Texas Civil Rights Project Recognizes Three Texas Lawyers
Paula Hinton, Jennifer Doan and Cindy Saiter were recognized at the TCRP's 24th Annual Bill of Rights Dinner in Austin.
Legal Consultant: Texas Firms to Cut Underperforming Partners to Compete with Nat’l Firms
More global law firms are planning to move into Texas and they will continue to steal the best lawyers in the state by offering to pay them two or three times more money, a law firm management expert told the Legal Marketing Association of Texas last week. Despite the influx of money from national firms, compensation for corporate law partners in Dallas has actually declined 17 percent in recent years. He explains why.
Legendary Lawyer, WWII Veteran Henry Gilchrist Turns 90
For decades, Gilchrist represented oil tycoon Clint Murchison and his two sons, John D. Murchison and Clint W. Murchison, Jr., in various transactions – the most famous being the purchase, establishment and handling of various legal matters for the Dallas Cowboys.
Harpist Plays Creativity into Law Career
Winston & Strawn partner Denmon Sigler is used to the question: How did a harpist become an oil and gas attorney?
GC Forum’s 3rd Annual Charity Golf Classic Raises Most Money in its History for Texas Access to Justice
Close to 100 corporate general counsel, state supreme court justices, law firm leaders and legal service providers played through light showers and cool temperatures last week to raise the most money for legal aid in Texas in the General Counsel Forum’s 3rd Annual Charity Golf Classic.
Yetter Coleman, HayBoo Challenge TX Foster Care System
The more than 12,000 children in Texas’ long-term foster care system are seeking federal judicial oversight to improve their care.
T&K Austin Expands Government/Regulatory Practice
The firm has added six attorneys from Andrews Kurth and the Public Utility Commission.
Strasburger Prevails in Landmark Pro Bono Juvenile Case
Jack Carnegie, a partner at Strasburger & Price, said Texas’ criminal High Court did more than affirm a wrong that needed to be righted.