Houston Law School and Andrews Kurth Partner on Career Development
Andrews Kurth and the University of Houston Law Center have partnered up to give first-year law students a good dose of reality.
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Andrews Kurth and the University of Houston Law Center have partnered up to give first-year law students a good dose of reality.

For six decades, Morris Atlas was the lawyer to see in South Texas. Big corporations from across the globe facing potentially crippling lawsuits hired him to save their businesses. Candidates for public office cherished his endorsement. Lawyers who wanted judicial appointments desired his blessing. And he founded the law firm Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, which is the largest law firm in South Texas with 35 lawyers and three offices. Atlas died Sunday at his home in McAllen. He was 88.

Cathy Maher has been the executive director for 21 years and served in multiple other roles with the DBA before that.
Perkins focuses his practice on government and regulatory matters.
Perkins focuses his practice on government and regulatory matters.
Sara Burgin, Kevin Collins, Matt Paulson and Whit Swift are all joining as partners from Katten Muchin Rosenman.
Sara Burgin, Kevin Collins, Matt Paulson and Whit Swift are all joining as partners from Katten Muchin Rosenman.
Vital said he was drawn to his new firm by the opportunity to build an office from the ground up.
Vital said he was drawn to his new firm by the opportunity to build an office from the ground up.
Prior to joining Kelly Hart, Caraway was a solo practitioner in the Eagleford Shale area.

It’s hard to recall a more disconcerting feeling as a GC than getting a copy of a lawsuit filed against your company. Litigation in the commercial context is almost inevitable for companies, especially in the United States. It’s going to happen at some point. When it does, it’s your chance to step up and be the calm in the eye of the storm. This column is 10 things you need to do immediately. Above all, don’t panic.
The Tampa, Florida-based firm is turning to former Greenberg Traurig attorneys L. Bradley Hancock, Christopher Johnsen and Theresa Wanat to spearhead the firm’s efforts in Houston.
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