Dallas Real Estate Transactions Boutique Merges with Litigation Team
Aaron Tobin and a group of litigators from Anderson Tobin have joined Condon Sladek Thornton to become Condon Tobin Sladek Thornton.
Bell Nunnally Boosts Labor and Employment Practice
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.
Ten Things: In-House Counsel Working at Home
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.
McKool Smith Lures Former Associate General Counsel of Litigation at Ericsson to Dallas Office
Frank Vecella is currently representing his former employer in a "cutting-edge case" against China-based TCL Corporation.
Jackson Walker Elevates 10 to Partner
The newly-minted partners are from a total of five different offices.
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst Promotes Andrés Correa to Partner
Correa recently played a key role in achieving a $146 million verdict for T. Boone Pickens in a West Texas oil dispute.
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst Promotes Andrés Correa to Partner
Correa recently played a key role in achieving a $146 million verdict for T. Boone Pickens in a West Texas oil dispute.
Seyfarth Shaw Promotes Houston Attorney to Partner
Cleve Glenn focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and commercial finance.
Hogan Lovells Strengthens Corporate Practice in Houston
Gregory Hill was previously the chair of Locke Lord’s corporate governance practice.
Gray Reed Signs Energy Transactions Partner Ryan Sears
Sears, who is based in Houston, focuses his practice on upstream and midstream transactions.
Former Fortune 500 GC David Black Jumps to Greenberg Traurig
The former general counsel of BearingPoint and ACS was most recently a partner at Carrington Coleman.
Lawyers get Public Respect on Immigration Ban Fight
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."