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An expert in the Latin American and African transaction markets for oil and gas, Schwind advises clients with upstream, midstream and downstream deals both in the U.S. and around the world.
The Texas Lawbook interviewed Schwind, who is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, about trends in his practice to discuss cross border oil and gas transactions and why he joined Jones Day.
Valeri Williams and James Sears Bryant have two things in common: they both have non-traditional legal backgrounds and they both recently have joined a New York Firm’s Dallas office.
Valeri Williams and James Sears Bryant have two things in common: they both have non-traditional legal backgrounds and they both recently have joined a New York Firm’s Dallas office.
Erika Benson, formerly with Patton Boggs and Troutman Sanders, was a lawyer at DOE’s Office of Policy and International Affairs.
Austin Partner Laura Tyson represents Houston-based Energy & Minerals Group, a primary investor in Tallgrass.
An Austin judge also issued a TRO instructing the Waco-based company to preserve all financial documentation, but declined Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s request to immediately appoint a receiver to take control of the corporation’s financial operations.
Travis County District Judge Orlinda Naranjo ruled Friday that Life Partners has likely been violating the Texas Securities Act through its practice of buying life insurance death benefits from elderly and terminally ill policyholders, then reselling them to investors without disclosing the actual life expectancies of the insured.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has sued Life Partners Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary, Life Partners, Inc. for violating the Texas Securities Act by allegedly selling unregistered securities to investors and has asked an Austin judge to appoint a receiver to oversee the Waco-based company’s financial operations immediately.
Carlson was a member of DART’s board of directors for almost a decade before becoming the new GC.
Carlson was a member of DART’s board of directors for almost a decade before becoming the new GC.
Sixty-six years ago, Heman Sweatt walked into the University of Texas Tower seeking admission to the UT Law School. His application was denied for one simple reason: “the fact that he is a negro.” Sweatt sued and won a historic case at the Supreme Court of the United States in 1950. This week, his daughter and other family members filed amicus curiae briefs with the Supreme Court in the Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas, which challenges the law school’s consideration of race in its admissions policy.
“The purpose of the Sweatt family’s brief is simple,” says Allan Van Fleet, a litigation partner in the Houston office of McDermott Will & Emery, who is representing the family pro bono. “They want the Supreme Court to remember their father and uncle and his story.”
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