SMU Names Interim Law Dean and Search Committee
Dedman Law professor Julie Patterson Forrester gets the nod starting June 1. Provost also names 18-member search committee.
SMU Business School Dean to Lead Search for New Law School Dean
Provost Paul Ludden appointed Albert W. Niemi to lead the search committee to replace Dedman Law Dean John Attanasio. Other search committee members include law school faculty, law students, members of the Board of Trustees, law school executive board members and law school alumni.
K&L Gates Names Two New Partners in Dallas
Barrett Howell and Ryan Preston will become partners in K&L Gates’ Dallas office effective Mar. 1, 2013. Howell, a 2001 graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, focuses
K&L Gates Names Two New Partners in Dallas
Barrett Howell and Ryan Preston will become partners in K&L Gates’ Dallas office effective Mar. 1, 2013. Howell, a 2001 graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, focuses
Al Ellis to Receive MLK Justice Award from Dallas Bar Association
Al Ellis, of counsel at Sommerman & Quesada, L.L.P., will be honored by the Dallas Bar Association at the 21st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon as the recipient of
SMU Ousts Law Dean John Attanasio, Spurs Backlash By Prominent Alumni
SMU senior leaders have informed Attanasio that his contract, which expires in May, will not be renewed and that the university is taking immediate steps to find a successor, The Texas Lawbook has learned. The decision prompted 56 prominent alumni to sign a letter to Turner supporting Attanasio and asking the university to reconsider. A member of the Dedman Law School executive board has resigned and two others have said they are considering resigning because they were not informed by Ludden or Turner about the move and think it is the wrong decision.
Thompson & Knight Names Emily Parker Its New Managing Partner
Thirty-eight years ago, Thompson & Knight hired its first woman lawyer in an office of 40 white men. This week, the Dallas-based law firm announced that very same lawyer, Emily Parker, is its next managing partner – one of the few women lawyers leading law firms in Texas.
Thompson & Knight Names Emily Parker Its New Managing Partner
Thirty-eight years ago, Thompson & Knight hired its first woman lawyer in an office of 40 white men. This week, the Dallas-based law firm announced that very same lawyer, Emily Parker, is its next managing partner – one of the few women lawyers leading law firms in Texas.