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:
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New Dallas Boutique Focuses on Health Care and Business
Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto founded ByrdAdatto earlier this year.
HBAA Elects Winstead’s Betsy Peticolas as President
Peticolas focuses her practice on environmental compliance, permitting and enforcement concerning air, water and waste.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.