednesday, the firms made their relationship official and permanent, announcing a merger that makes the new firm, which will be called Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the 10 largest in the world.
The new combined law firm will boast 55 offices and 3,800 lawyers around the globe with annual revenues approaching $2 billion. Read the full story for more details.
DBA Selects New President-Elect
Scott McElhaney of Jackson Walker is the DBA’s new president-elect, and will serve as president in 2014.
R. Brent Clifton Jumps to Winstead
Prominent tax lawyer R. Brent Clifton is taking his 30 years of practice to Winstead.
Texas Firms Divided in 2012 Presidential Election, but Contributions Favor Obama
Texas law firms have given President Obama $414,603 in contributions and $379,379 to Gov. Romney. Baker Botts lawyers have given the most ($147,242) and favor Romney two-to-one. V&E has the second most money ($130,521) and Fulbright is third ($107,588), but Fulbright lawyers favor Obama two-to-one.
Susman Godfrey has donated $86,965 to the Obama re-election effort and $0 to Romney, while Winstead lawyers have contributed $52,454 to the Romney campaign, but only $8,125 to Obama. Read the article for more details.
David Mayer Joins Shackelford, Melton & McKinley
David Mayer has helped a Middle Eastern King purchase a Boeing 747 as his official Royal Aircraft and authored one of the highly popular For Dummies books. After 15 years as a lawyer in the Dallas office of Patton Boggs, Mayer joins SMM, a 41-lawyer business and entertainment law firm, as a partner.
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