Financial services giant Charles Schwab, which just relocated its HQ on Jan.1, is expected to announce next week that it is hiring former Securities and Exchange Commission regional director and former federal prosecutor Shamoil Shipchandler as its new chief counsel.
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FBFK Adds Stefani Carter to its Shareholder Ranks
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta has hired former Texas legislator Stefani Carter, who serves on the boards of two publicly traded REITs, as a shareholder in the firm’s commercial litigation practice.
SCOTUS to Determine Fate of Climate Change Suits in State Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 19 in a climate change case involving BP that has drawn strong interest from the oil and gas industry in its ongoing efforts to keep climate litigation in federal courts, rather than state and local courts. The cases claim that cities should be compensated because emissions caused major damages.
Thompson Coburn Gains Healthcare Litigator in Dallas
A healthcare trial lawyer from Thompson & Knight starts this week at Thompson Coburn as the 11th attorney and seventh partner to join the St. Louis-based firm’s Dallas office since it launched in early 2020.
Marathon Oil Hires Alta Mesa GC to Lead Legal Team
Houston-based Marathon Oil has chosen Kimberly Warnica, the former general counsel at Alta Mesa Resources, to replace Reginald Hedgebeth as its new general counsel.
Appellate Year 2020 in Review: SCOTX and the Fifth Circuit
The Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit transitioned to remote arguments and kept busy dockets in 2020. The federal appellate court handed down key decisions offering guidance to businesses and commercial litigators regarding judgment finality, jurisdiction and removals. The state Supreme Court issued 32 emergency pandemic-related orders, clarified the high standard for sanctions under the court’s inherent authority and resolved a longstanding conflict on an issue of appellate procedure. The appellate experts at Haynes and Boone have the details.
DBJ: Adeptus Health’s Flawed Business Model, COVID-19 Contributed to Bankruptcy, Expert Says
The Irving-based operator of First Choice ER, the oldest and largest freestanding emergency-room network in the country, faces a rocky road to liquidation. Bill Hethcock of the Dallas Business Journal has the story.
State Tax Expert Jumps to Reed Smith
Danielle Ahlrich, a former name partner at Austin state tax boutique Martens, Todd, Leonard & Ahlrich, was looking for a larger platform in joining Reed Smith.
Austin Trial Lawyer Joins Butler Snow from Scott Douglass & McConnico
Butler Snow, which moved into new office space at the SXSW Center in Austin at the beginning of 2020, has added Kim Bueno from prominent Austin litigation firm Scott, Douglass & McConnico.
Bell Nunnally, Cole Schotz Gain IP Partners
Dallas intellectual property lawyers Roxanne Edwards and Vishal Patel have found new homes for their law practices.