Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Bell Nunnally has had the same managing partner for two decades. That changes Sept. 1 when trial partner Christopher Trowbridge takes the reins of the 63 lawyer corporate firm. But he knows there will be many challenges ahead.
Whatever comes to mind when you think “dodgeball," you probably don’t imagine corporate America battling it out on the floor of the American Airlines Center in the name of philanthropy. Weil partner David Gail shares details about an annual fundraiser that does just that.
Last month, The Texas Lawbook officially reached and surpassed more than 13,000 paid subscribers, including more than 2,500 corporate in-house counsel. Our partnerships with the Dallas Business Journal and the Houston Chronicle means The Lawbook reach expands to tens-of-thousands of business leaders in Texas and beyond. But we couldn't do any of it without one person: Sally Selio.
Darwin Bruce, former long-time GC for T.D. Jakes, is pioneering a new initiative designed to significantly improve M&A and CapM opportunities for small and middle market business community in Texas. The lower middle market is woefully underserved, even though those are the businesses driving the economy, but Bruce says he plans to fix that.
The past six months have been a whirlwind for Baron Oursler. He played a critical role in the sale of his employer, FleetPride, to a New York private equity firm. His wife gave birth to their first child, who was born six weeks prematurely and spent a month in the hospital. And he recently started a new job as GC of Worldwide Flight Services. The Texas Lawbook has the inside details.
Surgeon Nick Nicholson was one of 22 Forest Park Medical officials indicted in one of the largest and most complex healthcare bribery and kickback schemes in Texas history. But Dr. Nick was the only one a jury found not guilty. In an exclusive, in-depth interview, Nicholson and his lawyer, Tom Melsheimer, take readers inside the confidential sanctuary of the attorney-client relationship to discuss in vivid detail every aspect of the case and the decisions they made that led to the dramatic acquittal earlier this year. This is their story.
More than 200 American businesses have jointly filed an amicus brief filed Wednesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to find that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal. Only seven - including five major corporations - of the 206 companies are based in Texas. All are in the DFW area. None in Houston or Austin. None in the oil and gas industry.
Houston trial lawyer Randy Sorrels took the reins at the State Bar of Texas on Friday. He overcame one of the most contentious elections in the organization's history to score a record victory. He spoke to The Lawbook's Natalie Posgate about his path to becoming a lawyer, and described his ambitious agenda for the coming year.
HD Vest Financial GC David Peavler, a sleeper candidate to be the SEC's top corporate cop in Texas, tells The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview that tightened resources will be his biggest challenge when he starts as regional director in July. The objective, he said, is "to have as big an impact as possible with the resources we have.” Meanwhile, SEC insiders say Peavler is the perfect choice for the job.
During the Summer of 1998, Dallas endured 56 days of 100-degree weather. That same summer Chris Kratovil entered Big Law at Hughes & Luce. The memory of that summer was the beginning of the Tyranny of the Tie and Kratovil, who now manages a law firm office, is glad not to go back.
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