Matt Kapinos was previously deputy head of the McGuireWoods energy industry team.
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KBR Lawyer Named President of the University of Houston Law Alumni Association
Victor Wright, a 1998 graduate, is a senior counsel of labor and employment law at KBR Inc.
Texas Pacific Land Trust Proxy Litigation Heats Up with Countersuit
A proxy battle unfolding in Dallas involving one of Texas’s largest landowners is getting uglier by the day. The latest development: a countersuit filed by a shareholder who might become Texas Pacific Land Trust’s newest trustee. Both sides say their courtroom opponent has unclean hands. And both sides have hired some of the best litigators in Dallas to fight it out. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Akerman’s Dallas Office
The first white collar criminal defense attorney in Akerman’s Dallas office, Ferdose al-Taie says her diversity of experience at the DOJ and SEC makes her a “one-stop shop” for clients navigating federal or state government investigations.
TechnipFMC’s Lisa Wang: From Scooping Ice Cream to Expertise on Multijurisdictional, Dually Traded Public Companies
Widely viewed as one of the brilliant young stars in the corporate in-house legal community, Lisa Wang played a leading role in the incredibly complex $13 billion merger of Houston-based FMC Technologies and Technip of Paris in 2017 and guided the newly formed company through a $460 million debt offering in 2018. The Texas Lawbook has an in-depth profile of Wang’s life and career.
T&K Names New Leaders of Dallas and Austin Offices
Phillip Oldham and Bruce Sostek will serve as the managing partners of the Austin and Dallas offices, respectively.
Dangerous Lesson from Forest Park Trial Fallout: Defense Lawyers Proffer at their own Peril in the Northern District of Texas
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Texas is moving full steam ahead with a new proffer agreement policy effectively muzzling a defendant at trial. The new language binds both the defendant and her attorney and the Fifth Circuit seems poised to rule that proffer statements are admissible in the government’s case-in-chief. Only one strategy for defense attorneys is clear then – proffer at your peril.
Former Texas Appellate Justice Confirmed to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Cantey Hanger partner Jason Boatright will serve a term that expires November 15, 2023.
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 14 Firms, 79 Lawyers, $4.3B
Private equity exits in oil and gas are notoriously difficult and these days few and far between. As a result, some PEs are finding creative ways to transition. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole explains in her weekly roundup of Texas deal activity.
Dallas Nonprofit Advocates for Community Transformation Awarded $20K Texas Bar Foundation Grant
Act, which helps individuals use the justice system to fight crime on their street, is expanding its legal advocacy program into South Oak Cliff.