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No single individual had a bigger impact on Texas divorce law than Joseph McKnight. He taught thousands of law students at SMU Dedman during his six decades as a legal educator. He also built an amazing collection of rare books - some dating back to 1481. The professor died Tuesday at age 90.
Hewlett Packard, Tenet Healthcare, The Howard Hughes Corp. and Kinder Morgan were the corporate legal department winners at the General Counsel Forum annual meeting in San Antonio this week. The individual GCs honored were MetroPCS ‘s Chris Luna, Prophet Equity’s David Rex, Silicon Lab’s Nestor Ho, ABM Industries’ Lanesha Anderson and Texas A&M’s Ray Bonilla. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive coverage of the GC Forum meeting.
In a world where the life expectancy of a Fortune 500 company is now 15 years, the story of Baker Botts is extraordinary. The law firm survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and two world wars. One founding partner wrote the first rules of civil procedure in Texas. Another partner solved the murder of William Marsh Rice in 1900, which led to the creation of Rice University. Half of its lawyers were drafted in 1942 to fight in WWII. The firm has represented two clients continuously for more than a century. Baker Botts celebrates its 175th anniversary Thursday night. If you thought you knew the lawyers at Baker Botts, this article will change your mind.
Irene Hosford and Kassandra McLaughlin join the Dallas-based firm from Husch Blackwell.
Debra Gatison Hatter and Jeff Bates said Strasburger's presence in Texas was a key factor in attracting them to the firm.
The Indianapolis-based firm recently added labor and employment partner Douglas Haloftis and bankruptcy expert Ray Urbanik.
The Indianapolis-based firm recently added labor and employment partner Douglas Haloftis and bankruptcy expert Ray Urbanik.
Kaminsky, who was previously at Porter Hedges, says he expects to see a continued focus by lenders and borrowers on the scalability of a borrower’s operations.
The Indianapolis-based law firm merged with health care law boutique Stewart Courington.
The Houston office is the firm’s seventh nationwide. The firm also added partners to its Dallas and Austin offices.
The New York-based law firm lured away 11 attorneys in total from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, diminishing half of its Houston office.
The Austin-based partner focuses his practice on transactions involving the acquisition or divestment of oil and gas properties and the formation of partnerships, limited liability companies or other entities for energy-related investments.
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