John Bickel Retires from Bickel & Brewer

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook.By Mark Curriden, JD Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook (May 19) – Bickel & Brewer, the Dallas law firm that pioneered Rambo-style litigation in North Texas, isn’t known for doing things quietly, but the litigation boutique announced without any fanfare or attention last month that John Bickel was officially retiring from the law firm he co-founded 30 years ago. Bickel, a 1976 graduate of the SMU Dedman School of Law, turned 65 in April and announced to his partners that same week that he was leaving the law firm. In a written statement, Bickel said starting the law firm with his friend Bill Brewer three decades ago and growing Bickel & Brewer into a nationally recognized trial law firm “has been a dream come true for me. “When Bill and I started the firm, we were young, ambitious, entrepreneurial and passionate in our pursuit of big-ticket litigation,” Bickel said. “I am incredibly proud of what the partnership and its largely self-funded foundation have accomplished, and I will follow the firm closely as I continue the practice of law,” he said. “I know the firm and the Bickel & Brewer Storefront will continue to do great…