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Porter Hedges Appoints Jeffrey Elkin to Lead Litigation Practice
Elkin will lead a group of 50-plus lawyers.
Chris Hamilton Elected to Fellows of Texas Bar Foundation
Hamilton, a UT School of Law graduate, won a $27 million verdict against McDonald’s last summer in a premises liability case.
Sidley and Baker Botts Advise in $600 Million Midstream Deal
Dallas-based EnLink Midstream Partners, LP has agreed to purchase Midland-based Coronado Midstream for $600 million.
Energy/Finance Partner Robert Stephens Joins Sidley Austin
The Chicago-founded law firm, which opened its Houston office in 2012 and now has 34 lawyers there, continues to expand via lateral partner hires.
Third Court Chief Judge Returns Home to Practice
Woodie Jones is rejoining Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, a firm he co-founded in 2003, after serving as Chief Justice of the Third District Court of Appeals in Texas.
Moncrief Oil Drops $1.37 Billion Case in Middle of Trial – Updated
A decade-long $1.37 billion legal battle between Moncrief Oil and Russia-based OAO Gazprom, the world’s largest extractor of natural gas, came to an abrupt end Monday when the Fort Worth oil company dismissed its trade secrets claims in the middle of a month longtrial. Gazprom’s lawyers at Baker Botts say they discovered that a Moncrief executive had fabricated a key document in the case.
Baker Botts and Latham Lead InfraREIT IPO
While Wall Street salivated on Friday over the juicy initial public offering of its beloved New York-based burger chain, Shake Shack, a group of Texas lawyers were also in triumph over another successful IPO: Dallas-based Hunt Utility Service’s real estate investment trust, InfraREIT Inc.
Cain & Skarnulis Scores Landmark Bad Faith Claim for Oilfield Driller
Though a daunting hurdle, Steve Skarnulis and Charlie Cain broke the county’s 13-year-pro-defendant streak, and in the process, scored what is believed to be the largest jury verdict in Kendall County: an $8.3 million award to their client, Drilling Risk Management, Inc.
Cain & Skarnulis Scores Landmark Bad Faith Claim for Oilfield Driller
Though a daunting hurdle, Steve Skarnulis and Charlie Cain broke the county’s 13-year-pro-defendant streak, and in the process, scored what is believed to be the largest jury verdict in Kendall County: an $8.3 million award to their client, Drilling Risk Management, Inc.