Wright will receive the award at the Annual Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Dinner on Sept. 8 in Austin.
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Rommelmann, a former offshore engineer, was most recently at Andrews Kurth Kenyon.
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The law school is one of two recipients of the E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award in the nation.
Vinson & Elkins Turns 100
V&E has faced turbulent times during its 100 year history, including the Enron scandal. But the firm continues to thrive with 700 lawyers in 16 offices across the globe, $653 million in revenues last year and profits per partner at $1.8 million.
Vinson & Elkins Turns 100
William Vinson and James Elkins sat next to each other at a July 1917 memorial service for Vinson’s law partner who had died. Both men were reared in small towns: Vinson in Sherman, Elkins in Huntsville. Each needed a law partner. A century later, the law firm that bears their names is one of the most powerful in Texas and widely viewed as the most influential legal practice in the oil patch.
V&E has faced turbulent times during its 100 year history, including the Enron scandal. But the firm continues to thrive with 700 lawyers in 16 offices across the globe, $653 million in revenues last year and profits per partner at $1.8 million.
Facebook to Judge Kinkeade: Tell Skadden Lawyers ‘To Go to Hell or Put Them in Hell’
A federal court hearing scheduled to debate the validity of a $500 million jury verdict in a trade secrets and patent infringement case against Facebook erupted into allegations of lying to the judge, cheating and violating court-ordered discovery, and cries for $40 million in sanctions. Facebook lawyers asked Judge Ed Kinkeade of Dallas to throw out a Feb. 1 jury decision that the social media giant and a company it purchased illegally uses patented source code in its virtual reality headset technology.
Texas Supreme Court Upholds College Station Hospital’s ‘Without Cause’ Termination of Heart Surgeon
By Janet Elliott (June 19) – In a case closely watched by Texas employers, the Texas Supreme Court Friday reaffirmed the principle of “at-will” employment, upholding a hospital’s right to terminate the contract of a cardiovascular surgeon whose practice was operating at a loss.
V&E Advises Rice Energy in $6.7B Merger with EQT
Lawyers at Vinson & Elkins are advising on Monday’s big $6.7 billion merger between two Pennsylvania energy companies, Rice Energy and EQT Corp.
V&E Advises Rice Energy in $6.7B Merger with EQT
Lawyers at Vinson & Elkins are advising on Monday’s big $6.7 billion merger between two Pennsylvania energy companies, Rice Energy and EQT Corp.