The Dallas Bar Association announced this week that a record-breaking $1,169,349 was raised for the 2018-2019 Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program “Equal Access to Justice Campaign.”
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Gray Reed Finds New Chairs for Banking and Finance and Estate Planning Practice Groups
Gray Reed has tapped new chairs for its banking and finance and estate planning practices through lateral hires in Houston from two different firms.
Houston Association of Women Attorneys Announces 2019 “Premier Women in Law”
This year’s four honorees include the general counsel at Anadarko and partners at Akin Gump and Clark Hill Strasburger.
T&K Associate Named to North Texas Performing Arts Board
Thompson & Knight attorney Connor Bourland has been elected to the board of directors for the Dallas Branch of the North Texas Performing Arts.
SCOTX Rules Out Punitive Damages in Crane Plane Purchase Case
AUSTIN – It may have been “reprehensible” to sell as “new” a $19.85 million Bombardier Challenger 300 with a used and troubled engine, but when the contract limits liability then liability is limited, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week. The decision snuffs a $5.39 million of an $8 million jury award, as Janet Elliott explains.
Former Head of Oil & Gas A&D Practice at Simpson Thacher Joins White & Case
Byron Romain represents major and independent oil & gas companies, sovereigns, quasi-governmental agencies, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in acquiring, disposing of and developing oil and gas projects in the upstream and midstream sectors.
DLA Piper Lands Two Lateral Partner Hires in Dallas
Daniel Prieto and Richard Cheng have jumped to DLA Piper from Jones Day and Dykema, respectively.
Reed Smith Signs Houston Commodities Partner Kirsten Polyansky
Polyansky previously co-chaired the global commodities team at Haynes and Boone.
Jackson Walker Adds Depth to Labor and Employment Practice in Houston
Houston attorney G. Scott Fiddler has closed his law firm Fiddler & Associates, P.C. and moved to Jackson Walker.
Latham Hires Kirkland Midstream Partner Jonathan Castelan
Latham & Watkins announced that it hired midstream-focused corporate M&A attorney Jonathan Castelan from Kirkland & Ellis’ Houston office.