Barbara Barron has been defending clients for 35 years. She knows that you cannot always avoid a substantial verdict, but there are ways you can soften a potentially unjust blow. She shared a few tips at the annual Personal Injury Conference hosted by the State Bar of Texas. Natalie Posgate took notes.
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10 Ways To Avoid The Dumb Things Trial Judges Have Actually Seen You Do
You might think you’ve never done something stupid during trial, but judges will tell you otherwise. Four Texas trial judges who’ve seen a lot of dumb things shared their advice on how to avoid a few of the most common errors in courthouse etiquette. Natalie Posgate was there.
Kirkland Advises Huntsman on Intermediates Sale to Indorama for $2B
Huntsman’s general counsel and chief compliance officer led the company’s in-house team and received assistance from a Kirkland group that included Houston lawyers.
Halcón Files for Bankruptcy …Yet Again
Houston oil and gas explorer Halcón Resources filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time – and went with the same law firm it did the last go around. Claire Poole has the names.
American Airlines Names Priya Aiyar as New GC
The Fort Worth-based airline conducted a national search to replace Paul Jones, who retired earlier this year. Willkie Farr partner Priya Aiyar, whose practice specialized in litigation and global trade and investment disputes, will start the job in September and will relocate to American’s DFW headquarters.
Houston Firm Joins Billion-Dollar Club
Wilson Cribbs and Goren’s Tony Marré and Derek Pershing recently reached the $1 billion mark for real estate deals handled over the last year-and-a-half, trading around everything from luxury apartments to retail centers to storage facilities. Marré talks about what’s fueling all the work – and what may be to come.
GT Signs Ex-Bell Nunnally Commercial Litigator
Daniel Elms practiced at Bell Nunnally for more than a decade. Two of his former colleagues at the Dallas firm have joined GT in the past year.
Houston Financial Services Litigator Laterals from Morgan Lewis to Reed Smith
Christina Vitale has developed significant expertise in financial services class actions, banking enforcement actions and consumer protection issues.
Investment Management Partner Joins Munsch Hardt from Haynes and Boone
Bo Sartain, who founded and ran a software company from 2010 to 2014, focuses his law practice on working with investors and entrepreneurs in complex financing and acquisitive transactions.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 12 Firms, 108 Lawyers, $5.76B
There is some anxiety ahead of this week’s expected approval by Anadarko Petroleum shareholders of the company’s $38 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum. Though approval won’t likely thwart Carl Icahn’s proxy fight, it will allow Oxy to size-up assets whose sale might help pay down the transaction’s sizable debt. In her weekly Roundup, Claire Poole discusses the ramifications along with a week’s worth of Texas M&A deals.