Blanton is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Achievement Award for the National Bar Association (NBA) Women Lawyers’ Division.
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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.
Locke Lord Partner Thomas Connop Named Chair-Elect of ISUAA Board
Connop has been named chair-elect of the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.
TX Businesses File Legal Brief Supporting DACA, Opposing Texas AGs Assault on Immigration Program
A federal lawsuit by Texas state officials seeking to order the end of the federal immigration program called the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will have “immediate, irreparable injury” to Texas businesses and cost the state’s economy billions of dollars, according to a coalition of pro-business organizations.