Last year, Dallas Bar Association President Michael K. Hurst grew concerned about the stability of funding for legal aid to the poor in Dallas County. In response, he led the charge to create the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program Endowment to help fund the DVAP’s services should state or federal funding streams dry up. Though Hurst was only officially inaugurated as the DBA’s 109th president over the weekend, he and others have already pledged nearly $500,000.
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Yetter Coleman Boosts IP Litigation Prowess with Two New Partners
Bob McAughan and Jeff Andrews were previously at the IP litigation boutique Sutton McAughan Deaver, where McAughan was a named partner.
David Monk is a ‘Great Boardroom and CEO Counselor’
Summary: Dave Monk’s first work experiences included landscaping and roof maintenance for a multi-family housing complex in Louisiana. The experience caused him to value the benefits of an air-conditioned office job. Now, as General Counsel of Richardson-based RealPage, a global software provider, Monk not only enjoys air-conditioning, he is also a finalist in the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. Read about Monk in The Texas Lawbook. Bonus: the story includes a rock band.
Juanita Harris is a ‘Force of Nature’ for Diversity
Her passion was evident years ago, when she mentored high school students while working as an accountant. None of that changed when she moved on to become a trial lawyer. Now, as senior legal counsel at AT&T, Juanita Harris heads all diversity and inclusion efforts for the communications giant. Harris is a finalist in the 2017 Outstanding Legal Counsel Awards, and in this Texas Lawbook profile, she describes how companies and law firms can make the legal profession truly diverse.
White & Case, Katten Muchin to Open TX Outposts; DLA Piper Expands; AKK and V&E Partners Jump
The 2018 legal free agency market is starting off with a tidal wave of lateral moves. The Texas Lawbook has learned that New York corporate law firm White & Case is opening in Houston, Chicago’s Katten Muchin is launching in Dallas, DLA Piper is quadrupling headcount in Dallas, AKK’s merger with Hunton & Williams is progressing and Baker Botts is snatching three MLP partners from V&E. And then after lunch…. The Lawbook has all the exclusive details.
Wingstop’s Darryl Marsch Enjoys International Dealmaking & Boneless Wings with Hot Sauce
What do New Braunfels, David Crosby, Krispy Kreme, William Rehnquist and bone-in chicken wings have in common? Answer: 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards finalist Darryl Marsch. See how all that strings together in Mark Curriden’s profile of Marsch in The Texas Lawbook.
Tom Mason & Tonja De Sloover are Energy Transfer’s One-Two Punch
Tom Mason and Tonja De Sloover and their legal department at Energy Transfer Equity are finalists in the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards for Business Litigation of the Year. And they’ve had a lot of that to deal with: In Delaware, a $33 billion fight over a failed merger: in North Dakota, endless legal struggles over the Dakota Access Pipeline; in Texas, they’re leading the battle to restore a $535 million jury verdict on appeal. Learn more about the philosophy behind their aggressive approach to litigation in The Texas Lawbook.
Michelle Brookshire: Preventing Litigation is Better than Winning
Michelle Brookshire says she had no idea what lawyers did. But her thoughtful approach to legal issues at LSG Sky Chefs has earned her a nod as a finalist in the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. The Texas Lawbook has details of her work in an unusual and highly-regulated food services company.
Judge David Counts: Meet the Western District’s Newest Article III Jurist
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Counts in Midland heard two felony pleas agreements Thursday morning and recommended to the U.S. District judge that they be accepted. After lunch, Judge Counts accepted the pleas of a handful of criminal felony defendants. Between the two court appearances, he was sworn in as the new U.S. District judge for the Western District of Texas. The Texas Lawbook has an exclusive interview with Judge Counts.
Norton Rose Fulbright Global Chair: ‘Texas Lawyers are Bigger than Life’
Tricia Hobson was in Dallas Thursday and Houston – a mere 8,581 miles from her law firm’s office in Australia. Her new position as Global Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright requires that she visit the firm’s offices in 58 cities around the globe. She says the lawyers in Texas are unique from those anywhere else in the world. The Texas Lawbook has the exclusive interview.