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In-house to Private Practice: Q&A with Sonja McGill

McGill discusses her experiences in-house at J.C. Penney and H.M.S. Holdings and why she decided to join Bell Nunnally.

February 19, 2015 Mark Curriden

Texas Chief Justice to Legislature: Legal Aid Needs More Funding

In his annual State of the Judiciary Address, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht said state lawmakers need to increase the money being spent on legal services for the poor and to help military veterans. He pointed out that the judiciary accounts for only one-third of one percent of the state’s budget. Here is the full text of the chief justice’s speech:

February 18, 2015 Mark Curriden

Jackson Walker Adds Houston Labor and Employment Expert

Nick Spiliotis, who began his career at a full-service firm in New York, said he wanted to work at a firm with a bigger footprint in Texas.

February 18, 2015 Mark Curriden

Stay Small or Merge Big: My Law Firm’s Story

In 1984, I started my own commercial law firm with just a secretary. Over 30 years, it grew to 18 lawyers thanks to our model of being a haven for large-firm refugees with an entrepreneurial spirit. Suddenly, we were besieged by national law firms seeking a merger. How in the world did I find myself here? This is my law firm’s story.

February 18, 2015 Mark Curriden

Sayles Werbner Successfully Defends $8 Million Fracking Equipment Case

Texas Trailer Corporation did nothing wrong when it tested and flunked a prototype sand container created by two Central Texas businesses for use in the hydraulic fracturing industry, a Cooke County jury ruled last week.

February 18, 2015 Mark Curriden

Fox Rothschild Makes First Lateral Hire in Dallas Office

Sabina Bramlett, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, joins the 20-lawyer office from Dallas-based Glast, Phillips & Murray.

February 17, 2015 Mark Curriden

Former Hedge Fund GC Joins Winstead in Fort Worth

Andrew Rosell will chair the firm’s investment management and private fund industry group.

February 17, 2015 Mark Curriden

Two Dallas Lawyers Honored with DBJ’s 2015 Minority Business Leader Award

Greenberg Traurig shareholder Victor Vital and Scheef & Stone member Rebekah Steely Brooker were the only practicing lawyers selected of the 20 business leaders recognized.

February 17, 2015 Mark Curriden

Two Dallas Lawyers Honored with DBJ's 2015 Minority Business Leader Award

Greenberg Traurig shareholder Victor Vital and Scheef & Stone member Rebekah Steely Brooker were the only practicing lawyers selected of the 20 business leaders recognized.

February 17, 2015 Mark Curriden

Winstead’s Marcus Brown Elected to Chair of MHA of Greater Dallas’ Board of Directors

Brown, a University of Virginia School of Law graduate, is a labor and employment lawyer.

February 17, 2015 Mark Curriden

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  • P.S. — Texas Attorneys Step in as Santa for Kids in Need, Kiosk in Travis County Boosts Access to Legal Aid - Holiday giving is in full swing across Texas law firms, with many stepping up to ensure kids across the state have gifts waiting for them. In Houston, the Holland & Knight office “adopted” a whopping 141 children through the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation’s drive. Boutique law firm Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing set a firm record by adopting 56 children among 35 volunteers. The Texas Lawbook's Krista Torralva and Elle Grinnell cover that and more in this edition of P.S. December 12, 2025Krista Torralva & Elle Grinnell
  • My Five Favorite Books: Shamoil Shipchandler - When I set out to write this column, I thought about all the ways in which I’d try to impress you. Law is, after all, a see-and-be-seen profession! Perhaps I’d start with William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and its dense stream-of-consciousness prose (I can’t stand it). Or the scope and cultural impact of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (I couldn’t get through it). Or maybe I’d do something unexpected about influential children’s books and write about Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree (a truly awful, dreadful thing – I won’t be taking any questions at this time).

    But what I kept coming back to was something that plays a huge role in my personal and professional life: humor. So, I chose five books that never fail to make me laugh.
    December 10, 2025Shamoil Shipchandler

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Latham Makes the Chris Heasley Move Official - After more than 11 years at Kirkland, Christopher Heasley has formally taken his diverse energy practice to Houston. The move was first reported by Bloomberg Law in late November.
  • Krisa Benskin Joins Hogan Lovells Houston Office
  • K&L Gates Moves to New Dallas Digs in Uptown
  • Holland & Knight Recruits Texas A&M GC Ray Bonilla
  • VC Advisor Carmelo Gordian Departs A&O Shearman for Holland & Knight
  • Warm Texas Welcome: Arizona Firm Joins Forces With San Antonio’s Schmoyer Reinhard
  • Mike Androvett Joins Texas Lawbook Foundation Board
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  • Sheppard Mullin Grows Corporate Capabilities in Dallas
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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
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Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
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Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
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Monica Uddin
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Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
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Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
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Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
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Skadden
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