Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Many Texas lawyers are using a seemingly endless choice of apps and gadgets – high tech and low tech – to stretch and enhance business productivity as well as personal fulfillment in today’s 24/7 life cycle. Here are some favorites and some resources.
The former Bracewell partner was recruited by Haynes and Boone to bolster its power projects practice, particularly in renewable energy
Johnson becomes the 10th attorney to be added to one of Dykema’s Texas offices within the last year as the firm continues to strengthen its presence in the market.
The new office is the firm's ninth international office and 15th worldwide.
Justice Jack Hightower, who spent 10 years in the Texas Senate, died Saturday in Austin. He was 86.
In 1943, Mussolini was deposed, the musical Oklahoma opened on broadway and the U.S. Supreme Court said the Texas Democratic Party could no longer exclude blacks from voting. It also was the year that Richard Jennings started practicing law. Seven decades later, Jennings is 95 and still passionate about his Lubbock law practice... and playing golf.
(July 25) – “Division Avenue,” Dallas playwright Miki Bone’s newest play, debuted July 17 at the Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York. The 90-minute production will be staged another four times before the prestigious festival, featuring 37 theatrical works, concludes Aug. 3. Of course, the comedy involves a lawyer and a legal dispute – and more.
The legal sands are shifting in the Middle East for Texas firms and Baker Botts is looking strong.
Weems, who ran for Texas Railroad Commissioner in 2010, talks about the biggest challenge facing his energy clients in the year ahead.
About eighteen months ago, Karl Seelbach was driving to Houston to take depositions. To the proverbial rhythm of the road, the senior associate in Winstead’s Austin office started thinking … wishing he had brought some other depositions to reference … wishing he could access certain exhibits … and finally concluding that the deposition delivery system was broken. So he decided to fix it.
Scores of Texas law firms are helping asylum applicants who can't afford legal counsel to assist in their case.
Law firms, corporations and other entities are increasingly hiring Sharon Schweitzer for her etiquette expertise.
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