Kelly Hart Adds Bill Caraway to Midland Office
Prior to joining Kelly Hart, Caraway was a solo practitioner in the Eagleford Shale area.
Ten Things: Your Business has just been Sued – Now What?
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.
Holland & Knight Open for Business in Houston
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.
Holland & Knight Open for Business in Houston
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.
Faith & Perseverance Helped Sidley Partner Close His Biggest and Most Important International Deal
Cliff Vrielink has represented some of the world’s leading energy companies in highly complex international transactions valued in the billions of dollars. But for four years, Vrielink and his wife tried to adopt two children from Haiti. A legal process that should have taken weeks became years. The couple took a dozen trips to Haiti. They hired lawyers in Haiti and sought help from U.S. officials in New York. Nothing they did helped or mattered. “I’ve done multi-billion-dollar global mergers and acquisitions involving multiple corporations and assets in multiple countries that were simpler than the adoption process we faced,” said Vrielink, a 20-year veteran of international M&A law. This is the story of Cliff and Ayse Vrielink’s efforts to adopt a boy and a girl from Haiti and why an antiquated international adoption system must be fixed.
Faith & Perseverance Helped Sidley Partner Close His Biggest and Most Important International Deal
Cliff Vrielink has represented some of the world’s leading energy companies in highly complex international transactions valued in the billions of dollars. But for four years, Vrielink and his wife tried to adopt two children from Haiti. A legal process that should have taken weeks became years. The couple took a dozen trips to Haiti. They hired lawyers in Haiti and sought help from U.S. officials in New York. Nothing they did helped or mattered. “I’ve done multi-billion-dollar global mergers and acquisitions involving multiple corporations and assets in multiple countries that were simpler than the adoption process we faced,” said Vrielink, a 20-year veteran of international M&A law. This is the story of Cliff and Ayse Vrielink’s efforts to adopt a boy and a girl from Haiti and why an antiquated international adoption system must be fixed.
Gray Reed & McGraw Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary
Three decades later after launching in a brutal recession, the law firm has more than 120 lawyers with offices in Houston and Dallas and is among the 20 largest law firms in Texas.
Gray Reed & McGraw Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary
Three decades later after launching in a brutal recession, the law firm has more than 120 lawyers with offices in Houston and Dallas and is among the 20 largest law firms in Texas.
Locke Lord Leaving Imprint on Legal Profession through Bar Association Leadership
Dallas partners Brad Weber and Frank Stevenson and New Jersey-based partner Paulette Brown are serving overlapping terms as presidents of the DBA, State Bar of Texas and ABA, respectively.
Patrick Keating Leaves Big Law to Launch Keating PLLC
Keating, who was a commercial litigation partner at Haynes and Boone in Dallas for more than 20 years, recently made his first lateral hire, Catherine Brandt.
Morgan Lewis Lures Dallas Employment Litigator Ann Marie Arcadi
Arcadi is the eleventh Dallas lawyer to jump to Morgan Lewis from K&L Gates this year.
Jones Day Strengthens Energy Transactions Practice with Addition of Houston Partner Stephen Olson
Olson has worked on transactions totaling more than $9 billion in the last three years, according to his firm bio.