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Neither Akin Gump and Norton Rose Fulbright are headquartered in Texas any longer, but they boast deep roots in the state and are among the largest law firms operating in Texas in terms of revenues and lawyer head count. Both firms topped $1 billion in firm-wide revenues in 2017. To be sure, they are quite different law firms with widely divergent stories.
Amid all the fuss and flurry of national corporate law firms opening new offices in Texas and spate of major mergers, some simple facts are frequently overlooked.
© 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate and Mark Curriden (May 3) – Gruber Hail Johansen Shank was never a huge firm in terms of lawyers, peaking at about
© 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo (May 3) – Shearman & Sterling announced Thursday that it has officially planted its flag in Houston with six partners from Baker
White & Wiggins announced this week that three Dallas attorneys - Kennedy Barnes, Ward White IV and Nnamdi Anozie – have joined the 11-lawyer firm as partners.
By Mark Curriden (May 2) – Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin and Winston & Strawn waged a century-old battle to dominate the Chicago corporate legal community. Now, they are facing off in Texas. War chests have been opened. Firm leaders have nearly unlimited budgets. Multimillion-dollar, multi-year guarantees have been offered and big name lawyers jumped. And all three say they are just getting started. The big investment in Texas seems to be paying off.
(May 2) In the month-long voting that ended Monday, Houston attorney Randy Sorrels received 58 percent of the 32,445 votes cast. Sorrels defeated Dallas attorney Lisa Blue, who was named on 41 percent of the ballots cast. Write-in candidates received the remaining votes.
Ashton G. Cumberbatch, Jr. has returned to the Austin law firm where he practiced from 1989 to 2002.
The firm also promoted five attorneys to equity shareholder.
A committee of Harris County judges and Houston Bar Association President Alistair Dawson selected Baker Botts for the award in large part for the 1,131 pro bono hours the firm performed in support of Hurricane Harvey relief.
Brian Teaff will begin a two-year term in Julay as the chair of the Tax – Tax-Exempt Finance Affinity Group for the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA).
Jim Lloyd practiced most recently at Pillsbury.
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