IP Veteran Bill LaFuze Transitions to McKool Smith After Long Career at V&E
LaFuze believes that the overall size of the pie for patent litigation work is likely to shrink, which means lawyers will have to work harder to distinguish themselves.
IP Veteran Bill LaFuze Transitions to McKool Smith After Long Career at V&E
LaFuze believes that the overall size of the pie for patent litigation work is likely to shrink, which means lawyers will have to work harder to distinguish themselves.
Coats Rose and Bracewell Close Historic El Paso Housing Authority Mega Deal
The project, initially valued at $250 million, will provide major renovations to nearly 1,600 public housing apartment units among 13 properties in El Paso, which constitute 30 percent of HACEP’s entire ownership of housing units.
Houston Litigator Sean Gorman Moves to Bracewell & Giuliani
Gorman represents clients based in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East in a variety of sectors.
Houston Litigator Sean Gorman Moves to Bracewell & Giuliani
Gorman represents clients based in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East in a variety of sectors.
ADJT Picks Up Dallas Lawyer Kirsten Castañeda
Castañeda said she was attracted by the opportunity to be a part of a free-standing appellate group.
Jackson Walker Beefs Up Real Estate Practice with Four-Lawyer Group
Alfie Meyerson, Thad Armstrong, David Jones and David Robins are leaving the only law firm they have ever known for what Meyerson describes as “the perfect match for our clients” at Jackson Walker.
Akin Gump Adds Tax Expert Alison Chen
Chen, who joins from Andrews Kurth, recently worked on the $6 billion merger of Oiltanking Partners, LP with Enterprise Products Partners.
Texas Rangers Corporate Counsel Kate Cassidy has a Room with a View
Lawyers often boast about the view from their office windows, but none can match the scene from Kate Cassidy’s desk: home plate at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Baseball is in her DNA. Her father was a catcher in the Minnesota Twins farm system. She was sitting in the centerfield bleachers when Kenny Rogers pitched a perfect game. “My job is very similar to lawyers who work in just about any corporate legal department, except.." Cassidy says. "I love baseball."
Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC
During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion. “Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey. Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.
Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC
During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion. “Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey. Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.
What Baseball Can Do for Lawyers
Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh admits that, when his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, it changed his life for the better. Bill Mazeroski’s dramatic walk-of home run to end Game Seven allowed Dick to begin moving back into the stream of life and out of the grief that arose when his wife died suddenly and infant son suffered a brain injury in a car wreck earlier that year. Baseball also has the capacity to generate solid friendships among those with a like-minded passion for the game, like mine with Dick Thornburgh.