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Q&A: Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka
Lawbook Founder Mark Curriden discusses with Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka, associate GC of the Boy Scouts of America what she sees as her most formative personal experiences, as well as the criteria she looks for in evaluating outside counsel.
Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka: Fostering DEI Values at the Boy Scouts
Elizabeth Ramirez was 11 when her grandmother suffered a serious slip-and-fall injury while working as a custodian. Her grandmother spoke no English. No lawyer would take her case because they didn’t speak Spanish and couldn’t understand what happened. “I knew at that moment that I wanted to be an attorney so I could help others,” Ramirez-Washka said. Four decades later, she is the associate GC with the Boys Scouts of America and making a huge difference.
Gibson Dunn Dallas Hands Reins to Two New Partners-in-Charge
Two partners will split the role of leading Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. One is a female partner who has been described as an “absolute rockstar” and joined the firm’s partnership ranks just two-and-a-half years ago. The other is an experienced male trial lawyer whose name was on the door at a litigation boutique before joining Gibson Dunn as the pandemic began last year.
CDT Roundup: 24 Deals, 14 Firms, 174 Lawyers, $53.2B
Institutional investors are favoring private placements and direct lending transactions over public securities. That’s according to a new report on capital debt markets, which has been broken down in the latest Corporate Deal Tracker, along with details on $53.2 billion in deals tied to Texas-based counsel.
Dennis Reinhold, Aventiv Help Prisoners During Covid Connect with Their Loved Ones
Many lawyers and corporate general counsel have Covid-19 pandemic experiences, but none have the story that Dennis Reinhold does. As GC of Aventiv Technologies for 15 years, Reinhold led more than 20 M&A deals that transformed the business into the premier prison and jail communications and technology company, which has quintupled in size. But in 2020, he played a critical role in allowing tens of thousands of families across the U.S. have much needed remote contact with their incarcerated relatives. And he helped pioneer a program that reduces recidivism and crime.
Q&A with Whitney Fogle Lewis, Tiedemann’s New Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy GC
Lewis was previously at Dallas-based alternative asset management firm Carlson Capital, where she was deputy chief legal officer.
Munsch Hardt Adds Healthcare In-House Counsel
Ryan Revisore was most recently the legal counsel and chief compliance officer at Houston-based Principle Health Systems.
Real Estate Investor Sues Nate Paul, World Class
In a lawsuit filed Monday, a Colorado investor is seeking to recover a $1.3 million investment he made with the real estate firm owned by Nate Paul, who recently was at the helm of a political scandal involving the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
SCOTX Extends Immunity to Transactional Lawyers, Limits on Lawyer Media Outreach
In two decisions filed Friday, the Texas Supreme Court extended long overdue immunity from non-client lawsuits to the work of transactional lawyers, but declared limits on lawyer media outside the courtroom. The Lawbook has the details.