The power of incumbency, normally a potent advantage at the ballot box, may prove to be of diminished relevance in this year’s three races for seats on the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas. This article explains the dynamics and background of the three races in Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals.
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Mergermarket Q3: Value Up, Deal Count Up. And Down.
The Q3 Mergermarket numbers are in. Deals were also up. But also down from last year. Total value was up. But both are well below average and rate poorly against the last 14 years. Allen Pusey has the numbers.
The Race to Lead Houston’s 14th Court
Two women are running to replace Chief Justice Kem Thompson Frost for the top position of Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals after Frost decided against seeking reelection. The race features Republican Tracy Christopher, who currently sits on Place 9 of the court, and Democrat Jane Robinson of the AZA law firm. This article includes a candidate Q&A and insights from the Houston Bar Association’s 2020 judicial preference poll.
Ken Wise & Tami Craft Vie for 14th COA Spot
Wise, the Republican incumbent, is a seven-year veteran of the court while Craft seeks to become the first African American justice elected to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. This article includes a candidate Q&A and insights from the Houston Bar Association’s 2020 judicial preference poll.
How My Heritage Became a Product of the American Dream
Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler name partner Laura Benitez Geisler became the first Hispanic president of the Dallas Bar Association in 2019. She shares the story of how her upbringing has impacted her career with The Lawbook in the first of a special series of articles for Hispanc Heritage Month.
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Appellate Firm Adds Another Former SCOTX Justice, Opens San Antonio Office
One month after officially retiring from the bench, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul Green has joined forces with a former colleague and old friend.
Mattress Firm’s Daria Russell: ‘Takes a Holistic Approach to Problem-solving and Never Cuts Corners’
Daria Russell is the granddaughter of sharecroppers. She worked hard, went to Harvard Law and worked at a global law firm. Now she is senior counsel at Mattress Firm where she has handled more than a dozen M&A deals and guided the retailer through bankruptcy restructuring. She is also the 2020 Houston Corporate Counsel’s Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department. This is Daria Russell’s story.
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Premium Content Bonus Q&A with Mattress Firm Senior Counsel Daria Russell
Mattress Firm Senior Counsel Daria Russell, in an exclusive Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, reveals what she looks for in hiring outside counsel, how she flyspecks a law firm’s first bill, advice to law firms regarding diversity and inclusion and the challenges she and Mattress Firm face during the era of Covid-19.
Supreme Court Wades into the Muddy Shoals of Pecos River Water Dispute
A dispute between the states of Texas and New Mexico over a claim on evaporated water from the Pecos River was among the first cases heard in the new term of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Lawbook’s Tony Mauro listened in.
DBJ: This DFW lawyer is Leveraging Technology
Reed Smith partner Sarah Cummings is one of the Dallas Business Journal’s Women in Technology honorees for 2020. In this interview, she discusses technology, business changes and diversity and inclusion.