Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
More than 300 of the most prominent in-house and outside corporate lawyers in Texas met in San Antonio Thursday and Friday as part of the annual meeting of the Texas General Counsel Forum. The Forum recognized eight lawyers and two legal departments for outstanding successes and achievements during the past year. The Texas Lawbook, which has an exclusive partnership with the GC Forum, has complete details.
Olivia Adendorff and Jonathan Whalen are the newly-minted partners.
Clinton Edgar, a veteran lawyer of the state security's agency and Texas Tech law grad, has been appointed the new deputy commissioner of the Texas State Securities Board.
For the past five years, Nicolas McTyre has served as a trial attorney for the office of administrative litigation for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C.
Former BakerHostetler partners Susan Feigin Harris and Donna Clark represent hospitals, health systems and other medical providers in regulatory, transactional, litigation and government investigation matters.
The SEC has created a special committee to study possible new regulatory improvements in the world of corporate bond and municipal securities markets and SMU finance professor Kumar Venkataraman is one of the 23 members.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced Thursday that five Texas-based law firms garnered top honors in the organization’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index for advancing policies regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights.
Dallas-based Gardere and Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner confirm that they are in serious talks about combining. Such a combination would give Foley a strong foothold in Texas and an emerging presence in Mexico. The Texas Lawbook has details.
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