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.
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Houston firm adds a former journalist, a former geophysicist and a former LSU football player to focus on business litigation.

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.

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.

Scott McElhaney of Jackson Walker is the DBA's new president-elect, and will serve as president in 2014.

Prominent tax lawyer R. Brent Clifton is taking his 30 years of practice to Winstead.
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 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.

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.

Nestled in the heart of uptown behind the Rolex Building, Winstead's new Dallas office represents the modern setting for a law firm.

Sarah Paxson is the fourth lawyer since last month to join Gardere's IP practice.
Decker Jones has hired four new attorneys for its downtown Fort Worth office.
The partners include Marty Brimmage, Arnold Spencer, Garrett DeVries and Matt Zmigrosky
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