Attention lawyers, general counsel and business executives involved in high stakes litigation: “No comment” just doesn’t cut it anymore, says Chrysta Castañeda, a former Locke Lord litigation partner who recently opened the downtown Dallas office of Canterbury Communications.
Meet the New Boutique in Town: Gardner Haas PLLC
The firm’s founders are Michael Gardner and Eric Haas, two veteran attorneys from Bickel & Brewer.
Texas Appellate Justice Joins Gray Reed
Justice Jim Moseley, who has served on Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals for 18 years, will join Gray Reed & McGraw where he will chair the appellate section.
Lawyer Climbs Ultimate Slippery Slope
When Houston attorney Glenn Legge and his wife tried rock climbing on a Colorado vacation, the litigator was told he might be better suited to ice climbing. Some 15 years and many frozen waterfalls later, the Legge, Farrow partner likens the challenging sport to arguing before the Supreme Court of Texas—you’ve got to anticipate unanticipated developments.
Gardere Solidifies Mexico Presence with New Subsidiary
The office formerly was structured as a joint venture with lawyers from Mexico City-based Arena y Asociados.
Meet the Lawyers in the John Wiley Price Case – Updated
Meet Billy Ravkind, Cheryl Wattley and Tom Mills.
Hugh Tanner Becomes Second MP of Morgan Lewis’ Houston Office
Oil and gas litigation partner Hugh Tanner became the office’s second managing partner July 1.
Veteran Jackson Walker Partner Selected to Lead Dallas CASA
Kathleen LaValle is taking on leadership of the nonprofit during a $37 million fundraising campaign.
Get Wall Street Out of the Practice of Law
The Texas Bar’s ethics opinion that Big Law can no longer give their non-lawyer administrators titles like Chief Operating Officer because it implies that those folks have managerial control over the firms they support. Why? Because non-lawyers actually now control Big Law and the Big Titles are the proof. The expensive legal rates and rising profits per partner are the result.
Coffee with Squire Patton Boggs: Merger Means “Getting to Know Each Other” in Texas
Squire Patton Boggs doesn’t roll off the tongue quite yet, but leaders in the newly merged firm’s Dallas and Houston offices say the combining of their forces is going very well. The Texas Lawbook takes a peek inside.