Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Senior reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys covers the business of law in Texas. Contact her at [email protected] On Twitter: @BrendaSJeffreys

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January 17, 2025 | The Recorder

Texas-Based Ferguson Braswell Expands in California With 6-Lawyer Team From Orange County Law Firm

A year after the Texas-based firm's launch in California, the firm's Irvine office has grown to 19 lawyers following the addition of the team from Vogt, Resnick & Sherak.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

January 15, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Vinson & Elkins Expands Environmental Team with Chair of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Jon Niermann expects to assist project developers with permitting at Vinson & Elkins and to defend clients in enforcement actions.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 14, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Houston Trial Lawyer Mary-Olga Lovett Leaves King & Spalding to Open Boutique

Mary-Olga "Mo" Lovett, a trial lawyer who formerly practiced at King & Spalding and Greenberg Traurig, formed her own firm where she can avoid conflicts and Big Law billing rates, and have more control over her docket.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 13, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Sheppard Mullin Expands in Dallas With 6-Lawyer White Collar Team From Bradley

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton gains bench strength in Texas in white-collar crime defense, corporate investigations and health care enforcement with the six-lawyer team.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 13, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Kirkland, Latham, White & Case Work on $16.4B Energy Deal

Constellation, based in Baltimore, has agreed to acquire Houston's Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the nation's largest clean energy provider.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 10, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Thompson Coe, 2 Lawyers, Hit by $1M+ Legal Mal Suit

Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons chair Shawn Phelan said in a statement that the firm will "vigorously defend against these meritless claims."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 09, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Eversheds Sutherland Adds Hunton Andrews Energy Lawyer With Cross-Border Experience

Alexander Choinski, who joined Eversheds Sutherland on Tuesday as a partner in Houston, previously worked for law firms and the Exxon Mobil Corp. legal department.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 09, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Butler Snow Expands in Austin With 14 Enoch Kever Lawyers

By moving to Butler Snow, the Enoch Kever lawyers can offer a broader range of practices to clients across a large network of offices.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 08, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

After Nearly 2 Decades in the Role, Longtime Haynes and Boone General Counsel Passes the Baton

Dallas partner Ben Mesches succeeds Stacy Brainin, who has served as firm GC since 2007.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 07, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

South Texas College of Law Houston Selects New Dean

Reynaldo “Rey” Anaya Valencia, selected as the new president and dean at South Texas College of Law Houston, has been dean and a professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus since 2020.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read