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Dilg led many multi-billion-dollar oil and gas mergers and acquisitions, but he will be remember for successfully guiding V&E through the Enron scandal and into record revenues and profits. The general counsel and executives at Plains All American, Energy Trans Partners and Lazard talk about Dilg's career and what made him a great lawyer.
Clients at V&E’s Dallas office dined among the dinosaurs at the Perot Museum of Nature and Center. Friends of Susman Godfrey partied at the firm’s Houston office. The two events have been institutions when it comes to law firm holiday parties.
Clients at V&E’s Dallas office dined among the dinosaurs at the Perot Museum of Nature and Center. Friends of Susman Godfrey partied at the firm’s Houston office. The two events have been institutions when it comes to law firm holiday parties.
They’ve made gingerbread houses, gone to the movies and had breakfast with Santa. These are not your typical law firm holiday parties, but they are, in some instances, surpassing the traditional dinner-and-drinks events in popularity and attendance. Family-friendly events are drawing big crowds as firms and clients embrace new ways to celebrate the holiday season.
Mathematics professor Maurice Locke started his Dallas solo practice in 1891. Frank Liddell joined a small firm in Houston in 1916. The firm's first client was the Houston Chronicle and its owner Jesse Jones. Those firms merged in 1999 and then they merged again with other firms. Today, Locke Lord announced that its partners have approved combining again with a Boston firm. The Texas Lawbook has all the details.
Dozens of law firms – most of them prominent Texas operations – are trying to expand into Mexico ahead of major energy reforms being implemented that could lead to tens-of-billions of dollars being invested in oil and gas projects.
Recent headlines about abusive NFL players, accompanied by dramatic video, have brought domestic violence into the forefront of the national conversation. What does a general counsel do when its his or her employee who is being abused at home? What are the ramifications if one of your employees is accused of abuse? These two experts provide practical guidance.
More global law firms are planning to move into Texas and they will continue to steal the best lawyers in the state by offering to pay them two or three times more money, a law firm management expert told the Legal Marketing Association of Texas last week. Despite the influx of money from national firms, compensation for corporate law partners in Dallas has actually declined 17 percent in recent years. He explains why.
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