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TX GC Forum Honors Lawyers Dawud Crooms, Farah Bhayani, Rishi Varma, Robert Bell and Others with Magna Stella Awards

The Texas General Counsel Forum held its annual Magna Stella Awards celebration in Austin Thursday night at the Omni Barton Creek Resort.

More than 400 lawyers, including more than 200 general counsel and deputy GCs, attended the in-person event, which was also live-streamed for those who could not attend.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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