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Polsinelli Houston-based Shareholders to Help Lead Firm’s New IP Department

Gregory Novak and Tracy Druce will serve as vice chairs of the firm’s new IP department.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Polsinelli Houston-based Shareholders to Help Lead Firm's New IP Department

Gregory Novak and Tracy Druce will serve as vice chairs of the firm’s new IP department.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Dallas Appeals Court Chief Justice Carolyn Wright to Receive Texas Women Lawyers Award

The TWL Pathfinder Award is given each year to an individual who has championed the advancement of women in the law and who exemplifies professionalism, leadership, and commitment to the public interest.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

International Litigation Funder Bentham IMF Launches Houston Office

Former Yetter Coleman partner Eric Chenoweth will lead Bentham’s investments in litigation matters originating in Texas and the Southwest.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Bill Swart Joins Perkins Coie in Dallas

Swart helped Polsinelli launch its Dallas office five years ago, an effort he calls “one of the highlights of his career.”

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Complex Trade Secrets Trial Ends with Mixed Verdict

A Houston jury issued a mixed verdict Monday in a contentious fight between two Texas energy services companies over trade secrets, confidentiality and a non-compete agreement. M-I Swaco sued rival National Oilwell Varco for stealing one of its employees, Jeff Russo, who had signed a non-compete agreement. The verdict allows Russo to keep his job at NOV while finding that M-I Swaco acted in bad faith when it claimed Russo misappropriated trade secrets as a way to enforce the non-compete agreement. But the jury also found that Russo failed to comply with M-I Swaco’s confidentiality provisions. The Houston Chronicle has full details..

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Sean Hamada and Samuel Smith Open New Dallas Firm

The new firm – Hamada Smith – will focus on corporate, transactional, business litigation and dispute resolution matters.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

K&L Gates Lures Dallas Banking and Asset Finance Expert Michael Cuda

Cuda, who was previously at Squire Patton Boggs, pointed to K&L Gates’ global platform and depth in debt finance and energy as reasons for joining the firm.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

K&L Gates Lures Dallas Banking and Asset Finance Expert Michael Cuda

Cuda, who was previously at Squire Patton Boggs, pointed to K&L Gates’ global platform and depth in debt finance and energy as reasons for joining the firm.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Latham Advises in Prevailing Bankruptcy Bid for Appalachia Properties

Louisiana-based Stone Energy said Monday that it has closed its previously announced $527 million sale of its 86,000 acres in the Appalachian regions to Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp.

February 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

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  • KBR’s Kriste Sullivan Instrumental in ‘Mighty Big’ Win  - When a federal jury in Houston hit KBR with a $71 million verdict in a trade secrets case involving processes used to manufacture polycarbonate, the engineering and construction firm’s senior counsel Kriste Sullivan didn’t flinch. 

    She knew the plaintiffs had taken a big gamble. And she knew she had an ace in the hole. But it wasn’t just the luck of the draw that resulted in KBR eventually completely pouring out Trinseo’s $360 million trade secrets case.

    Citing that win, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have honored Sullivan, KBR and the lawyers at Susman Godfrey and Bracewell the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year. 
    May 28, 2026Michelle Casady & Mark Curriden
  • Phillips 66’s Vanessa Sutherland & Michael Voutsinas — The New World of Legal Operations - Energy company legal departments have a lot on their agendas in 2026, including ever-changing tariffs, turmoil in the Middle East, constant reversals in federal regulatory schemes, threats of cybersecurity and intellectual property theft and constantly rising hourly rates from outside counsel. As companies struggle to manage or keep up, Phillips 66 GC Vanessa Sutherland and Legal Ops Director Michael Voutsinas have taken a different approach: It has dramatically upgraded its entire legal operations team that deals with effective financial management of legal work, employee performance management, technology adoption and usage, outside vendor management, information governance, e-discovery and data analytics to optimize legal services delivery. The reforms have resulted in several internal and external successes.

    "It has become more critical for staff functions to be both a good corporate steward of capital and a partner that generates value,” Sutherland said. ACC Houston and The Texas Lawbook have named Phillips 66 as the recipients of the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Legal Innovation.
    May 27, 2026Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Catching Up with Kelly Rentzel as In-house Veteran Joins Bradley’s Dallas Office - Bradley continues to expand its presence in Dallas by hiring Kelly Rentzel as counsel in the firm's banking & financial services practice group. A financial services in-house veteran, she brings rare firsthand experience managing internal legal operations, capital markets transactions and complex M&A.

    The Texas Lawbook caught up with Rentzel about her move to Bradley, the trends she’s seeing and more.
  • Chevron Appoints Scott Keller as Next GC
  • Haynes Boone Associates Get a Trial Run
  • Winston & Strawn Adds Former Baker Botts Partner to Its IP Roster
  • Houston Maritime Litigation Partner Moves to SBSB
  • Houston Employee Benefits Partner Returns to Norton Rose
  • Dallas Regulatory Partner Moves from Haynes Boone to Holland & Knight 
  • Dallas SALT Partners, Senior Counsel Lateral to Holland & Knight 
  • Hello, Larry: Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s New Managing Shareholder Seeks Strategic Growth
  • Houston Commercial Litigation Partner Moves from Kirkland & Ellis to Latham & Watkins
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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
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
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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AZA
Baker Botts
The Bandas Law Firm
Beck Redden
Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
Burns Charest
Clement & Murphy
Condon & Forsyth
DLA Piper
Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
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
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Willkie
Winston & Strawn

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