The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

More Stories

The Corporate Client: London Stock Exchange Head of Litigation Kay Lynn Brumbaugh

Kay Lynn Brumbaugh is a Dallas antitrust litigator who has been head of litigation for the London Stock Exchange Group since 2021. A former lawyer at Andrews Kurth and Strasburger & Price, Brumbaugh went in-house in 2017 and then became part of the London Stock Exchange legal team when LSEG purchased financial market data company Refinitiv, which had a market value of more than $20 billion.

Brumbaugh is also the focus of a new Texas Lawbook feature called “The Corporate Client,” which focuses on members of the Association of Corporate Counsel in Texas. In this Q&A, Brumbaugh discusses her position at LSEG, the challenges she faces, successes she has achieved and what her criteria are for hiring outside counsel.

P.S. — An ABA Award, A 7-Figure Gift, A Pro Bono Grade of 100

This week’s edition of P.S. includes information on a sizable donation received by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, a group of Asian Pacific Interest Section lawyers receiving awards — including for efforts related to diversity and inclusion and pro bono work — at an annual conference, a prestigious ABA award that will honor a lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright and details on a law firm’s achievement of 100 percent pro bono participation among its attorneys.

Firms mentioned in this edition include Kelly Hart, Bell Nunnally, Jackson Walker, BakerHostetler, Husch Blackwell, Equinix, Vela Wood, Sheppard Mullin, Haynes Boone, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Sidley Austin, Gannett and Norton Rose Fulbright.

Lawyers Who ‘Art Car’

This Saturday, upwards of 300,000 people will line the sides of Allen Parkway just west of downtown Houston to take in what is called the world’s largest art car parade. The Lawbook spoke with three attorneys who have participated in the parade about why they chose to turn their vehicles into mobile pieces of art and why the event is one they’ve stayed involved with year after year.

Julia Simon Leaves Mary Kay C-Suite for Lynn Pinker

For 24 years, Julia Simon successfully navigated danger zones, intellectual property matters and litigation threats as the chief legal officer at Addison-based skincare and cosmetics company Mary Kay. On Wednesday, Simon started her new position as a partner at the Dallas litigation boutique Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann after retiring from Mary Kay.

“Twenty-three years is a long time. But when you love what you do and where you work, it seems like no time at all,” Simon told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview. “That is especially true at a company like Mary Kay where I was able to use my legal knowledge and strategic thinking to protect entrepreneurial opportunities for women around the globe. I am proud of the compliance programs we built. I am proud of the important legal precedent we established through a complex litigation docket. I am most proud of the team that I led. They are absolutely incredible.”

Houston Corporate Counsel Unveils Rookie of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Winners

Cindy Dinh has been an in-house counsel for one year and nine months. Tana Pool has been a general counsel for two major companies spanning 17 years. Both are recipients of 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards.

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook announced Tuesday that Pool, who is the general counsel of global seismic data analytics company TGS, will receive the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Lifetime Achievement. In addition, ACC Houston and The Lawbook announced that Dinh, corporate counsel for Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, is the recipient of the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Rookie of the Year. Dinh and Pool were nominated by officials at their own companies.

© Copyright 2025 The Texas Lawbook
The content on this website is protected under federal Copyright laws. Any use without the consent of The Texas Lawbook is prohibited.