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The Dallas Bar Association’s board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to give a director’s position with full voting rights to the leader of the largest women’s lawyers organization in North Texas. DWLA President Dena Stroh said she “could not be more thrilled.”
Clay Scheitzach, a leading voice for corporate compliance in the Texas business law community, is leaving his post as associate general counsel at Conduent – formerly known as Xerox Business Services – to become the new GC at Tempe-based DriveTime. "This is a fantastic opportunity with an amazing management team and a company with an amazing culture,” he told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview.
Kilpatrick Townsend is launching a Houston office with a 13-lawyer team from Coats Rose.
Scott Thomas reunites with Tom Melsheimer and other former colleagues.
John Dickey was most recently with Polsinelli.
Leb has been named one of the Top 50 Women in Law in Dallas by the organization.
Erin Fonté and Wilhelm Liebmann will serve three-year terms beginning on Jan. 1.
Houston judge Phyllis Randolph Frye and San Antonio attorney Eduardo Juarez have been selected as recipients by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity for its Stonewall Award.
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