Keron Wright is the third partner and fifth attorney overall at the six-month-old law firm.
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Jackson Walker Elevates Six to Partner
The firm’s newly-minted partners are from four different offices.
Polsinelli Shareholder John Woodruff Elected Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation
Woodruff is chair of the tax section of the Houston Bar Association.
Texas Shuts Down SourceRock Energy Securities Offering
The Texas Securities Commission issued a cease and desist order Friday to stop Dallas-based SourceRock Energy and its two executives from further efforts to raise $4.4 million from investors for an oil and gas project. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: 17 Firms and 157 Texas Lawyers Work on 23 Transactions Worth $7.1B
Texas deal attorneys were active this past week, with 17 firms and 157 lawyers working on 23 deals worth $7.1 billion. The deals ranged from mergers to asset divestitures to joint ventures to equity and debt issues to private equity commitments all across the oil and gas spectrum. Claire Poole has the details in her weekly roundup.
White & Case Officially Opens in Houston, Wants 50-Lawyer Office
After 36 years at V&E, Jay Cuclis has officially opened the Houston office of White & Case. Two Andrews Kurth Kenyon energy transactional partners in Houston – Christopher Richardson and Charlie Ofner – are joining Cuclis. Inan interview with The Texas Lawbook, Cuclis says the 2,100-lawyer global firm plans to be aggressive in building the office.
Beverly Godbey Joins Amy Stewart Law
Godbey, who was Stewart’s boss two decades ago at Gardere Wynne Sewell, is now coming full circle by joining her protégé’s policyholder-exclusive insurance law boutique. The Texas Lawbook has the exclusive details on why Godbey made the move.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Announces New MP of Houston Office
Jennise Stubbs will lead the Kansas City law firm’s 30 lawyer Houston office.
Former AUSA Jumps to Nossaman in Austin
Jody Rudman is also a former Dallas County Assistant District Attorney and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas.
Chris Nolland Receives Justice Frank G. Evans Award
The Justice Evans Award is given annually by the State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section to honor someone who has “undertaken exceptional and outstanding efforts in promoting and furthering the use or research of alternative dispute resolution methods in Texas.”