Former Baker Botts partners Kevin Jordan, Walter Lynch and Michael Cancienne have formed their own Houston litigation boutique.
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Houston Energy Regulatory Partner Laterals to Caldwell Boudreaux
Sabina Walia specializes in representing major natural gas pipeline operators in FERC proceedings.
Blank Rome Picks Up Houston Oil and Gas Litigator Elizabeth Klingensmith
Klingensmith, who was previously at Haynes and Boone, primarily represents large and small companies in disputes that arise from oil and gas operations and transactions in Texas and North Dakota.
State Bar Elects Rehan Alimohammad Chair of Board of Directors
Alimohammad is the first immigration attorney and the first attorney of Asian ethnicity to hold the board’s top leadership position.
Gray Reed Partner Jason Brookner Elected to ABI Board of Directors
Brookner also currently serves as the Texas & Southwest regional co-chair for the ABI Endowment.
Six Baker Botts Partners Jump to Gibson Dunn in Houston
Hillary Holmes and five other Houston energy law partners – James Chenoweth, Gerry Spedale, Doug Rayburn, Tull Florey and Shalla Prichard – moved their law practices across downtown Houston overnight. The lawyers left Baker Botts to join the newly opened Houston office of global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. “It’s lightening in a bottle,” Holmes said. The Texas Lawbook has all the details.
Chris Hamilton ’Follows the Money Trail’ in Bankruptcy Litigation
Recouping losses in bankruptcy cases resulting from failed mergers or acquisitions is never easy, especially when negligence and reckless fraudulent inducement are alleged. But Chris Hamilton’s representation of the trustee in the Primcogent Solutions liquidation has already reaped a $1.2 million settlement and a $18.3 million arbitration award. Now, he’s going after the insurance company.
CMBS Trusts Maintain Access to Federal Courts After Americold
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a February ruling brought clarity to subject matter jurisdiction in the formation of commercial mortgage-backed securities trusts.
CMBS Trusts Maintain Access to Federal Courts After Americold
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a February ruling brought clarity to subject matter jurisdiction in the formation of commercial mortgage-backed securities trusts.
Eversheds Sutherland Advises on Birdsboro Plant Purchase
Tokyo Gas America purchased a 33 percent stake in the Birdsboro power generation facility near the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. Ares EIF and Sojitz hold the remaining two-thirds of the ownership interests in the project, each owning 33 percent.