Elizabeth Ames Jones Joins Patton Boggs, Talks Energy
The immediate past chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas talks about her new role as a senior policy advisor and what she thinks are the big developments in the energy industry.
Sen. Hutchison Joins Bracewell & Giuliani as Senior Counsel
For 20 years, Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband Ray worked 1,200 miles apart. Starting this week, the distance between their offices is measured by feet instead of miles. Sen. Hutchison, in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, said she is joining Bracewell & Giuliani as senior counsel where she will advise clients in banking, energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors.
Sen. Hutchison Joins Bracewell & Giuliani as Senior Counsel
For 20 years, Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband Ray worked 1,200 miles apart. Starting this week, the distance between their offices is measured by feet instead of miles. Sen. Hutchison, in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, said she is joining Bracewell & Giuliani as senior counsel where she will advise clients in banking, energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors.
SMU Business School Dean to Lead Search for New Law School Dean
Provost Paul Ludden appointed Albert W. Niemi to lead the search committee to replace Dedman Law Dean John Attanasio. Other search committee members include law school faculty, law students, members of the Board of Trustees, law school executive board members and law school alumni.
Melanie Okon is New Name Partner at Estes Okon Thorne & Carr
Former name partner Jane Taber is stepping back from managing the firm to focus on new opportunities for the firm in the healthcare industry.
Melanie Okon is New Name Partner at Estes Okon Thorne & Carr
Former name partner Jane Taber is stepping back from managing the firm to focus on new opportunities for the firm in the healthcare industry.
Exclusive: One-on-One with Fulbright & Jaworski’s Newest Chairman – and its Last
Ken Stewart, universally liked and respected, sits down with The Texas Lawbook for his first and only interview since taking the firm's leadership. He discusses progress in Fulbright's "joining forces" with global legal giant Norton Rose, client and partner reactions, whether the Jaworski name is gone for good, firm finances and the prospects of competitive lawyers stealing away Fulbright's best partners.
Exclusive: One-on-One with Fulbright & Jaworski's Newest Chairman – and its Last
Ken Stewart, universally liked and respected, sits down with The Texas Lawbook for his first and only interview since taking the firm's leadership. He discusses progress in Fulbright's "joining forces" with global legal giant Norton Rose, client and partner reactions, whether the Jaworski name is gone for good, firm finances and the prospects of competitive lawyers stealing away Fulbright's best partners.
Reed Smith: Build It and They will Come
For two years, the 1,700-lawyer Pittsburgh-based law firm has courted a half-dozen law firms in Dallas and Houston, including Thompson & Knight and Munsch Hardt, about merging. Frustrated that none of the Texas firms would marry, Reed Smith turned to Houston legal headhunters Clint Johnson and Janet Downey to lure top-line partners away from big firms to open a new office in Houston. More than a half-dozen have agreed. Read for more details.
Promotions in Texas Decrease in 2013
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.