Another vacant Texas judicial seat was filled Tuesday when the U.S. Senate voted 96-0 to approve the nomination of human rights lawyer and advocate Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. as a district judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District.
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Texas Firms Advise in Osprey-Blackstone Eagle Ford Shale Deal
(June 5) – In a complex transaction with Blackstone-backed Royal Resources, Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp. purchased properties in the “core-of-the-core” of the Eagle Ford shale play, a deal which would value a newly-named company at $894 million. Claire Poole explains.
McGinnis Lochridge to Launch Dallas Office
The legacy Austin law firm has tapped a former Haynes and Boone labor and employment partner to open the firm’s fourth office.
It is the latest move in a year of growth for McGinnis Lochridge. Overall, the firm has added 16 attorneys in 2018.
Large Texas Corporate Law Firm in Merger Talks with Troutman Sanders
Two large, corporate southern law firms – Dallas-based Winstead and Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders – are involved in merger discussions, The Texas Lawbook has learned.
Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation Looks to the Future
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”2″] © 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Mark Curriden (June 4) – One by one, young women and men of color stood as their names were called. Brenda Balli.
SEC Charges ‘Whale Whisperer’ with Securities Fraud
(June 4) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a musician and composer who designed sound systems at the ballparks for the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers with misleading financial investors and misusing $3.3 million for luxury Las Vegas hotels, designer clothing and large cash withdrawals at casino ATMs.
Morgan Lewis Adds Houston M&A Partner
Jeff Dinerstein has advised clients in more than 200 M&A transactions.
Haynes and Boone Opens 16th Office
Craig Stahl, who lateraled over from Andrews Kurth Kenyon last fall, has been tasked with leading the new office in The Woodlands.
T&K Partner Luis Gomar Named to Holocaust Museum Houston Board
Gomar offices in Houston but also leads the firm’s Mexico City location.
Kirkland Partner’s $11M Salary = Big Win for Women
The news broke last week that Kirkland & Ellis enticed commercial litigator Sandra Goldstein away from Cravath, Swaine & Moore for a reported annual salary of $11 million guaranteed for five years – a particularly remarkable offer since women lawyers are still underpaid compared to their male peers. Chrysta Castañeda of The Castañeda Firm discusses what women lawyers and firm hiring officials can learn from Goldstein’s achievement.