Craig Stanfield was previously at Morgan Lewis, where he was hiring partner of the firm’s Houston office and a member of its pro bono committee.
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Meet Frost Bank’s New GC: James Waters
James Waters, administrative partner of Haynes and Boone’s Dallas office, will start as the new general counsel and executive vice president at San Antonio-based Frost Bank at the end of February. He replaces long-time Frost GC Stanley McCormick. The Texas Lawbook has an exclusive interview with Waters.
DBJ: Bell Nunnally to relocate Dallas office to Penthouse of Arts District Tower
Bell Nunnally & Martin decided to relocate its Dallas office to the top two floors of KPMG Plaza at Hall Arts by the end of the summer.
Corporate GCs Pushing Law Firms on Diversity
Leaders at corporate legal departments in Texas appear ready to use their considerable influence to push – or possibly even force – law firms to recruit, retain and promote minority and women lawyers. Corporate general counsel – also known as the clients paying the bills of the lawyers – are growing impatient with the lack of law firm diversity and many are considering taking hard-line approaches against firms that are not aggressive enough. Corporate legal departments at AT&T, Kimberly-Clark, Liberty Mutual, MetroPCS and other major businesses are speaking out.
Dems: GOP Suit Like ‘Ice on a Sidewalk in Dallas in August’
The Dallas County Democratic party has retained Randy Johnston and Chad Baruch of Johnston Tobey Baruch to defend it in the lawsuit the GOP filed against it seeking the removal of 128 Democratic candidates off the March 6 primary ballot. Johnston has a few things to say about it. Details here.
BARBRI Settles Litigation with Blind Law Students
Lawyers for a group of blind law students said Wednesday that they have settled their claims against Dallas-based bar examination preparation course giant BARBRI. The students alleged in a lawsuit filed two years ago that BARBRI failed to address issues that prevented them from adequately preparing for the bar exam despite spending thousands of dollars on the course.
CHC GC Hooman Yazhari Finds Solutions & Survival in Chaos
Hooman Yazhari has an amazing story to tell. His family was forced to flee their native Iran in the revolution of 1979 or face imprisonment by the Revolutionary Guard. He’s guided three billion-dollar businesses through bankruptcy and restructuring, including one where he discovered the CEO was stealing from the company. But Yazhari’s amazing legal work in the CHC Helicopter restructuring earned him a spot as a finalist for the the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award for GC of the Year for a Small Legal dept.