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Schiller highlights two "hot issues" facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act.
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Schiller highlights two "hot issues" facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act.

Schiller highlights two "hot issues" facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act.

After 36 years, attorney Rob Roby is leaving the private practice of law to become the president/CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Lone Star...

Reed Smith's two-month-old Houston office grows to 22 lawyers, 16 of which are partners.

Hinton, a prominent energy litigator who has represented BP and Shell Oil, is the 41st lawyer in Winston's Houston office.

Hinton, a prominent energy litigator who has represented BP and Shell Oil, is the 41st lawyer in Winston's Houston office.

Winstead associate Brittany Byrd has been selected the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers’ Outstanding Young Lawyer for 2013. She’s “shocked” and also “grateful,” especially for the opportunity to bring awareness to certain pro bono projects. But along her path to achievement, Byrd has had to pause and ask, “Why, God?” Yes, she got an answer.

This weekend, Steve Susman finished his fourth consecutive “BP MS 150” bike ride from Houston to Austin. He wore the coveted yellow jersey bearing the number “1,” marking him as the top fundraiser among more than 13,000 riders. The biggest challenge, according to the 72-year-old, is preparing to sit on a bike for nine hours a day. “The main thing you train is your butt,” he says.

Special to The Texas Lawbook AUSTIN (April 18) – Retired Texas Chief Justice Jack Pope, who helped establish formal judicial education for Texas judges, fought for a voluntary judicial-ethics code when judges had none and fought again to make that code mandatory and enforceable, celebrated his 100th birthday.

Scott Upchurch and John Sheppard are the first lawyers to be promoted to partner at the six-year-old Houston litigation boutique.

“The job has changed in recent times,” he says, giving a nod to the recent controversy within the UT Board of Regents.

Less than two years ago, the Kansas City-based firm was barely a blip on the radar screen when it entered the Texas legal market with other giant firms--Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn and Sidley Austin. But Polsinelli had a solid strategic plan that is yielding early success.
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