The firm promoted two lawyers in Austin, two in Dallas and four in Houston.
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V&E Promotes Eight to Partner in Texas
The firm promoted two lawyers in Austin, two in Dallas and four in Houston.
Jones Day Names Three New Partners in Texas
The firm promoted one lawyer in Dallas and two attorneys in Houston.
Locke Lord Elevates Eight to Partner in Texas
The firm promoted partners in each of its Texas offices.
Sidley Promotes Dallas Litigator to Partner
Robert Velevis is one of 24 newly minted partners firmwide.
Andrews Kurth Elects Nine New Partners
All of the nine newly minted partners are Texas-based, including five in Houston, three in Austin and one in Dallas.
Weil Promotes One to Partner in Dallas
Monty Ward, a 2005 SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, focuses his practice on complex corporate transactions.
Mayer Brown Promotes One in Houston
Andres Romay practices in the firm’s real estate group.
Dallas Equal Access to Justice Closes in on Fundraising Goal
Thousands of people are helped each year by DVAP, but many more go without legal advice and representation because there are not enough lawyers stepping up to help. Corporate law departments, including AT&T and EFH, are in a unique position to significantly impact legal aid to the poor in Dallas. While lawyers as a whole hold the keys to the courthouse doors, corporate legal departments set the stage for what is important to our legal community. If pro bono legal aid to the poor is important to local in-house lawyers, pro bono legal aid to the poor will be important to the business lawyers in our legal community as well.
Texas Lawyers Storm the Corporate Boardroom
When global investment firm PIMCO named former American Airlines GC Gary Kennedy to its corporate board, it was joining a national trend of publicly-traded companies adding lawyers as directors. The develop reverses a decades-old policy of corporations of ignoring lawyers for board positions because attorneys are viewed as too risk-averse and too narrow in their professional focus. But former Texas GCs Charles Matthews, Scott Rozzell and Jennifer Vogel are setting a new trend.