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By Mark Curriden – (September 17) – Diamond McCarthy, a 40-lawyer litigation boutique founded 14 years ago by former Hughes & Luce partners, has added two of their former colleagues to their firm.
Former Dallas Bar President Mark Sales, who specializes in probate and fiduciary duty litigation, joined Diamond McCarthy in March.
Darrell Jordan, a nationally prominent trial lawyer, former State Bar president and one-time Dallas mayoral candidate, joined the firm in August. Both are partners at Diamond McCarthy and were previously lawyers at the Dykema firm.
Jordan, who is 76, says he still has a lot to offer law firms and that Diamond McCarthy was the ideal fit for this point in his career.
“I still love practicing law and I still enjoy being a lawyer,” he says. “This is a growing, exciting law firm that is being led by excellent lawyers I have known for many years.”
Allan Diamond, the firm’s managing partner, says that experienced senior lawyers add tremendous value to law firms.
“I’ve known Darrell and Mark for my entire legal career,” says Diamond, who worked with Jordan at Hughes & Luce for 21 years. “Darrell recruited me out of law school and I have tremendous respect for him as a person and lawyer.
“We are not wanting Darrell to be in court arguing cases every day,” he says. “Given Darrell’s lifetime of achievements and contacts, he can open a lot of doors and help so many of our lawyers.”
Sales says that’s why he and many lawyers call Jordan “Uncle Darrell.”
“Darrell knows every lawyer in Dallas and just about every lawyer in Texas,” says Sales. “The great thing about Diamond McCarthy is that so many of our partners are long-time friends, but they also share our vision of the practice of law.”
Diamond McCarthy started with just eight lawyers. The firm now has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.
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