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Squire Patton Boggs doesn’t roll off the tongue quite yet, but leaders in the newly merged firm's Dallas and Houston offices say the combining of their forces is going very well. The Texas Lawbook takes a peek inside.
Galvan is the second Hispanic woman to be partner-in-charge of one of Jones Day's Texas office. The first is her predecessor, Pat Villareal.
Nowhere has the trend been more prevalent than Houston, where many of these lawyers who strike out on their own compare themselves to oil wildcatters.
The Austin office opening is the Tampa, Fla.-based firm's second debut on Texas soil.
The Austin office opening is the Tampa, Fla.-based firm's second debut on Texas soil.
More than 50 law firms have asked the Texas Supreme Court Professional Ethics Committee to reconsider an ethics opinion issued last month that prohibits law firms from identifying non-lawyer employees as “officer” in their title. The ethics opinion would ban job titles including chief operating officer, chief marketing officer and chief technology officer.
Oil and gas legacy litigation expert Loulan Pitre, Jr. will lead the Fort Worth-based firm’s first office outside of Texas.
Linda Addison, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, became the first woman to be named managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright's U.S. operations. A trial lawyer who splits her time between Houston and New York, Addison once climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. She replaces Dallas lawyer Ken Stewart.
Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos started their law firm in 1993 with no clients, no revenues and no savings. Their office was a rickety old building that leaked every time it rained. Now, in the age of litigation boutiques, AZA is law firm of preference for GCs at Plains All American, National Oilwell Varco and Apache who want to take their business disputes to trial.
Haynes and Boone says Powers, an SMU Dedman alum who specializes in international finance, will take over as MP on Jan. 1. In an interview with The Texas Lawbook, Powers discusses expansion to London and maybe other locations, the possibility of merging with another firm and the need to retain the firm's culture.
Author John Steinbeck once said, “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.” When it comes to business in Texas, you don’t mess about. This article details six unmistakably Texas-style business lessons – unwritten codes of behavior that everyone notices and no one forgets – that stand the test of time.
Half of the 25 largest Texas firms saw their gross revenues climb in 2013, led by Susman Godfrey, Akin Gump and V&E
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