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Andrews Kurth to Receive Victory Fund Corporate Ally Award

The firm will be recognized by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute on April 17 at the annual Houston Victory Fund Brunch.

March 3, 2016 Mark Curriden

Shannon Gracey Adds Estate Planning Expert

Brian Hall has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner.

March 3, 2016 Mark Curriden

King & Spalding Turns to Prominent Trial Lawyer to Lead Houston Office

The law firm of Griffin Bell, Sam Nunn and Larry Thompson has done well during its two decades in Houston. King & Spalding has 84 lawyers in Texas and looking to grow. To lead its efforts, the firm has turned to Tracie Renfroe, a 1985 alum of Baylor School of Law who has represented Shell Oil, Chevron and other Texas companies in environmental and toxic tort litigation. In this article, Renfroe discusses her firm and its future in Texas.

March 3, 2016 Mark Curriden

King & Spalding Turns to Prominent Trial Lawyer to Lead Houston Office

The law firm of Griffin Bell, Sam Nunn and Larry Thompson has done well during its two decades in Houston. King & Spalding has 84 lawyers in Texas and looking to grow. To lead its efforts, the firm has turned to Tracie Renfroe, a 1985 alum of Baylor School of Law who has represented Shell Oil, Chevron and other Texas companies in environmental and toxic tort litigation. In this article, Renfroe discusses her firm and its future in Texas.

March 3, 2016 Mark Curriden

DAYL Presents $44K to Habitat for Humanity, EPIC

The group raised the money at its annual DAYL Charity Ball – Another EPIC Night on Nov. 14, 2015 at Trinity Groves.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

Texas Justices Green, Guzman and Lehrmann Discuss their Primary Victories

The three sitting Texas Supreme Court justices – Paul Green, Eva Guzman and Debra Lehrmann – won their Republican primary races Tuesday. Two of the races were closer than court watchers predicted.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

Former Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon Dies in Car Crash Day After Being Indicted

A federal grand jury in Oklahoma has indicted Chesapeake Energy Corp. co-founder and former chief executive officer Aubrey McClendon on charges that he violated antitrust laws by conspiring with another energy company to fix the bidding process bids for the purchase of oil and natural gas leases in northwest Oklahoma from 2007 to 2012.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

Houston Chronicle: Polsinelli Moves into Houston, Acquires Novak Druce

Kansas City-based Polsinelli announced Tuesday that it is setting up shop in Houston by acquiring 44 lawyers from Novak Druce, an intellectual law boutique firm that focused on the legal protection of inventions, artistic works and other creative efforts.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

Houston Chronicle: Polsinelli Moves into Houston, Acquires Novak Druce

Kansas City-based Polsinelli announced Tuesday that it is setting up shop in Houston by acquiring 44 lawyers from Novak Druce, an intellectual law boutique firm that focused on the legal protection of inventions, artistic works and other creative efforts.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

Houston Chronicle: Polsinelli Moves into Houston, Acquires Novak Druce

Kansas City-based Polsinelli announced Tuesday that it is setting up shop in Houston by acquiring 44 lawyers from Novak Druce, an intellectual law boutique firm that focused on the legal protection of inventions, artistic works and other creative efforts.

March 2, 2016 Mark Curriden

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  • P.S. — Gray Reed Managing Partner Shares Cancer Survival Story in Fundraising Campaign - In this edition of P.S., Gray Reed Managing Partner Kyle Sanders opens up about his three bouts with blood cancer in an effort to fundraise for blood cancer research, patient services and advocacy. The nonprofit Blood Cancer United has named Sanders a candidate for its Visionary of the Year. May 15, 2026Krista Torralva & Elle Grinnell
  • Plains All American GC Richard McGee — Pole Vaulting into a Lifetime of Achievements - In the world of oil and gas, Richard McGee has seen it all — and he’s done most of it. As a corporate transactional lawyer for Vinson & Elkins, he represented some of the biggest players in the oil patch, including Enron. In 2001, he joined Duke Energy, first as a lawyer and then as president of its international operations. Houston-based Plains All American hired McGee in 2009 and became its general counsel in 2012. Along the way, he led or was heavily involved in more than 100 M&A transactions totaling in the tens of billions of dollars. This month, he is working to close the $3.8 billion sale of Plains’ natural gas liquids business to Canadian-based Keyera.

    The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have named McGee as the recipient of the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Lifetime Achievement.
    May 14, 2026Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Buffey Klein Takes Her BR Practice to Blank Rome - Blank Rome announced this week that veteran bankruptcy attorney Buffey Klein is joining their Dallas office. Klein leaves Husch Blackwell after 23 years, the last three as the firm’s Dallas managing partner.
  • Dallas Commercial Litigation Partners Move from Spencer Fane to BakerHostetler
  • Baker Botts Adds Dario Mendoza to Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Team in Dallas
  • Talen Energy’s GC Change is ‘Getting the Band Back Together’
  • P.S. — Hilgers’ Cynthia Schmidt Trades Partner Role for Nonprofit Calling
  • Willkie Adds Dallas Executive Compensation Partner
  • Dallas Assistant GC Moves from JPMorgan to Squire Patton Boggs
  • Longtime Litigator-Turned GC Returns to Private Practice in BakerHostetler’s Dallas Office
  • Clifford Chance Continues to Grow with Two More Houston Partners
  • Austin Government Contracts Partner Catches Up About Move to Kirkland
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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
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
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
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
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
Burns Charest
Clement & Murphy
Condon & Forsyth
DLA Piper
Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Willkie
Winston & Strawn

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