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Legendary Houston Journalist Mary Flood Discusses the Success of Mike Androvett

No legal journalist has been more respected in Texas during the past thirty years than Mary Flood. A former reporter with The Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle, Flood covered some of the most important legal matters of this generation, including the trials involving the Enron scandal.

In 2010, Flood retired from The Chronicle and joined Androvett Legal Media — a move Androvett said was “one of my smartest moves ever.”

In this Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, Flood discusses working with Androvett when she was a reporter and for the past 16 years as an advisor and consultant.

September 10, 2026 Mark Curriden

Asked & Answered with Johnston Tobey Baruch’s Chad Baruch: Hip-hop, Dolly Parton and Brief Writing

In this edition of Asked & Answered, Johnston Tobey Baruch managing shareholder Chad Baruch shares his experience representing hip-hop artists in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court and highlights a surge in Texas mandamus practice. He also shares his top brief-writing tips and pet peeves.

September 9, 2026 Alexa Shrake

In Jackson Walker Bankruptcy Fee Fight, Judge Takes Trustee’s Standing Argument Under Advisement

During a hearing Wednesday morning, a lawyer for the U.S. Trustee reiterated arguments to Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo V. Rodriguez explaining why the watchdog has standing to obtain the relief it seeks via vacatur motions filed in the Jackson Walker fee dispute.

September 9, 2026 Michelle Casady

Ex-Dinerstein GC Joins Winstead

McCall Grimes worked on several deals with Winstead leaders George Kraft and Jeff Matthews in his four and a half years as the top lawyer at the Houston-based family-owned real estate and development firm. He said Winstead was the obvious choice to land back in private practice.

September 9, 2026 Brooks Igo

Pillsbury Adds Austin Emerging Companies and VC Partner

Pillsbury’s latest partner addition in Texas came Wednesday morning, as the firm announced that Valeska Pederson Hintz has joined its Emerging Companies and Venture Capital as a partner in the Austin office.

September 9, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds IP Litigator Justin Cohen

Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright’s global and U.S. managing partner, said IP is one of the firm’s three core pillars.

September 9, 2026 Brooks Igo

Derek Lipscombe, Alex Pratt Join Haynes Boone’s Labor & Employment Practice

Derek Lipscombe was managing counsel at Toyota North America for nearly 11 years, and before that he spent four years as senior managing counsel at J.C. Penney. Alex Pratt practiced law at Perkins Coie for nine years. This week, both lawyers joined the Dallas office of Haynes Boone as partners in its expanding labor and employment practice.

Legal industry analysts say the lateral hires give the Dallas-based corporate firm a distinct advantage in the labor side of the employment law practice — an expertise that they describe as often overlooked yet in demand.

September 9, 2026 Mark Curriden

SCOTX 2025–2026 Term by the Numbers: Petitioners Dominate as Reversal Rate Exceeds 75 Percent

The bottom line for this term: The odds continue to favor the petitioner once the Court grants review and sets argument. We dig into the numbers, looking at how many cases came from each Texas court of appeals, explaining how we calculated the Court’s overall affirmance and reversal rates, and examining which courts of appeals saw the most—and least—success on review.

September 9, 2026 Allyson N. Ho, Bradley G. Hubbard & Elizabeth A. Kiernan

Biz Court Jury Sides with Deposition Video Producer in Fight with Ex-Business Partner

SmartDisk, a deposition video and production company that started in Houston more than 20 years ago, was vindicated by a panel of Texas Business Court jurors Tuesday afternoon when they agreed a former business partner owes the company about $6.4 million in damages for breach of an agreement.

September 8, 2026 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Divided Panel Vacates Magistrate Referral in $125M Port Dispute

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, we offer details on two high-dollar disputes involving the leasing of railcars, the former chief financial officer of a Dallas nonprofit goes to prison for embezzling $2 million, and the parties that lost a patent case seeking more than $400 million in damages ask for a redo.