GC Janet Dhillon Leaves JC Penney
JC Penney announced that its deputy general counsel, Janet Link, has been named the interim GC until a replacement is named.
SMU Dedman Recognizes Distinguished Alumni at Annual Awards Dinner
This year’s named distinguished alumni were: commercial litigator Mike Gruber; immigration attorney Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Cedillo-Pereira; Chevron Europe, Eurasia and Middle East Exploration & Production Limited General Counsel Siriporn Chaiyasuta; Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Executive Director Bill Holston; and SMU Dedman professor emeritus Joseph McKnight.
Morgan Lewis Lures Eight K&L Gates Lawyers, Bolsters Gov. Enforcement and White Collar Practice
Danny Ashby said he and his team made the move because of the potential to work with Morgan Lewis’ “tremendous litigation talent in Houston” and the Philadelphia-based firm’s recent merger with Bingham.
Morgan Lewis Lures Eight K&L Gates Lawyers, Bolsters Gov. Enforcement and White Collar Practice
Danny Ashby said he and his team made the move because of the potential to work with Morgan Lewis’ “tremendous litigation talent in Houston” and the Philadelphia-based firm’s recent merger with Bingham.
National IP Boutique Harness Dickey Plants Flag in Dallas
Gerald Welch, formerly of Dentons, will lead the Troy, Michigan-based firm's fourth office nationwide.
Longtime V&E Corporate Governance & Airlines Vet Jumps to Sidley
The addition of Kevin Lewis comes on the heels of three other lateral hires – energy finance partner Robert Stephens and private equity and oil and gas partners David Denechaud and Joe Flack – in the past four months. Lewis says he “cherished” his time at V&E and feels like he is moving from one excellent firm to another. He will help lead Sidley's corporate governance and compliance group and its airlines and aviation practice.
Longtime V&E Corporate Governance & Airlines Vet Jumps to Sidley
The addition of Kevin Lewis comes on the heels of three other lateral hires – energy finance partner Robert Stephens and private equity and oil and gas partners David Denechaud and Joe Flack – in the past four months. Lewis says he “cherished” his time at V&E and feels like he is moving from one excellent firm to another. He will help lead Sidley's corporate governance and compliance group and its airlines and aviation practice.
Mayer Brown Eyes Mexico with Recent Hire in Houston
Former ExxonMobil attorney Francisco Mendez joins Mayer Brown's Houston office and will help lead the Chicago-based firm’s efforts to open an office in Mexico City. He says that though the dip in oil prices has affected the industry, he believes the oil and gas potential in Mexico will continue to attract all kinds of investments.
Updated – Exxon Mobil’s William Buck to Lead Houston Pro Bono Effort
William Buck, the GC of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Upstream Companies, has a message for corporate legal departments: Do your fair share of pro bono. The new Houston Bar Foundation chair, who specializes in transactional law, says, "I plan to remind all companies that we in-house lawyers also have pro bono obligations. We in-house lawyers are more than capable of handling some of these pro bono needs."
Zoe Littlepage: A Career of Winning Verdicts and Sending Messages to Corporate Boardrooms
For more than 25 years, Houston trial lawyer Zoe Littlepage has been involved in some of the biggest and most complex disputes with medical device makers and pharmaceutical companies. She’s taken scores of cases to trial and won hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients. The ABA TIPS Section earlier this month honored Littlepage with its Pursuit of Justice Award, which recognizes lawyers and judges who excel in providing access to justice for all.
Pro Bono Week Forges Connections: Connecting Needs with Passions Leads to Engagement
For the past six years, 100 percent of our full-time U.S. lawyers have done pro bono work and more than 50,000 hours were dedicated to low income and charitable clients in each of the last three years.
DAYL Presents $50,000 to Dallas Habitat and EPIC
The money, specifically earmarked for the Dallas Habitat Jimmy Carter Work Project, was raised at the inaugural DAYL Charity Ball in November.