By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
Greenberg Traurig celebrated 10 years in Texas with a reception and dinner at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science on Oct. 26. Clients and friends of the firm, including their families, had the entire museum to themselves.
Stephen Carlin, managing shareholder of the firm’s Dallas office, said the firm decided to have its anniversary celebration at the Perot because of the intrigue and fun learning experience the museum would provide.
“The Perot is the newest gem in the Dallas cultural crown, and a very hot ticket right now,” he said. “I took my thirteen-year-old son to the Perot a few months back and could not pry him away. In my teenager’s lexicon, the Perot is ‘way cool.’”
As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Greenberg Traurig made a generous $25,000 gift to the museum in conjunction with the exhibit, Animal Inside Out, which opened on Sept. 22 and runs through Feb. 17, 2014. The firm’s donation underwrites scholarships to the exhibition for children who could not otherwise afford to visit the Perot and see the exhibit.
“We are extremely grateful to Texas for the wonderful reception we have received here,” Carlin said. “We decided the best way we could say ‘thank you’ is by giving back to the community—especially by supporting the education of the children who are the future of this great state.”
Attendees and their families were thrilled by Animal Inside Out, described by the museum as an anatomical safari of more than 100 specimens, ranging from the musculature of a giraffe to a cross-section of a giant squid—a favorite of Greenberg Traurig partner Victor Vital.
A good time was had by all, especially the children. Several kids spent the night in the Lamar Hunt Family Sports Hall, racing against a cheetah, Tyrannosaurus rex or Olympic sprinter. Even with a head start, no one was beating the cheetah. Especially not the parents.
Families also had the opportunity to get hands-on and design and build robots to race through a maze or pick up objects in the Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall. Others were seen building a model skyscraper to withstand a simulated earthquake or using digital electronics to create music and sound effects.
The Miami-based firm opened its first Texas office in Dallas in 2003. It followed with an office in Houston in 2005 and Austin in 2008. To date, there are more than 100 lawyers in the three Texas offices.
“Texas truly is the land of opportunity and we are thrilled to be part of it, for the past ten years and long into the future,” Carlin said. “Our Houston and Austin managing shareholders are native Texans. As for me, well, as they say, I got here as fast as I could (back in 1985)…”
Raise a Glass
Kudos to Carman Sanchez, marketing coordinator at Greenberg Traurig, for a party well done.
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