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Baker & McKenzie Brings Back Labor and Employment Expert Celina Joachim

Joachim, who spent the first ten years of her legal career at Baker & McKenzie, was most recently in-house at Houston-based Direct Energy.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Polsinelli Adds to Real Estate Finance and Health Care Litigation Practices in Dallas

The Kansas City-based firm added five new lawyers to the mix after moving into new office space at Frost Tower.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

David Cabrales Jumps to Gardere

The former general counsel to Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins Gardere’s litigation group and will assist the firm’s government affairs team in Austin.

August 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Bracewell and AZA Prevail in Fifth Circuit for Investment Bank – Updated

A federal appeals court recently affirmed the August 2014 dismissal of energy investment bank Mueller Chen & Co. from a $46.5 million lawsuit brought by International Energy Ventures Management for a fee dispute that resulted from a deal involving the two companies.

August 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Royalty Owners Win MSJ Against Chesapeake, Trial Day Approaches

A group of Fort Worth area mineral owners, including members of the wealthy Bass family, prevailed this past week in a summary judgment ruling that supports one of their fundamental claims in their lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy entities.

August 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Frank Branson, Gruber Hurst and Beckmen Law Score Record $71 Million Win in West Texas

The two lawyers and their firms scored a record $61-plus million win in Fisher County when the jury determined a group of business partners conspired to cut their clients out of a lucrative mineral rights leasing deal

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

AT&T GC Wayne Watts Retires

AT&T says David McAtee, a former partner at Haynes and Boone, will replace Wayne Watts as its chief legal officer on Oct. 1. Watts, widely recognized as one of the most influential business lawyers in the U.S., was directly involved in negotiating dozens of mergers and acquisitions with a combined value of nearly $250 billion. He did the legal work on nearly every deal that transformed Southwestern Bell, the smallest of the Baby Bells, into the world’s largest communications business. Watts notes he was raised in southwest Dallas.

“920 South Oak Cliff Boulevard,” Watts said this week in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook. “If you look at that house, nobody would have predicted my career.”

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

AT&T GC Wayne Watts Retires

AT&T says David McAtee, a former partner at Haynes and Boone, will replace Wayne Watts as its chief legal officer on Oct. 1. Watts, widely recognized as one of the most influential business lawyers in the U.S., was directly involved in negotiating dozens of mergers and acquisitions with a combined value of nearly $250 billion. He did the legal work on nearly every deal that transformed Southwestern Bell, the smallest of the Baby Bells, into the world’s largest communications business. Watts notes he was raised in southwest Dallas.
“920 South Oak Cliff Boulevard,” Watts said this week in an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook. “If you look at that house, nobody would have predicted my career.”

August 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

Dowell Pham Harrison Adds Former Xerox Executive Maureen Moore

Moore will focus her practice on union avoidance training and audits and labor relations training for HR professionals.

August 19, 2015 Mark Curriden

Cantey Hanger Names Michael Appleman Managing Partner

Appleman has been at the Fort Worth-based firm since 1993.

August 19, 2015 Mark Curriden

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    In Dallas, 33 Dykema lawyers and staff packed welcome baskets filled with household necessities for individuals and families who are exiting homelessness with the help of The Stewpot, a nonprofit that provides housing programs that pair subsidized housing assistance with case management and support services. 

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  • Willkie Adds Dallas Executive Compensation Partner - Jason Loden, an executive compensation and employee benefits partner, has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Dallas from Baker Botts. He will focus his practice on advising companies, private equity funds and nonprofit entities on executive compensation, employee benefits and tax matters.
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  • Clifford Chance Continues to Grow with Two More Houston Partners
  • Austin Government Contracts Partner Catches Up About Move to Kirkland
  • Paul, Weiss Snags Two More Houston Partners from Kirkland, Latham
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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
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Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
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Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
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Seth Rubinson
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Robert Schroeder III
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