Woodie Jones is rejoining Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, a firm he co-founded in 2003, after serving as Chief Justice of the Third District Court of Appeals in Texas.
Energy Future Holdings GC: The Need for Legal Aid is Critical
We have a motto in our legal department – “See It. Own It. Solve It.” This also applies to our pro bono service by helping to solve the legal problems facing those less fortunate in our communities. I believe that as members of a unique and special profession, we can and should do so much more.
This article also includes a list of scores of individual lawyers and law firms that gave more than $1.1 million to Equal Access to Justice in 2014.
TX-Based Firms Begin Paying Associate Bonuses
V&E’s bonus amounts, the first from a large Texas-based law firm to be in the public domain, match if not exceed most national or New York law firms that have announced their numbers already.
Haynes and Boone Makes Mile High Move
Firm Managing Partner Tim Powers says Denver is the second most important market in the energy industry.
GC Finds that Life’s a Blog
This lawyer leads two lives. As Amy Howell, she is General Counsel of Zimbra, an email software company near Dallas. As Natasha Osteen, she is the blogger behind “Smells Like Butterscotch,” a sometimes irreverent, often hilarious and always relevant look at life, faith, fear, humor… well, you name it. So, obviously, the first query is: What gives, Amy Natasha Osteen Howell? She laughs and tells The Texas Lawbook about her double-identity adventures.
TPG Capital Hires Fort Worth SEC Lawyer as Corporate Compliance Leader – UPDATE
JoAnn Harris is about to get a big raise. The private equity firm is expected next week to name the SEC assistant director of enforcement as its new deputy director of corporate compliance. “TPG’s footprint is around the globe,” Harris told The Texas Lawbook. “It is definitely going to be a challenge, but it will be fun.”
Charles Eskridge Moves Practice to Quinn Emanuel
After more than 20 years of practicing at Susman Godfrey, Houston litigator Charles Eskridge has agreed to join global litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as a partner.
Dean Foods Names Marc Kesselman New GC
Kesselman has left PepsiCo and Frito Lay to be the new general counsel and Executive VP at Dallas-based Dean Foods. In exclusive comments to The Texas Lawbook, Kesselman said that “Dean Foods provides a perfect opportunity for me to employ my legal and government experience in food and agriculture to help drive business growth.”
Fogler Leaves Beck Redden to Start New Boutique
Houston commercial trial lawyer Murray Fogler is joined at the new firm by four former Beck Redden associates – two of them are only three years out of law school – who are now named partners at the new boutique, which is called Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil & Gray.
10 Quick Tips to Keeping In-House Counsel Happy
McGill was in the corporate legal department at JC Penney and HMS Holdings, where she hired and managed outside counsel. In this article, she shares insights and experiences about the important relationship between in-house and outside counsel.