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By Brooks Igo
(April 10) – Former Andrews Kurth Kenyon litigation partner John McDowell has joined forces with longtime friends and fellow Hughes & Luce ex-pats Paul Koning and Bobby Rubarts at the Dallas trial law firm Koning Rubarts.
McDowell held various leadership positions at AKK including sitting on the firm’s governing and partner compensation committees and serving as partner-in-charge of the Dallas office litigation section. He said though he had opportunities to continue his career in Big Law, the six-lawyer Koning Rubarts was a better option for him and his clients.
“Paul and Bobby are superb lawyers and trustworthy partners,” said McDowell, who counts Marriott International, Howard Hughes Corporation, Healthcare Texas and actor/inventor Kevin Page (best known for playing J.R. Ewing’s right-hand man Steven “Bum” Jones and Seinfeld’s Stu Chermack) as clients.
“Our strategically-sized firm is attractive to clients and it gives me the latitude to take on more contingency fee work and represent clients who otherwise would not have a voice in our legal system.”
McDowell, who has developed extensive intellectual property experience in patent infringement and trademark and copyright matters, says his clients have “pressing questions at the intersection of antitrust and IP law.
“Clients have a renewed interest in obtaining counseling in both areas, especially with the sea change in enforcement and litigation strategies,” he added.
In a LinkedIn post, Rubarts wrote the firm is “beyond pleased” that McDowell has joined as an equity partner.
“Together, we now offer our clients more than a century of combined big law firm experience, representing clients in the most complex and challenging business litigation, professional liability and insurance coverage cases,” Rubarts posted.
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