Appellate Guru Jason Steed Joins Kilpatrick Townsend
With nearly 14,000 followers, Steed is a prolific and influential member of #appellatetwitter, a community of appellate wonks on the social media site.
Thompson Coe Announces Largest Partner Class in Firm History
Nine of the 11 newly-elected partners are based in one of the firm’s Texas offices.
Baker Botts Partner Kelly Brunetti Rose Named Fellow of American College of Governance Counsel
Rose focuses her practice on corporate matters.
Lea Courington of Dykema Receives Forever Duke Award
Courington currently serves as the president of the law school’s Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Justice Willett & James Ho Nominated to Fifth Circuit
President Trump has nominated two stalwart conservatives – Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and Dallas appellate law expert James Ho – to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The selections, if approved by the U.S. Senate, will keep the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from federal courts in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, as the most conservative appellate court in the U.S., according to legal experts.
Kelly Cope Named Hover Energy GC
Dallas-based renewable energy company Hover Energy has hired Reliance Holdings USA general counsel Kelly Cope to lead its corporate in-house legal department.
Erin Nealy Cox Nominated to be NDTX U.S. Attorney
The Trump Administration has nominated cybersecurity expert and former prosecutor Erin Nealy Cox to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Locke Lord Boosts Dallas Corporate Practice with New Partner Neil Rajan
Rajan was previously at Vinson & Elkins, where he was a senior associate.