Ratliff previously practiced at Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, the law firm his father William D. Ratliff Jr. founded in 1938.
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More than 300 leaders of Houston corporate legal departments and the most prominent business lawyers in Texas celebrated the annual 2019 Houston Corporate Counsel awards Thursday evening at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston.
We have exclusive coverage of the event and a list of winners in The Texas Lawbook.