Shackelford Announces Partner Promotions
The Dallas law firm has named a new equity partner and non-equity partner in Dallas.
Porter Hedges Selects Two New Practice Group Leaders
The Houston law firm has tapped James Thompson and Eric Wade to lead the firm's property and finance group and litigation group, respectively.
Former Samsung Austin Semiconductor GC Jumps to Austin Law Firm
Catherine Morse, former general counsel and senior director of public affairs for Samsung Austin Semiconductor, has returned to private practice as a member at the Austin regulatory law firm Enoch Kever.
Former ExxonMobil Risk Management GC Moves to BRG
During his 25 year tenure, Heckman was the principal insurance claims adviser to ExxonMobil and its global affiliates.
Littler Promotes Two to Shareholder in Houston
The labor and employment law firm elevated 28 attorneys to shareholder in the U.S.
McGinnis Lochridge Beefs Up Ranks in Austin HQ
The new additions bump McGinnis Lochridge’s total headcount in Austin to nearly 50 attorneys, while the number of lawyers at Austin-based Graves Dougherty has dipped below 40.
Katten Muchin Officially Opens in Dallas
Chicago-based Katten Muchin Rosenman announced Monday that they have officially opened an office in Dallas with seven partners – six corporate M&A lawyers and one commercial litigator – that previously practiced with Andrews Kurth Kenyon.
Q&A: Former American Airlines GC Gary Kennedy Discusses ‘Twelve Years of Turbulence’
For more than a decade, Gary Kennedy was a steady hand leading the corporate legal department at American Airlines, which faced tremendous turbulence and head winds - from the use of two of its plans by terrorists on 9/11 and the deadly crash of Flight 587 into a neighborhood in Queens to battles with its own labor unions and with Southwest Airlines over expansion at Love Field to its federal bankruptcy and merger with US Airways. In a new book to be released this week, Kennedy provides an extraordinary behind-the-scenes tour of these events and what really happened. Kennedy talked with The Texas Lawbook about the revelations in the book.