The Chicago-founded firm has announced the lateral hire of corporate law partner Andrew Calder of Simpson Thacher.
Kirkland & Ellis Opens Outpost in Houston
The Chicago-founded firm has announced the lateral hire of corporate law partner Andrew Calder of Simpson Thacher.
The Judge and the Advocate: Meet the Lynns
As a Dallas jury read its verdict, Mike Lynn pulled his iPhone from his pocket and sent one email: “We won. $319 million.”
A few blocks away, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn was on the bench in the middle of her own trial when the message arrived. “I wanted to be there in court with Mike when he won such a huge victory for his client,” she says.
Barbara and Mike Lynn are Dallas’ undisputed legal power couple. She has shattered gender barriers her entire life and is the only lawyer to ever chair both the ABA’s Litigation and Judicial sections. Now a federal judge, Barbara Lynn has presided over some of the most controversial and important trials in North Texas during the past 15 years.
Mike Lynn is a pit bull trial lawyer who left the comforts of a large silk stocking law firm 20 years ago to start one of the most successful and respected litigation boutiques in Texas. His biggest court victory – the $319 million win for Energy Transfer Partners – is the largest judgment ever issued by a state court jury in Dallas.
Shannon Gracey Adds Two Partners, Names New Head of Dallas Office
Mediator David Seidler and construction law expert Christian Ellis joined the firm as partners in its Fort Worth office, while Lisa Songy assumed her new position as the head of the Dallas office.
Andrews Kurth Wins MLB Jackie Robinson Award
The Houston-based firm is the first organization that is not minority- or women-owned to win the award.
Alan Albright Jumps to Sutherland
The IP expert is the fourth lawyer to join the firm’s Austin office during the past year.
Gibson Dunn Leads $1.3 Billion Buy for Lone Star Funds
The Dallas-based private equity firm is acquiring DFC Global Corp. for $1.3 billion.
Muni Bond Master Ray Hutchison Dies
Ray Hutchison will always be remembered as the best municipal bond lawyer ever in Texas. But he was so much more.
Partner Promotions Hit Three-Year High
Top law firms promoted more Texas lawyers to partner and shareholder positions in 2014 than each of the two years prior, according to a statistical analysis by The Texas Lawbook of 41 firms with a significant presence in the state. Bracewell & Giuliani and Locke Lord saw the greatest increase in the number of partners promoted from last year to this year, while Jackson Walker, Baker Botts and Haynes and Boone had new partner classes of 10 or more.
Former SEC Enforcement Attorney Predicts More Financial Fraud Investigations
Jason Lewis, who recently joined Greenberg Traurig with a team of three other lawyers from Locke Lord, will lead the Dallas office’s white collar practice.