The oil and gas turbulence has claimed its first victim in the legal industry. Richard Burleson announced today that the firm he started a decade ago will close down all of its operations at the end of the year.
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Lawyers Go ‘Over the Edge’ for Special Olympics
Even the Super Heroes du jour heeded the advice: Don’t look down. That’s concrete below. Danger, dizziness and acrophobia aside, 20 lawyers and staff in the Houston and Dallas offices of Norton Rose Fulbright recently rappelled “Over the Edge” of local buildings, raising more than $36,000 to benefit Special Olympics Texas. At the request of The Texas Lawbook, they wore helmut cams.
Judge Awards Dallas Medical Products Company $9.6 Million
A federal judge in Dallas Monday awarded $9.6 million to Flower Mound-based ThermoTek Inc. after a jury late last week determined that a competitor fraudulently obtained the medical products manufacturer’s business information for a series of physical therapy machines.
Exclusive: GC Forum’s Magna Stella Awards Go to…
Hewlett Packard, Tenet Healthcare, The Howard Hughes Corp. and Kinder Morgan were the corporate legal department winners at the General Counsel Forum annual meeting in San Antonio this week. The individual GCs honored were MetroPCS ‘s Chris Luna, Prophet Equity’s David Rex, Silicon Lab’s Nestor Ho, ABM Industries’ Lanesha Anderson and Texas A&M’s Ray Bonilla.
The Texas Lawbook has exclusive coverage of the GC Forum meeting.
Reese Gordon Marketos Scores $5.5 Million Against Southwest Securities
© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (Nov. 20) – A group of North Texas business leaders plan to ask a judge next week to issue an $8 million
Forth Worth Lawyer Steve Laird Named H.G. Wells Outstanding Trial Lawyer by TCTLA
The award is given to a practicing lawyer who has exhibited a career commitment to high ethical standards, exceptional professional conduct, trial advocacy skill and legal accomplishments.
Baker Botts, Oldest Law Firm in Texas, Turns 175
In a world where the life expectancy of a Fortune 500 company is now 15 years, the story of Baker Botts is extraordinary. The law firm survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and two world wars. One founding partner wrote the first rules of civil procedure in Texas. Another partner solved the murder of William Marsh Rice in 1900, which led to the creation of Rice University.
Half of its lawyers were drafted in 1942 to fight in WWII. The firm has represented two clients continuously for more than a century. Baker Botts celebrates its 175th anniversary Thursday night. If you thought you knew the lawyers at Baker Botts, this article will change your mind.
Bell Nunnally Fortifies Real Estate Practice with Two New Laterals
Irene Hosford and Kassandra McLaughlin join the Dallas-based firm from Husch Blackwell.
Strasburger Strengthens Corporate and Real Estate Practices
Debra Gatison Hatter and Jeff Bates said Strasburger’s presence in Texas was a key factor in attracting them to the firm.
Barnes & Thornburg Continues Growing New Dallas Office
The Indianapolis-based firm recently added labor and employment partner Douglas Haloftis and bankruptcy expert Ray Urbanik.