Three years ago, the 38-year-old joined Kirkland & Ellis to spearhead the the firm’s brand new Houston office. In those three short years, he has grown said office to more than 100 lawyers – a growth spurt that will cause them to move to a brand new office later this spring and become the anchor tenant of one of Houston’s newest (and sexiest) skyscrapers. Amazingly, Calder has still maintained a full plate of work in his corporate transactional practice. In fact, he led more M&A deals last year than any of the 368 lawyers in the Corporate Deal Tracker’s database. This is Calder’s story.
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Paula Hinton – Shattering the ‘Second Glass Ceiling’ & Winning Billion-dollar Trials
Waste Management GC Steve Morgan needed a great trial lawyer to fight a $3 billion lawsuit involving toxins buried in pits on the banks of the San Jacinto River. “Paula’s name immediately came to mind,” Morgan says. Paula Hinton, known for connecting with juries and simplifying complex issues, got the entire case resolved for $29.2 million – less than one percent of the amount sought by Harris Co.
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