Widely viewed as one of the brilliant young stars in the corporate in-house legal community, Lisa Wang played a leading role in the incredibly complex $13 billion merger of Houston-based FMC Technologies and Technip of Paris in 2017 and guided the newly formed company through a $460 million debt offering in 2018. The Texas Lawbook has an in-depth profile of Wang’s life and career.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Texas is moving full steam ahead with a new proffer agreement policy effectively muzzling a defendant at trial. The new language binds both the defendant and her attorney and the Fifth Circuit seems poised to rule that proffer statements are admissible in the government’s case-in-chief. Only one strategy for defense attorneys is clear then – proffer at your peril.
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Dallas Nonprofit Advocates for Community Transformation Awarded $20K Texas Bar Foundation Grant
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Estes Thorne & Carr Adds Labor and Employment Partner
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Housing Crisis Center Announces Texas Bar Foundation Grant
Dallas’ Housing Crisis Center announced this month that it has received a $7,500 Legal Services grant from the Texas Bar Foundation.
Houston Trial Lawyer Chris Reynolds Inducted into IATL
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