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Baker & McKenzie Brings Back Labor and Employment Expert Celina Joachim

Joachim, who spent the first ten years of her legal career at Baker & McKenzie, was most recently in-house at Houston-based Direct Energy.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Baker & McKenzie Brings Back Labor and Employment Expert Celina Joachim

Joachim, who spent the first ten years of her legal career at Baker & McKenzie, was most recently in-house at Houston-based Direct Energy.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Polsinelli Adds to Real Estate Finance and Health Care Litigation Practices in Dallas

The Kansas City-based firm added five new lawyers to the mix after moving into new office space at Frost Tower.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

David Cabrales Jumps to Gardere

The former general counsel to Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins Gardere’s litigation group and will assist the firm’s government affairs team in Austin.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Bracewell and AZA Prevail in Fifth Circuit for Investment Bank – Updated

A federal appeals court recently affirmed the August 2014 dismissal of energy investment bank Mueller Chen & Co. from a $46.5 million lawsuit brought by International Energy Ventures Management for a fee dispute that resulted from a deal involving the two companies.

August 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Royalty Owners Win MSJ Against Chesapeake, Trial Day Approaches

A group of Fort Worth area mineral owners, including members of the wealthy Bass family, prevailed this past week in a summary judgment ruling that supports one of their fundamental claims in their lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy entities.

August 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Frank Branson, Gruber Hurst and Beckmen Law Score Record $71 Million Win in West Texas

The two lawyers and their firms scored a record $61-plus million win in Fisher County when the jury determined a group of business partners conspired to cut their clients out of a lucrative mineral rights leasing deal

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

AT&T GC Wayne Watts Retires

AT&T says David McAtee, a former partner at Haynes and Boone, will replace Wayne Watts as its chief legal officer on Oct. 1. Watts, widely recognized as one of the most influential business lawyers in the U.S., was directly involved in negotiating dozens of mergers and acquisitions with a combined value of nearly $250 billion. He did the legal work on nearly every deal that transformed Southwestern Bell, the smallest of the Baby Bells, into the world’s largest communications business. Watts notes he was raised in southwest Dallas.

“920 South Oak Cliff Boulevard,” Watts said this week in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook. “If you look at that house, nobody would have predicted my career.”

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

AT&T GC Wayne Watts Retires

AT&T says David McAtee, a former partner at Haynes and Boone, will replace Wayne Watts as its chief legal officer on Oct. 1. Watts, widely recognized as one of the most influential business lawyers in the U.S., was directly involved in negotiating dozens of mergers and acquisitions with a combined value of nearly $250 billion. He did the legal work on nearly every deal that transformed Southwestern Bell, the smallest of the Baby Bells, into the world’s largest communications business. Watts notes he was raised in southwest Dallas.
“920 South Oak Cliff Boulevard,” Watts said this week in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook. “If you look at that house, nobody would have predicted my career.”

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

Dowell Pham Harrison Adds Former Xerox Executive Maureen Moore

Moore will focus her practice on union avoidance training and audits and labor relations training for HR professionals.

August 19, 2015 Mark Curriden

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