Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Houston trial lawyer John Zavitsanos went after opposing counsel and her “playbook” to win a jury verdict of no wrongdoing for his client, National Oilwell Varco, in a $120 million-dollar employment discrimination lawsuit.
(Editor’s Warning: This article contains offensive language.)
Houston trial lawyer John Zavitsanos went after opposing counsel and her “playbook” to win a jury verdict of no wrongdoing for his client, National Oilwell Varco, in a $120 million-dollar employment discrimination lawsuit.
(Editor’s Warning: This article contains offensive language.)
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has selected Vinson & Elkins to receive its annual Thomas L. Sager Award for the South region. The award recognizes law firms for their efforts in promoting diversity.
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has selected Vinson & Elkins to receive its annual Thomas L. Sager Award for the South region. The award recognizes law firms for their efforts in promoting diversity.
The Houston federal prosecutor who won criminal convictions against the top accountants in Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme is leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office to join an international law firm’s white-collar criminal defense practice.
Only two of Dallas County’s largest law firms reflect the diversity of the Texas Bar and the state’s population, indicating plenty of room for improvement, according to the recently released “2015 Law Firm Diversity Report” from the Dallas Diversity Task Force.
The funds will go to 16 nonprofit organizations, including Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Lone Star Legal Aid, Texas Legal Services Center and Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.
Stephen Moll and Jim Cooper join from Gardere.
For six decades, Morris Atlas was the lawyer to see in South Texas. Big corporations from across the globe facing potentially crippling lawsuits hired him to save their businesses. Candidates for public office cherished his endorsement. Lawyers who wanted judicial appointments desired his blessing. And he founded the law firm Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, which is the largest law firm in South Texas with 35 lawyers and three offices. Atlas died Sunday at his home in McAllen. He was 88.
American Electric Power Company (AEP) said it will sell its commercial barge subsidiary to American Commercial Lines for $550 million. The subsidiary, AEP River Operations, is a commercial inland barge company that delivers about 45 million tons of products annually, including 10 million tons of coal. It is based in Chesterfield, Mo., and operates 56 towboat and 2,301 barges.
Haynes and Boone lawyers from three different offices advised AEP on the deal.
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