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PURIS GC Thomas Gottsegen Gets Into the Weeds and Solves Problems
During his five years as general counsel at PURIS, Thomas Gottsegen has helped lead an acquisition of an equal-sized competitor that transformed the company in 2022 and 2023 and undertook a complicated streamlining of the organization that included eliminating corporate entities that were no longer necessary due to the merger. The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have named Gottsegen as one of two finalists for the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Solo Legal Department.
But Gottsegen’s journey to PURIS was initiated by a Category Five hurricane that destroyed his house and caused his family to flee New Orleans. This is his story.
Q&A: Thomas Gottsegen
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Lewis Brisbois Mourns Associate Fatally Shot in Houston
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Yetter Coleman Boosts IP Practice with Natalie Alfaro Gonzales
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