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.
Memories of My Dad: The Story of a Visionary Business Lawyer
My dad was a visionary business lawyer who built one of the most influential law firms (Moore & Peterson) in Dallas history. He represented the state’s most important companies and pioneered techniques used in financing and structuring consolidations in the life insurance industry. Dad tried his best to talk me out of being an attorney. I’ve tried my best ever since to live up to the standards he set in his work ethic and integrity.
In-house to Private Practice: Q&A with Sonja McGill
McGill discusses her experiences in-house at J.C. Penney and H.M.S. Holdings and why she decided to join Bell Nunnally.
In-house to Private Practice: Q&A with Sonja McGill
McGill discusses her experiences in-house at J.C. Penney and H.M.S. Holdings and why she decided to join Bell Nunnally.
Former Hedge Fund GC Joins Winstead in Fort Worth
Andrew Rosell will chair the firm’s investment management and private fund industry group.
Norton Rose Fulbright Picks Up Former Texas Assistant Attorney General
Stephanie Leibe, who was most recently chief of the public finance division of the Texas AG’s Office, joins as senior counsel in Austin.