Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
The Texas Securities Commission announced Monday that Travis J. Iles, who had served as assistant director of the agency’s enforcement division for six years, has been promoted to deputy commissioner.
Carlos M. Zaffirini, Jr. will serve a two-year term ending in August 2018.
Patel, who spent 13 years at the Texas State Securities Board, will focus his practice on government investigations and white-collar defense.
Dallas Cowboys General Counsel Jason Cohen helped negotiate eight-digit stadium naming rights with AT&T his first week on the job. The second week, he led legal talks for the Jones family on the development of the practice facilities and headquarters in Frisco. He has written contracts for Cowboys' players and coaches, negotiated multimillion-dollar media and sponsorship deals, sued to enforce Cowboys intellectual property and represented the owners in discussions with the NFL over league policies and procedures. Did I mention he's only 36?
David Oliver and Paul Kerlin lateraled over from Vorys.
Barbara Culver Clack, the first woman to practice law in Midland and the second woman to serve full time on the Texas Supreme Court, died Sunday in Midland. She was 90. Born in Dallas and a 1951 graduate of the SMU Dedman School of Law, Clack was appointed to the state’s highest court in 1988 by Gov. Bill Clements.
Thompson & Knight said Thursday that it has snagged BNSF Railway Corp. General Counsel Charles Shewmake as a new partner in the firm’s trial practice.
Thompson & Knight said Thursday that it has snagged BNSF Railway Corp. General Counsel Charles Shewmake as a new partner in the firm’s trial practice.
David Huntley, senior executive vice president and chief compliance officer of AT&T, is one of the seven new board members.
The firm adds technology lawyer David Lawrence and construction attorney Adam Richie.
The TV commercial features “criminals” buying and selling drugs, stealing stereo equipment and hiring the services of a prostitute. Each thanks their lawyer for helping them get out of jail and apparently go back to a life of crime. "Consequences, they sure suck, don't they?" the lawyer says. The advertisement was featured in a Dallas Bar Association program Friday about civility and dignity in the legal profession. This article highlights the star-studded panels and showcases one of the craziest lawyer TV commercials ever.
The TV commercial features “criminals” buying and selling drugs, stealing stereo equipment and hiring the services of a prostitute. Each thanks their lawyer for helping them get out of jail and apparently go back to a life of crime. "Consequences, they sure suck, don't they?" the lawyer says. The advertisement was featured in a Dallas Bar Association program Friday about civility and dignity in the legal profession. This article highlights the star-studded panels and showcases one of the craziest lawyer TV commercials ever.
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