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Houston Law Firms Get Diversity Report Card

The Houston Multi-Bar Diversity Committee issued final grades to law firms based on their hiring and promotion of women and ethnic minorities. Some firms truly improved during the past decade. Others have not. Here are the full report cards:

June 11, 2015 Mark Curriden

New Dallas Boutique Focuses on Health Care and Business

Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto founded ByrdAdatto earlier this year.

June 10, 2015 Mark Curriden

HBAA Elects Winstead’s Betsy Peticolas as President

Peticolas focuses her practice on environmental compliance, permitting and enforcement concerning air, water and waste.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod to Receive 2015 Pope Award

Judge Elrod will be honored at the Annual Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Dinner on September 11 in Austin.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Simon, Ray & Winikka Nearly Doubles in Size

The litigation boutique recently announced the additions of Jones Day veterans Katie Colopy, Jeffrey Joyce and Michael Rice.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Simon, Ray & Winikka Nearly Doubles in Size

The litigation boutique recently announced the additions of Jones Day veterans Katie Colopy, Jeffrey Joyce and Michael Rice.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Greenberg Traurig Renews Lease at Chase Tower

The firm’s 10-year renewal lease is for more than 35,000 square feet of office space on the 51st and 52nd floors of the 55-story skyscraper.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

DMN: Justice Willett – Tweeter Laureate in Texas

The Texas Legislature, before it adjourned, created the position “Tweeter Laureate” and it named state Supreme Court Justice Don Willett to be the first person to fill the position.

June 8, 2015 Mark Curriden

Dallas Litigator Leads Big 12 and Conference USA Win over Former Student-Athletes

Polsinelli partner Leane Capps scored a huge victory last week for two major college sports conferences when a federal judge in Tennessee rejected claims by 10 former college basketball and football players who argue they deserve compensation for the use of their images and likenesses. Capps represents the two Irvin-based leagues in two separate but very similar cases – one in Tennessee and the second in California. Billions of dollars are at stake in the litigation.

June 7, 2015 Mark Curriden

New Litigation Boutique Burns Charest Scores Big Settlement

Dallas trial lawyer Warren Burns’ four-year-long contentious antitrust and commodities litigation against two London-based energy companies and a handful of their officials has resulted in a $16.5 million settlement. The lawsuit accused Parnon Energy Inc., Arcadia Petroleum Ltd and a handful of specific individuals of artificially manipulating the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil (WTI) and oil futures.

June 7, 2015 Mark Curriden

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  • 2025 DFW Corp. Counsel Award Winners: ‘It Was a Challenging Year’ - Brinker, Children’s Health, Comerica, Energy Transfer, Match, PGA, Schwab, Solo Brands and Trintech were the big winners Thursday night at the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards. Eight of the 14 award categories, including Business Litigation of the Year, M&A Transaction of the Year and Corporate Legal Department of the Year, featured multiple finalists, with judges describing them as photo finishes. More than 360 of the most prominent general counsel, senior in-house counsel and law firm partners celebrated the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards at the George W. Bush Institute. This was the ninth year that the Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook partnered on the awards event. February 2, 2026Mark Curriden
  • Comerica Closes $10.9B Merger, Wins DFW Corp. Counsel Award for M&A Transaction of the Year - Fifth Third Bank's merger with Dallas-based Comerica was a complex mega-transaction put extraordinary pressure on the Comerica legal department, which was already being pushed to the limit on other matters. But the $10.9 billion transaction announced on Oct. 6 officially closed this morning at 12:02 a.m., a mere four months after the deal was announced. Citing their extraordinary accomplishments, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook this past Thursday night honored the Comerica legal department and its outside counsel at Wachtell Lipton with the 2025 DFW M&A Transaction of the Year. February 1, 2026Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Melsheimer, Stodghill Lead Nine-Partner Litigation Team to King & Spalding - Prominent Dallas trial lawyer Tom Melsheimer, long-time law partner Steven Stodghill and seven other litigation partners from Winston & Strawn started their new positions as partners at King & Spalding in Dallas today. “I was on top of the mountain with Winston,” Melsheimer told The Texas Lawbook. “But then I saw another mountain. King & Spalding made an offer that I could not say no to, so I didn’t. King & Spalding understands that this is a war for the best talent because the best talent attracts the best clients. King & Spalding is in it to win this war.”
  • Groundhog Day: More Competition for Texas Talent
  • Weil Opens New Austin Office as Firm Now Has Three in Texas
  • Smith, Gambrell & Russell Expands Texas Reach with New Addition
  • Former SEC Chief Trial Lawyer Takes Practice to Vartabedian
  • Brown Fox Jumps Over to The Quad, Nearly Doubles Footprint
  • Data Security and E-Discovery Provider HaystackID Taps Dallas Lawyer as CEO
  • To Launch New Dallas Office, Dechert Snags McDermott Duo Behind Tesla’s $1 Trillion Contract
  • Hamilton Wingo Continues to Grow
  • Dorsey Hires Litigator from McGuireWoods
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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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Baker Botts
The Bandas Law Firm
Beck Redden
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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