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Gibson Dunn Bolsters Dallas Office with Litigation Partner Jeremy Brandon

Brandon was previously at Susman Godfrey, where he handled antitrust, class actions, intellectual property, shareholder/creditor derivative litigation and securities litigation.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Holland & Knight Open for Business in Houston

The Tampa, Florida-based firm is turning to former Greenberg Traurig attorneys L. Bradley Hancock, Christopher Johnsen and Theresa Wanat to spearhead the firm’s efforts in Houston.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Holland & Knight Open for Business in Houston

The Tampa, Florida-based firm is turning to former Greenberg Traurig attorneys L. Bradley Hancock, Christopher Johnsen and Theresa Wanat to spearhead the firm’s efforts in Houston.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Pillsbury Boosts Litigation Practice in Austin with Addition of Casey Low

Low is rejoining the four-partner intellectual property group from Bracewell & Giuliani who jumped to Pillsbury in January.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Schiff Hardin Picks Up Dallas Labor and Employment Expert Tracey Wallace

Wallace, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, was previously at Jackson Walker.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

V&E Partner Tom Wilson to Chair Human Rights Committee

The newly-created committee will study and recommend guidance concerning legal and ethical issues that attorneys and international businesses face when possible human rights violations are discovered.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

V&E Partner Tom Wilson to Chair Human Rights Committee

The newly-created committee will study and recommend guidance concerning legal and ethical issues that attorneys and international businesses face when possible human rights violations are discovered.

September 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Chesapeake Settles with Bass and Other Barnett Shale Royalty Owners

Lawyers for Chesapeake Energy likely spent Labor Day laboring over a confidential settlement reached Tuesday morning for a case against Fort Worth billionaire Ed Bass and other disgruntled royalty owners. It was set to go to trial Tuesday.

September 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Faith & Perseverance Helped Sidley Partner Close His Biggest and Most Important International Deal

Cliff Vrielink has represented some of the world’s leading energy companies in highly complex international transactions valued in the billions of dollars. But for four years, Vrielink and his wife tried to adopt two children from Haiti. A legal process that should have taken weeks became years. The couple took a dozen trips to Haiti. They hired lawyers in Haiti and sought help from U.S. officials in New York. Nothing they did helped or mattered.

“I’ve done multi-billion-dollar global mergers and acquisitions involving multiple corporations and assets in multiple countries that were simpler than the adoption process we faced,” said Vrielink, a 20-year veteran of international M&A law.

This is the story of Cliff and Ayse Vrielink’s efforts to adopt a boy and a girl from Haiti and why an antiquated international adoption system must be fixed.

September 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Faith & Perseverance Helped Sidley Partner Close His Biggest and Most Important International Deal

Cliff Vrielink has represented some of the world’s leading energy companies in highly complex international transactions valued in the billions of dollars. But for four years, Vrielink and his wife tried to adopt two children from Haiti. A legal process that should have taken weeks became years. The couple took a dozen trips to Haiti. They hired lawyers in Haiti and sought help from U.S. officials in New York. Nothing they did helped or mattered.
“I’ve done multi-billion-dollar global mergers and acquisitions involving multiple corporations and assets in multiple countries that were simpler than the adoption process we faced,” said Vrielink, a 20-year veteran of international M&A law.
This is the story of Cliff and Ayse Vrielink’s efforts to adopt a boy and a girl from Haiti and why an antiquated international adoption system must be fixed.

September 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

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    Now I confidently crack open yet another Frieda McFadden thriller next to my insanely intellectually curious husband, who is reading yet another Dostoevsky book. Ten years ago, that might have made me self-conscious. Now it just makes me laugh.
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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
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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
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Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
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Noël Wise
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King & Spalding
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Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
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Simpson Thacher
Skadden
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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