Reed Smith’s two-month-old Houston office grows to 22 lawyers, 16 of which are partners.
Paula Hinton Moves to Winston & Strawn as Partner
Hinton, a prominent energy litigator who has represented BP and Shell Oil, is the 41st lawyer in Winston’s Houston office.
Paula Hinton Moves to Winston & Strawn as Partner
Hinton, a prominent energy litigator who has represented BP and Shell Oil, is the 41st lawyer in Winston’s Houston office.
Brittany Byrd: A Passion for Pro Bono
Winstead associate Brittany Byrd has been selected the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers’ Outstanding Young Lawyer for 2013. She’s “shocked” and also “grateful,” especially for the opportunity to bring awareness to certain pro bono projects. But along her path to achievement, Byrd has had to pause and ask, “Why, God?” Yes, she got an answer.
Steve Susman: Back on the Bike for Charity
This weekend, Steve Susman finished his fourth consecutive “BP MS 150” bike ride from Houston to Austin. He wore the coveted yellow jersey bearing the number “1,” marking him as the top fundraiser among more than 13,000 riders. The biggest challenge, according to the 72-year-old, is preparing to sit on a bike for nine hours a day. “The main thing you train is your butt,” he says.
Chief Justice Jack Pope Turns 100
Special to The Texas Lawbook
AUSTIN (April 18) – Retired Texas Chief Justice Jack Pope, who helped establish formal judicial education for Texas judges, fought for a voluntary judicial-ethics code when judges had none and fought again to make that code mandatory and enforceable, celebrated his 100th birthday.
Schiffer Odom Makes First Partner Promotions
Scott Upchurch and John Sheppard are the first lawyers to be promoted to partner at the six-year-old Houston litigation boutique.
UT GC Burgdorf Moves to Beatty Bangle and VuCOMP
“The job has changed in recent times,” he says, giving a nod to the recent controversy within the UT Board of Regents.
Polsinelli Getting Comfortable in Texas Legal Market
Less than two years ago, the Kansas City-based firm was barely a blip on the radar screen when it entered the Texas legal market with other giant firms–Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn and Sidley Austin. But Polsinelli had a solid strategic plan that is yielding early success.
Fact & Fiction Shape the Life of Lawyer, Author Mike Farris
Tom Clancy once distinguished the difference between fiction and reality: “Fiction has to make sense.” That truism has sometimes posed a challenge for attorney and author Mike Farris, a complex commercial litigator at Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein in Dallas, especially when his fictional characters are lawyers. Of course, therein lies the reason that the public loves to read legal thrillers, Farris says. In books, as in life, lawyers can be good guys and bad guys. Read on.