Finance expert Kim Cagle is the latest addition to the nearly 50-lawyer Houston office. Earlier this month, Reed Smith picked up energy IP expert Kevin Cadwell.
Sutherland Bolsters Energy Expertise in Austin
The Atlanta-based firm added Lino Mendiola III, who was previously the co-managing partner of Andrews Kurth in Austin. In January, Sutherland signed on Travis McCullough, a former associate general counsel at JP Morgan over commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa, as counsel in Houston.
Chief Justice to Lead Langley & Banack Appellate Practice
Catherine Stone, the former chief justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas, begins her first day as a shareholder at the San Antonio-based firm on Monday. She was appointed to the bench by the late Gov. Ann Richards in 1994 and served 21 years until her retirement at the end of 2014. Legal experts says she deserves credit for the appeals court’s reputation for efficiency and collegiality.
Chief Justice to Lead Langley & Banack Appellate Practice
Catherine Stone, the former chief justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas, begins her first day as a shareholder at the San Antonio-based firm on Monday. She was appointed to the bench by the late Gov. Ann Richards in 1994 and served 21 years until her retirement at the end of 2014. Legal experts says she deserves credit for the appeals court’s reputation for efficiency and collegiality.
Energy/Finance Partner Robert Stephens Joins Sidley Austin
The Chicago-founded law firm, which opened its Houston office in 2012 and now has 34 lawyers there, continues to expand via lateral partner hires.
Third Court Chief Judge Returns Home to Practice
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.