Maria Ivañez helped minorities process Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals applications in the law school’s Immigration Clinic and seek humanitarian visas in the Asylum and Human Trafficking Clinic.
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T&K Associate Courtney Jamison Roane Named to Mi Escuelita Board of Directors
Mi Escuelita is a non-profit that provides early childhood education to low income at-risk children and teaches English to children.
T&K Associate Courtney Jamison Roane Named to Mi Escuelita Board of Directors
Mi Escuelita is a non-profit that provides early childhood education to low income at-risk children and teaches English to children.
Gardere Partners Richard Tulli and Rick Jordan Elected to Board of Texas Business Law Foundation
Tulli will serve as chairman, while Jordan was appointed secretary-treasurer.
Akin Gump ‘SCOOPS’ Up Oklahoma Oil Assets from V&E Client for $1.85B
Lawyers for Akin Gump and Vinson & Elkins said Tuesday that they recently facilitated a deal between Oklahoma City-based Gulfport Energy Corp. and a Quantum Energy Partners portfolio company involving Oklahoma’s SCOOP region.
Akin Gump ‘SCOOPS’ Up Oklahoma Oil Assets from V&E Client for $1.85B
Lawyers for Akin Gump and Vinson & Elkins said Tuesday that they recently facilitated a deal between Oklahoma City-based Gulfport Energy Corp. and a Quantum Energy Partners portfolio company involving Oklahoma’s SCOOP region.
ABA Sues Education Dept. for Flip-flopping on Law School Loan Forgiveness Program
The nation’s largest legal organization filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the U.S. Education Department’s decision to retroactively refuse to honor loan forgiveness commitments to newly minted lawyers who worked full-time for greatly reduced wages providing legal assistance to immigrant children on the Texas border. Michelle Quintero-Millan worked for nearly three years at the ABA’s South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project in Harlingen believing she would get credit under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Now, she faces more than $400,000 in school debt.
SEC Slaps SandRidge Energy for $1.4 Million for Illegal Retaliation Against Whistleblower
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. has agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the bankrupt oil and gas company of firing an
Three TX Firms Close $392M Upstream IPO, Start on Another
Associates and partners across Texas law firms are feeling the holiday cheer as year-end bonuses hit their paychecks or firmwide profits get distributed. A group of lawyers from Vinson & Elkins, Latham & Watkins and Andrews Kurth Kenyon might be hearing the holiday bells ringing just a little louder with a $392 million IPO that closed Monday for a Houston upstream company and a new IPO filing for a Denver-based company that could raise $100 million – if not more.
Houston Chronicle Publishes In-depth Profile of Texas AG Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton has spent more than two years fighting alleged regulatory overreach by the Obama administration and against allegations that he violated state and federal securities laws. The Texas AG is famous for building walls blocking out the news media. He has been known to duck out back doors at events, walk away from reporters asking about his court case and once even leaked a story accusing a reporter of stalking him.
Now, he’s talking. Why? The Houston Chronicle has the story.