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Schiff Hardin Dallas Partner Tracey Wallace Named Lambda Legal National Co-Chair

Wallace will serve a two-year term.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

Bell Nunnally Senior Counsel Sonja McGill Selected to 2016 Class of LCLD Fellows

McGill will spend her “Fellow” year building relationships, participating in in-person training and peer-group projects and maintaining contact with LCLD’s leadership.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

Winstead Taps Houston Shareholder Teresa Schneider to be Chief Recruiting Officer

Schneider will lead talent acquisition efforts at all levels for Winstead’s seven offices nationwide.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

Quan Law Group Promotes Angelique Montano to Partner

Montano represents corporate clients and individuals in employment and family-based immigration matters, including court proceedings, analysis of immigration consequences of crimes and achieving employer compliance.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

T&K Announces 2016 Management Committee

Mark Sloan, the recently-elected managing partner, will lead the nine-member committee.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

T&K Announces 2016 Management Committee

Mark Sloan, the recently-elected managing partner, will lead the nine-member committee.

March 9, 2016 Mark Curriden

A Glimmer of Hope for the Energy Industry? Navigating Your Way Out of the Overtime Abyss

It is no secret that the energy industry has been ravaged. If $30-per-barrel oil was not bad enough, KRCL Directors AJ Johnson and Robert Rickman say energy companies have another woe to add to the list – opportunistic plaintiff’s attorneys that have focused their crosshairs squarely on oilfield pay practices.

The exposure can be colossal, bu Johnson and Rickman say there are some powerful arrows that oil and gas companies can put in their quivers to combat the slew of lawsuits being filed.

March 8, 2016 Mark Curriden

Texas Law Firms Exporting their M&A Expertise

M&A data shows that large Texas-based law firms hemorrhaged talent and long-time, local clients to elite national firms that set up new outposts in Dallas and Houston during the past six years. The same data also indicates that some of the legacy Texas firms – Akin Gump, Baker Botts, Bracewell and V&E – are increasingly exporting their expertise in oil and gas law to energy companies and private equity firms headquartered beyond the state’s borders.

“The Texas legal market is maturing before our eyes,” says law firm consultant Ward Bower.

March 8, 2016 Mark Curriden

Texas Law Firms Exporting their M&A Expertise

M&A data shows that large Texas-based law firms hemorrhaged talent and long-time, local clients to elite national firms that set up new outposts in Dallas and Houston during the past six years. The same data also indicates that some of the legacy Texas firms – Akin Gump, Baker Botts, Bracewell and V&E – are increasingly exporting their expertise in oil and gas law to energy companies and private equity firms headquartered beyond the state’s borders.
“The Texas legal market is maturing before our eyes,” says law firm consultant Ward Bower.

March 8, 2016 Mark Curriden

Texas Supreme Court to Decide ‘Fair Report Privilege’ in Closely Watched Libel Case

Major news organizations want the Supreme Court of Texas to maintain strong libel defense protections for journalists who report on government investigations. The media outlets, including The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle, say journalists should be able to report on factual information obtained from government reports or official proceedings without fear of being sued for failure to include information not contained in the report and unknown to them.

March 6, 2016 Mark Curriden

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GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Willkie Adds Blake Winburne to its Houston Office - Winburne was global head of the energy and infrastructure group at Orrick where he worked for more than nine years. He has been named co-chair of Willkie's energy and infrastructure practice.
  • Thomas Verity Vaults to Norton Rose Fulbright
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  • Skadden Hires Two M&A Partners from White & Case
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  • Gray Reed Hires Longtime Houston Exec to Lead Operations and Growth
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  • Rice Taps Munck Wilson Attorney to be Associate Athletic Director
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