Both lawyers come from Haynes and Boone, where Dinerstein was co-head of its M&A practice and Nathan served on its board of directors from 2002 to 2012.

Heather Hewitt is the only Texas-based lawyer in OnRamp’s inaugural class of fellows.

The Dallas lawyer is handling some of the biggest business lawsuits in Texas, but he never takes depositions, doesn’t argue pre-trial motions or pick juries and he never cross-examines witnesses. In fact, Nolland avoids courtrooms all together.Instead, he has pioneered a new practice area and has gained believers including David Beck, John DeGroote and Halliburton GC Robb Voyles.

The bomb blast blew out a wall of the church. Blood and shattered stained glass covered splintered furniture and scorched Bibles. The smell of dynamite still hung in the air. Newly-minted Harvard lawyer John Andrew Martin had driven down 16th Street many times, but now, four African American children were dead. Martin called his bosses at the Justice Department. People around him cried in anguish. The carnage, Martin says, “was sickening.”

This is the story of Dallas lawyer John Martin and his journey through the civil rights area