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Shell USA Senior Counsel Sara Keith ‘Does It All’

Sara Keith is one of those people who seems to do it all and make it look effortless.

At Shell USA, where she serves as senior legal counsel of global litigation, Keith manages complex legal matters while also devoting significant time to pro bono work, mentoring young lawyers and leading service initiatives across Houston’s legal community — all while raising two daughters.

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are honoring Keith with the Harry Reasoner Pro Bono Advocacy Award at the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards on May 28.

Premium Subscriber Q&A: Sara Keith

In this Q&A, Sara Keith offers ideas for ways corporate in-house lawyers can give back to the community and talks about how AI is shaping expectations with outside counsel.

Trucking Co. Hit With $49M Jury Verdict in West Texas

The unanimous jury verdict was returned after three days of trial just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Steffan Robert Mick, a 29-year-old married father of two, was killed in January 2025 when an OPG Logistics 18-wheeler turned in front of him on a farm-to-market road near Midland.

Houston Methodist’s Marissa Marquez’s Best Days are Helping Others

As a child, Marissa Marquez had to navigate an educational system not designed for kids like her.

A native Spanish speaker raised primarily by a grandmother without a high school diploma, Marquez learned English in school and worked her way into the gifted and talented program and eventually graduated 8th in her high school class of about 800 students.

Now labor and employment counsel at Houston Methodist Hospital, her life work and volunteerism “reflect a through line” in her life, “from her earliest experiences as a bilingual student to her current leadership roles, of using her skills and lived experience to uplift others,” said Jackson Walker partner Sang Shin.

Gibson Dunn Guides SpaceX on Potential Record‑Shattering IPO

Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday for a much-anticipated initial public offering of its common stock that will trade on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas under the symbol “SPCX.”

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is advising SpaceX led by capital markets partners George Sampas in New York and Hillary Holmes, Harrison Tucker and Atma Kabad in Houston. Davis Polk is advising the underwriters.

Less Disclosure, More Questions: Evaluating the SEC’s Semiannual Reporting Proposal

Even if the Securities and Exchange Commission gives public companies permission to report less often, will investors, analysts and lenders actually let them?

That is the central question raised by the Commission’s May 5 proposal to allow U.S. public companies to replace quarterly Form 10-Q filings with semiannual reports on a new Form 10-S — the most significant proposed change to the periodic reporting framework since quarterly reporting became mandatory in 1970.

Helen Xiang’s Unconventional Path to Castleton Commodities

The Rookie of the Year Award is intended to recognize lawyers who, in a short time, demonstrate outsized influence and leadership. Castleton Commodities International Counsel Helen Xiang has done precisely that. The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are honoring Xiang with the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Rookie of the Year, which recognizes lawyers who have been in-house counsel for two years or less. This is the story of her path to Castleton.

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