Thompson & Knight announced this week the election of seven attorneys to the partnership in the firm’s Dallas office. They are: Christopher L. Chauvin, whose practice focuses on litigation, arbitration,
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Dallas Auctioning Company Stopped from Selling a Masters Green Jacket
A temporary restraining order is prohibiting a Dallas auctioning company to sell the 1959 Masters golf champion’s green jacket in an upcoming New York auction.
Andrews Kurth and Latham Lead Harbinger-Exco Deal — Updated
Dallas-based Exco Resources’s $725 million joint venture creating a private oil and gas partnership has closed.
AMR Legal Fees in Bankruptcy Exceed $170 Million
With a few months of bankruptcy proceedings still to go, AMR’s legal fees continue to mount, topping more than $170 million so far.
AMR Lawyers: Bankruptcy and Merger Deal “Extraordinarily Unique, Complex” and Expensive
American Airlines GC Gary Kennedy and his lead outside counsel, Thomas Roberts and Glenn West of Weil, provide an exclusive insight into how the AMR and US Airways deal came together. “It is an intense deal with lots of moving parts,” says West.
Jody Richardson: Lobbyist Thrives on Uphill Challenges
A Texas legislator once told Jody Richardson that, if she wanted to talk to him, she would have to run. And he took off at full speed down a Capitol hallway. With eight marathons on her vita, the lobbyist not only kept up the pace, she had her say. For her 60th birthday, the Allen Boone Humphries Robinson public finance lawyer climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Mountain climbing is just one example of Richardson’s proclivity for uphill challenges, which continues in the current legislative session.
SMU Names Interim Law Dean and Search Committee
Dedman Law professor Julie Patterson Forrester gets the nod starting June 1. Provost also names 18-member search committee.
Three Partners Form McCauley, Westberg & Ramirez
R. Michael McCauley, Warren R. Westberg, and Michael John Ramirez have come together to form McCauley, Westberg & Ramirez PLLC. The commercial litigation firm is based in McKinney and also
Three Partners Form McCauley, Westberg & Ramirez
R. Michael McCauley, Warren R. Westberg, and Michael John Ramirez have come together to form McCauley, Westberg & Ramirez PLLC. The commercial litigation firm is based in McKinney and also
Hicks Thomas Expands to Dallas with Addition of Jeffrey Goldfarb
Houston-based firm Hicks Thomas adds commercial litigation attorney Jeffrey Goldfarb, founder of Dallas’ Goldfarb LLP, to open a Dallas office. Goldfarb, who was a partner at DLA Piper and Akin