Exclusive: General Counsel Forum Honors Hunt GC David Hernandez for Ethics

Dallas billionaire Ray L. Hunt told 300 business lawyers Tuesday night attending the General Counsel Forum’s annual Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law that he's not a lawyer and has "no clue what general counsel do, but I know that you could not have picked a better person [to honor] than David Hernandez." In an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, Hernandez discusses his career, his worries about the legal profession and the reasons he became a lawyer. Plus, we have photos from the GC Forum gala.

October 5, 2016 Mark Curriden

Andrews Kurth Lures GC of International Oil & Gas Company to Houston Office

Christopher Richardson was most recently the general counsel of Mubadala Petroleum, a multi-billion dollar international oil and gas company owned by the Abu Dhabi government.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Andrews Kurth Lures GC of International Oil & Gas Company to Houston Office

Christopher Richardson was most recently the general counsel of Mubadala Petroleum, a multi-billion dollar international oil and gas company owned by the Abu Dhabi government.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Jackson Walker Boosts Health Care Practice with Addition of Darren Skyles in Austin

Skyles focuses his practice on corporate compliance matters, business transactions, board governance, contracts, human resources issues and developing policies and procedures.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Fee Smith Launches Houston Office

The new office is the Dallas trial law firm's third in Texas.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Fox Rothschild Adds Financial Restructuring Expert to Dallas Office

Mark Platt says the hot topic in bankruptcy and restructuring is still oil and gas.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Kirkland Adds Investment Funds Group in Houston

Matthew Nadworny, a Kirkland partner from the San Francisco office, has transferred to Houston to lead the development of the new group.

September 30, 2016 Mark Curriden

Ten Things GCs Need to Know: How to Market the Legal Dept. to the Business

It sucks being a cost center. General counsel can argue all day about the value the legal department is adding to the company, but it is still a cost center to the business. If executives see Legal as just a cost center, it could feel the budget axe when times get tough. This edition of “Ten Things” discusses basic and straight-forward ways you can “market” the legal department to the business in order to help them understand what the department does and the value it brings to the company.

September 27, 2016 Mark Curriden