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.
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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.
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.
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
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.”
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.”
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.
Cantey Hanger Names Michael Appleman Managing Partner
Appleman has been at the Fort Worth-based firm since 1993.
Shannon Gracey Strengthens IP Practice with Three Laterals
Katarzyna Brozynski joins the firm as a partner in its Fort Worth Office, while Sorana Georgiana Ban and Antonio Devora join as associates in Dallas.
Debbie Branson, Parkland Board Receive Texas Healthcare Trustees Star Trustee Award
Under Branson’s leadership, the board hired the first new CEO in nearly 30 years at Parkland and oversaw the completion of a new 2.1-million-square-foot facility, which officially opens at 6 a.m. tomorrow.