Tom Clancy once distinguished the difference between fiction and reality: “Fiction has to make sense.” That truism has sometimes posed a challenge for attorney and author Mike Farris, a complex commercial litigator at Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein in Dallas, especially when his fictional characters are lawyers. Of course, therein lies the reason that the public loves to read legal thrillers, Farris says. In books, as in life, lawyers can be good guys and bad guys. Read on.
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K&L Gates has added its sixth lawyer in Houston since opening the office in February. Arthur A. Howard, previously at Haynes and Boone, will join the firm as a partner
Corporate Lawyer Arthur Howard Jumps to K&L Gates
K&L Gates has added its sixth lawyer in Houston since opening the office in February. Arthur A. Howard, previously at Haynes and Boone, will join the firm as a partner
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Mergermarket: M&A Continued to Flow in Q1 2013
Five of the 10 largest corporate transactions announced during the first quarter of 2013 involved Texas-based companies. New statistics show that non-Texas-based firms, such as Jones Day, Weil, K&L Gates and Sidley Austin, have seen their corporate deal-making portfolios expand. In fact, the two chart leaders – Wachtell Lipton for deal value and Kirkland & Ellis for deal count – don’t even have offices in Texas, although Kirkland has eyed moving to Dallas or Houston for the past year.
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