January 2018 was greeted by stable energy markets, pent-up private equity and a spanking new investor-friendly tax law. That sounds like the elements of a record year, right?
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Updated – Bell Nunnally Signs IP Partner Jeffrey Tinker
Tinker, a registered patent attorney, practiced for the past 11 years at Winstead.
AT&T Attorney Vicki Blanton Wins Award from National Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Division
Blanton is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Achievement Award for the National Bar Association (NBA) Women Lawyers’ Division.
Texas AG’s Office Special Counsel Joins Dykema in Austin
Michael Toth, who is also a current judicial candidate for the state’s Third Court of Appeals, will be a special counsel in Dykema Cox Smith’s business litigation group.
Technology and the Lawyer’s Lot: Some Observations from History
For generations technology has been replacing human manual labor. But today’s innovations are capable of doing increasingly complex “intellectual” tasks. Technology has already reshaped the practice of law, but will it ever make lawyers obsolete? Randy Gordon of Crowe & Dunlevy provides an analysis.
Hiersche Hayward Promotes Chris Summers to Shareholder
Summers represents clients in corporate and complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.
Bradley Expands in Houston with Energy Litigation Trio
Three partners from Foley Gardere have lateraled to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Houston. The energy litigation trio held various leadership positions at Gardere.
A ‘Force of Nature’ Meets Next Big Challenge: Toyota
Frank Branson may be 73, but he still has the drive and energy to take on the big cases. This week he goes up against Toyota in a highly-anticipated matchup with Dallas litigator Victor Vital. He has no plans to slow down or quit, he said; his wife will tell him when he’s ready to do so. The Texas Lawbook looks at the latest from a genuine “Lion of the Texas Bar.”
CDT Weekly Roundup: 15 Firms, 60 Lawyers, 13 Deals Worth $2.13B
Deal activity among Texas lawyers last week was dominated by transactions in the energy sector, from exploration and production assets changing hands to the continued consolidation of the oilfield services industry.
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Two Litigation Partners in Dallas
Robert Castle and Jamie Welton were previously with Lackey Hershman in Dallas, which was acquired by the Midwest law firm Stinson Leonard Street in May.