Three Prominent Litigators Start Austin Litigation Boutique
Butch Hayes, Geoff Weisbart and Julie Springer to employ "team approach" to trial work.
Texas Lawyers Charging $1,000 an Hour Rare, but Not Much Longer
Scores of litigators and transactional lawyers in Texas now bill between $925 and $995 an hour.
Sidley Austin Opens Houston Office
Chicago-based firm lures seven partners from different law firms.
Fulbright and Pillsbury Kick Each Other’s Tires… Again
Two major national law firms – Fulbright & Jaworski and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman – have talked for months about a possible merger. Apparently, they are talking again.
Baker Botts Names Andrew Baker of Dallas its New Managing Partner
Baker Botts announced Tuesday that Dallas corporate law partner Andrew Baker is its new managing partner, effective January 1, 2013.
V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.
V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.
National Law Firms Try Again in Texas
Prominent national law firms such as Chadbourne & Parke and Jenner & Block tried for three decades to crack the Texas legal market. They were lured by the milk and honey of corporate law: boatloads of billable hours from cash rich oil and gas businesses that do not blink at paying top rates.