Dykema Cox Smith Picks Up Austin Litigation Member Michael Klein
Klein focuses his litigation practice on first-party insurance coverage, bad faith and insurance regulatory matters.
SMU Dedman School of Law Receives ABA Professionalism Award
The law school is one of two recipients of the E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award in the nation.
Vinson & Elkins Turns 100
V&E has faced turbulent times during its 100 year history, including the Enron scandal. But the firm continues to thrive with 700 lawyers in 16 offices across the globe, $653 million in revenues last year and profits per partner at $1.8 million.
Vinson & Elkins Turns 100
William Vinson and James Elkins sat next to each other at a July 1917 memorial service for Vinson’s law partner who had died. Both men were reared in small towns: Vinson in Sherman, Elkins in Huntsville. Each needed a law partner. A century later, the law firm that bears their names is one of the most powerful in Texas and widely viewed as the most influential legal practice in the oil patch. V&E has faced turbulent times during its 100 year history, including the Enron scandal. But the firm continues to thrive with 700 lawyers in 16 offices across the globe, $653 million in revenues last year and profits per partner at $1.8 million.
Dallas & Houston Federal Judges to Mediate Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
Two Texas judges have been appointed to play key roles in the $73 billion bankruptcy of Puerto Rico. U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Barbara Houser of Dallas is heading a five-member judicial panel that is mediating key issues. U.S. Senior District Judge Nancy Atlas of Houston is also on the mediation panel.
Dallas & Houston Federal Judges to Mediate Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
Two Texas judges have been appointed to play key roles in the $73 billion bankruptcy of Puerto Rico. U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Barbara Houser of Dallas is heading a five-member judicial panel that is mediating key issues. U.S. Senior District Judge Nancy Atlas of Houston is also on the mediation panel.
Financial Services Litigation Group from KRCL Starts New Firm
The new firm, led by named partners Kenneth Johnston and David Pratt, includes five partners, one counsel and three associates.
Baker Botts Partner Evan Young Confirmed to Texas Judicial Council
Young is a former clerk for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and counsel to the U.S. Attorney General.
Jackson Walker Continues Growth in San Antonio with Three-Partner Group
Jackson Walker has recruited seven lawyers to its San Antonio office since the beginning of the year.
Munsch Hardt Adds Houston Oil and Gas Shareholder Russell Miller
Earlier in his career, Miller had in-house positions at The Coastal Corporation and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Texas Tech Finds New Law School Dean
Jack Wade Nowlin is the senior associate dean at the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Bradley Arant Houston Partner Named to HBA Administration of Justice Committee
Jared Caplan will serve a one-year term on the committee that implements and organizes the HBA’s annual Bench Bar Conference.