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July 23, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyer head count grew by 2.1% overall in 2023 at the 100 firms with the most lawyers in Texas, with midsize Texas firms and out-of-state firms with…

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

July 23, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

A busy energy industry, boosted by work in energy transition, helped provide work for lawyers in Texas across transactional practices. That, along…

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

1 minute read

July 23, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Winston & Strawn partner Mark Christy said he was attracted to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, because of the renewable energy team the firm is building.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

July 17, 2024 | The American Lawyer

While the firms had hoped to hold partnership votes in July for an October merger, sources said, the plan is now to formalize the combination before the start of 2025.

By Amanda O'Brien | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

July 09, 2024 | The American Lawyer

According to the 2024 Am Law Pro Bono Scorecard, almost half of U.S. lawyers at 120 firms devoted at least 20 hours to pro bono in 2023.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

July 02, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

The Dallas-based litigation firm, which has focused its practice on the Southwest, Southeast and Midwest, is expanding significantly to the east and west with the new offices.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

July 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

In another round of Big Law partner moves, Vinson & Elkins picks up transactional lawyers in Dallas and New York working in energy transition, technology and other hot areas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

July 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

With the nine Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry tax controversy lawyers who joined in Houston, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has grown the new office to 25 lawyers.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

July 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Michelle Reed, a co-head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice, joined Paul Hastings as a partner in Dallas, where she intends to build a large team.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones has asked the chief bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Texas to determine if he must testify at a deposition related to his romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker partner.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read