DMN: Debbie Branson to Receive Award for Role in Parkland Hospital's Transformation
The Linz Award is considered Dallas’ oldest and most prestigious civic honor.
Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
The Linz Award is considered Dallas’ oldest and most prestigious civic honor.

Brit Nelson lateraled over from Locke Lord.

Mark Sherrill is moving his energy bankruptcy practice from Washington, D.C. to the firm’s Houston office. The firm also added an energy regulatory attorney in Austin.

The relatively new Texan and young partner at Simpson Thacher ranks No. 1 across the state in deal value by individual lawyer – and by a lot.

The relatively new Texan and young partner at Simpson Thacher ranks No. 1 across the state in deal value by individual lawyer – and by a lot.

Prominent Dallas trial lawyers Michael K. Hurst and Shonn Brown, who represent Ray Hunt and Highland Capital in multimillion-dollar litigation, are leaving Gruber Hurst for crosstown rival Lynn Pinker Cox. Hurst and Brown are taking five lawyers with them. The Texas Lawbook interviewed all parties.

Jim Baldwin, Shonn Brown, Cece Cox, Windle Turley and Judge Catharina Haynes were honored at the Belo Mansion last night at the law school's 29th Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Kleinman, 85, founded the Texas Access to Justice Foundation.
Kleinman, 85, founded the Texas Access to Justice Foundation.
Kleinman, 85, founded the Texas Access to Justice Foundation.
The five-lawyer team from Bracewell is the second significant corporate lateral team hire Alston & Bird has made in Dallas in the past year.
The five-lawyer team from Bracewell is the second significant corporate lateral team hire Alston & Bird has made in Dallas in the past year.
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