Ed Tomko, a prominent former prosecutor and senior official with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is joining the Dallas office of Dykema. Tomko and Jason Ross, both former partners at the now-defunct boutique law firm Curran Tomko, will lead Dykema’s white-collar practice in Texas.
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Tomko & Ross Join Dykema
Ed Tomko, a prominent former prosecutor and senior official with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is joining the Dallas office of Dykema. Tomko and Jason Ross, both former partners at the now-defunct boutique law firm Curran Tomko, will lead Dykema’s white-collar practice in Texas.
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Women Lawyers Participate in Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative
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Baker Botts Adds Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Expert David Schiller
Schiller highlights two “hot issues” facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act.
Baker Botts Adds Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Expert David Schiller
Schiller highlights two “hot issues” facing his clients. One is the Affordable Care Act.
Facebook, You and the Government: The SEC is Following Your Tweets
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Akin Gump Assists in $438 Million Transaction
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The Mentor: Jim Coleman Turns 90
Jim Coleman has tried of hundreds of jury trials over six decades of practicing law. He has defended huge corporations, including Oscar Wyatt’s Coastal States in 1972 in a multi-billion-dollar trial. Scores of lawyers in trouble have called him for help. He fired clients when he learned they hid evidence from the court and when they refused to allow women lawyers at his firm work on their case. Simply put, no lawyer has influenced the legal profession or lawyers more.
On Thursday, Coleman turns 90. “I know my clock is running down,” he says. This is Jim Coleman’s story.
Gardere’s James Cooper Receives HBA’s President’s Award
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