Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Mark Shoffner, who lateraled over from Andrews Kurth, focuses his practice on employment law and litigation matters involving the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), payday laws and anti-discrimination statutes.
Corporate in-house counsel working from home can allow lawyers to be more productive, generate improved morale and used as a retention tool and as a way of attracting new talent. While working from home is growing, many general counsel are hesitate to permit it because they have one primary concern: “If I cannot see them, how do I know they are really working?” This article examines the benefits and pitfalls of in-house counsel working at home.
Frank Vecella is currently representing his former employer in a "cutting-edge case" against China-based TCL Corporation.
The newly-minted partners are from a total of five different offices.
Correa recently played a key role in achieving a $146 million verdict for T. Boone Pickens in a West Texas oil dispute.
Correa recently played a key role in achieving a $146 million verdict for T. Boone Pickens in a West Texas oil dispute.
Cleve Glenn focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and commercial finance.
Gregory Hill was previously the chair of Locke Lord’s corporate governance practice.
Sears, who is based in Houston, focuses his practice on upstream and midstream transactions.
The former general counsel of BearingPoint and ACS was most recently a partner at Carrington Coleman.
After enduring decades of comparisons to sharks and pit bulls, lawyers are earning new respect as they have rushed by the hundreds to airports to represent those affected by the controversial ban. Crowds at airports in New York and San Francisco chanted, "Let the lawyers in" during the first weekend of the ban. The ACLU received $24 million in contributions during the week after Trump signed the order - seven times what the liberal advocacy group raised in all of 2015. "Lawyers have been the butt of jokes for many years," said Philip Hilder, a Houston white collar defense lawyer, "but I think people realize the stakes are high."
The new practice group will be co-chaired by Adam Hull, Rick Jordan and Glenn Singleton.
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