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Polsinelli Shareholder Lon Williams Appointed to TAB Board of Directors

Williams is a member of the firm’s labor and employment practice group, where he has a particular focus in the health care industry.

March 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Baker Botts Partner Travis Sales Elected Fellow of ACTL

Sales joins other Baker Botts American College of Trial Lawyers Fellows William Jeffress, Rod Phelan and Andrew Lankler.

March 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

Four Gardere Partners Elected Fellows of Texas Bar Foundation

Cristina Portela Solomon, Rachel Powitzky Steely, Mary Elizondo Frazier and Mike Seely are based in Houston.

March 28, 2017 Mark Curriden

M&A Deal Count by Law Firm (Q1-Q4 2016)

March 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

M&A Deal Count by Law Firm (Q1-Q4 2016)

March 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

Corp. Deal Tracker: M&A Firm Leaderboard Played Musical Chairs in 2016

For most Texas-based M&A lawyers, 2016 was not in line with one of Charles Dickens’ most famous lines: it was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for corporate transactional work. But some changes occurred among the law firm leaderboard.

New data from The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker reveals which firms stayed at the very top for handling the most M&A work in 2016 and which firms got booted out of the top by others. This report provides a full analysis on the new rankings and insights from firm leaders for how deal flow is looking in 2017.

March 27, 2017 Natalie Posgate

Corp. Deal Tracker: M&A Firm Leaderboard Played Musical Chairs in 2016

For most Texas-based M&A lawyers, 2016 was not in line with one of Charles Dickens’ most famous lines: it was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for corporate transactional work. But some changes occurred among the law firm leaderboard.
New data from The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker reveals which firms stayed at the very top for handling the most M&A work in 2016 and which firms got booted out of the top by others. This report provides a full analysis on the new rankings and insights from firm leaders for how deal flow is looking in 2017.

March 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

AZA Firm Scores $9 Million Verdict Against Motorola Mobility

A federal jury in Marshall on Friday ordered Motorola Mobility to pay $9.17 million for deliberately infringing on a small Plano-based licensing firm’s patents for technology that helps create high-definition voice for cell phones. The win is the latest for Saint Lawrence Communications in patent fights in the U.S. and Germany against seven of the world’s largest cell-phone makers.

March 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

Chief Judge Stewart Appointed to Judicial Conference Executive Committee

Chief Justice John Roberts has appointed Carl Stewart, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to the seven-member Executive Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference.

March 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Humble Surgical Files for Ch. 11 After Aetna Scores $51 Million Judgment

Houston-based Humble Surgical Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, three weeks after U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes entered a multi-million judgment against the specialty, five-bed hospital.

March 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

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Jeffrey Brill
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Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
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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
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Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
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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
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Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
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Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
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Emily Smith
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Jonathon Soler
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Monica Uddin
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Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
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Noël Wise
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