Mitchell, who jumped to H&K from Bracewell, serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel for tax-exempt financings for cities, counties, state agencies and independent school districts.
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Jackson Walker has bolstered its Dallas and Houston offices with the addition of three partners and one senior counsel across four practice areas.
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Three Dallas Partners from Three Different Firms
The Indiana law firm has recruited attorneys from Crowe & Dunlevy, Kilpatrick Townsend and Winstead to add depth to its litigation and corporate practices.
Healthcare GC Elected Chair of Dallas Nonprofit
Lane Cates, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Abeo Management Corporation, has been selected to chair the board of Equest, a Dallas equine therapy nonprofit.
Dallas IP Firm Names New Partner
Dallas intellectual property law firm Slater Matsil has recently named Landon Wiebusch to the partnership.
AT&T’s Monumental 2018 Successes Make it Finalist in Three Corporate Counsel Award Categories
AT&T’s legal department won two huge courtroom victories against the federal government in 2018. The telecom giant defeated a $4 billion FTC false advertising case and demolished a DOJ antitrust challenge to its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. AT&T also made huge strides in promoting diversity in the legal profession. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Chasity Henry Drives Big Deals and Diversity
Kimberly-Clark Assistant GC Chasity Henry has been involved in several large corporate M&A, but her most important success is one she started with little fanfare. As founder of the NEW Roundtable, Henry is helping women of color achieve new successes in the legal profession. She is a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel’s Diversity of the Year Award.
The Bezos Divorce: Lessons to be Learned for All Corporate Execs
One of the richest pairs on the planet are divorcing. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and novelist MacKenzie Bezos are calling it quits after 25 years. Their high profile wealth, estimated at $137 billion, makes it big news – but news that will likely fade because they seem to have followed a few basic rules. Charlie Hodges and Brian L. Webb explain those rules.
Chief Judge Lynn ‘Very Concerned’ for NDTX if Gov Shutdown Continues
Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas told a group of litigators Friday afternoon that she was “very concerned” for the staff of the courts in her district if the federal government shutdown continues. Natalie Posgate has the story.
The Top Texas Litigation Stories of 2018
“Litigation documents the lifelines of relationships: when they blossom, when they crumble and everything in between. And no matter how big a company is, it’s the people and lawyers behind it who drive the narrative.” So notes Natalie Posgate in describing her picks for the top ten Texas-related litigation victories of 2018.