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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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

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.

April 25, 2017 Mark Curriden

Baker Botts Secures $615M in Funding for Sunnova

A group of Houston, Dallas and Austin-based lawyers from Baker Botts advised Sunnova Energy Corp. in a record-setting funding round that marked the Houston rooftop solar energy provider’s first asset-backed notes securitization and raised $615 million.

April 25, 2017 Mark Curriden

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  • P.S. — ‘Our Bar Card Is Not Merely a Ticket to a Better Bank Account,’ Retired Fifth District Court of Appeals Justice Kenneth Molberg Says Accepting Dallas Bar Foundation Award - In this edition of P.S., retired Fifth District Court of Appeals Justice Kenneth Molberg urged lawyers to defend the rule of law and ensure their efforts extend beyond the privileged to those most in need, while accepting the Dallas Bar Foundation’s 2026 Fellows Justinian Award. 

    “Our bar card is not merely a ticket to a better bank account,” Molberg said to a room of about 350 attendees. 

    In Austin, Jackson Walker is hosting the 5th Annual Hispanic National Bar Association Region XII Summit at the firm’s office there. 

    In Houston, the nonprofit outreach program Girls Inc. of Greater Houston honored Pye Legal Group President Stacy Humphries with its Melanie Gray Vanguard Award for her “unwavering commitment to community leadership and philanthropy” at its 2026 Strong, Smart & Bold Luncheon last week. 

    And back in Dallas, the much-anticipated opening of South Dallas’ Halperin Park is set for May 9 with lawyers from Greenberg Traurig, T-Mobile and Cienda Partners among those leading the transformative project.

    Also, TODAY is the deadline to nominate an appellate lawyer or judge for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics 18th annual Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award. The award will be presented at the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Dinner in September. Find details for how to nominate in this column.
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  • Asked & Answered with McKool Smith’s Sam Baxter: Over Half a Century Practicing Law - In this edition of Asked & Answered, McKool Smith’s Sam Baxter, who recently retired, reflects on his 56-year career. While he is known for his work trying intellectual property cases in the Eastern District of Texas, he started out as a prosecutor and judge.
  • Willkie Adds Dallas Executive Compensation Partner
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  • Longtime Litigator-Turned GC Returns to Private Practice in BakerHostetler’s Dallas Office
  • Clifford Chance Continues to Grow with Two More Houston Partners
  • Austin Government Contracts Partner Catches Up About Move to Kirkland
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Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
Rajiv Dharnidharka
James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
Dionne Hamilton
Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
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Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
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Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
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Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
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Skadden
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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