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Tom Luce Helped Reshape Texas. He Also Remembered Your Name

Public servant. Legal giant. Texas titan. People who knew Tom Luce reached for big words to describe him, but in interview after interview, one word rose above the rest: kind.

As his colleagues, peers and friends talked to The Texas Lawbook about his hand in reshaping Texas public education and mental health, building a successful law firm and founding a data‑driven think tank, they kept circling back to the same picture.

He was the man who listened more than he spoke, made time for everyone and never made anyone feel small.

Texas Drew the Line on AI. Here’s How Employers Are Walking It.

The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act is reshaping how businesses hire, evaluate and schedule workers, shifting AI in the workplace from an abstraction to an immediate operational risk. With the Texas attorney general launching an online enforcement portal Sept. 1, this article gives practical advice for mapping TRAIGA across key workforce use cases and establishing a defensible AI governance framework.

CDT Roundup: Every Week is a Power Up

As in most weeks of late, the deals reflect the ongoing data center scramble for power at every level, from upstream to downstream generation to renewables and storage and to the mining of metals that move or store it all.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

P.S. — Haynes Boone’s Sean Lewis Honored with Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award

In this edition of P.S., Haynes Boone associate Sean Lewis was recently recognized for more than 400 hours of pro bono service last year, including his trial representation of a minister and gospel singer who won a $973,000 jury verdict in a fraud lawsuit against a longtime acquaintance and former business partner. The Texas Lawbook previously profiled Lewis and his Haynes Boone colleagues on the case. 

Exclusive: Legendary Houston Trial Lawyer Retires After Nearly Six Decades of Unprecedented Victories

Robin Gibbs’ first jury trial was in the fall of 1971 representing an insurance company in a $278 car accident case. He charged $35 an hour. Fifty-five years later, Gibbs is a giant in the legal profession. He has won jury and bench trials in six different decades. His hourly rate has gone up a bit: $1,700 per hour. He pioneered the concept of litigation boutiques in the mid-1970s.

In an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, Gibbs said he is officially retiring from the practice of law Dec. 31.

Houston Finance Partner Moves from Kirkland to McGuireWoods 

Michelle Williamson, a finance partner, has joined McGuireWoods in Houston from Kirkland & Ellis. She will focus her practice on financing transactions for energy and infrastructure clients, representing sponsors, borrowers, financial institutions and investors in acquisitions financings, investment-grade lending and other debt financing matters.

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