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The Dallas Business Journal recently spoke with Mike Taten, managing partner of Jackson Walker's Dallas office, about navigating the varied challenges of 2020 and his projections for the new year.
The Houston-based litigation powerhouse Susman Godfrey announced Monday that it paid six-digit bonuses to its associates, promoted six lawyers to partner - including four women - and significantly increased the amount of money the firm is giving to charities that focus on racial justice. Despite the great financial year, 2020 was still 'heartbreaking' for the four-decade old firm.
Baker Botts partner Bill Kroger, Blank Rome partner Susan Bickley and Vinson & Elkins partner Chris Popov called colleagues and clients, law firm leaders and neighbors. Because the annual Harvest Celebration was cancelled due to the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of dollars in support for legal aid in Houston were in jeopardy. Kroger and other Houston Bar leaders took action. The results: A truly Happy Thanksgiving.
The Atlanta-based law firm has launched its 10th U.S. office with a team of energy litigators from Thompson & Knight.
Revenue and client demand at Texas-based corporate law firms were down during the first six months of 2020, but they were not as bad as everyone expected, according to a new report from Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Norton Rose Fulbright announced late Sunday that the firm has elected a litigation partner in Houston to be its global chief executive starting Jan. 1. Gerry Pecht is the first U.S. lawyer to take the 3,500-lawyer firm’s highest ranking leadership position since Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose combined in 2013.
Taylor Wilson has been groomed for three decades to lead at Haynes and Boone. He’s served on the firm’s board of directors and executive committee, chaired the partner compensation committee and led hiring and recruiting efforts. On Jan. 1, he gets a new title: managing partner.
Updated to include lender details According to data released Monday by the U.S. Treasury Department, 1,160 Texas law firms applied for and received as much as $924 million total in ultimately forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. The Texas Lawbook has the entire list and it includes law firms from every corner of the state.
The U.S. Treasury Department released this week the names of Texas businesses receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program voted by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the
While most law firms have been successfully working remotely in the Covid-19 era, a recent Gensler survey found only 12% of workers want to work from home full-time. A majority of respondents want to return to the workplace, but with critical changes. So what might the law office of the future look like?
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