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January 16, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

A total of 24 lawyers from Houston trial boutique Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka have moved to Steptoe to open a Houston office for the Am Law 200 firm, a deal that provides benefits to clients of both firms.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

A Texas man who sued former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones, alleging violation of his constitutional rights, has added Jackson Walker, Kirkland & Ellis and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman in a suit connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Freeman.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Vinson & Elkins hired a Shearman & Sterling tax and energy transition partner in Los Angeles, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher added a Mayer Brown energy finance and transactions partner in Houston.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 09, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Ferguson Braswell CEO Kyle Ferguson said the firm's goal is to establish a full-service office in Costa Mesa, where there is a "strong middle-market industry" and "a lot of wealth and opportunity."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 09, 2024 | The Recorder

Katy Spillers, an M&A and corporate partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger in Los Angeles, has moved to Locke Lord, where she expects the firm's national reach and broader resources to benefit her clients.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 08, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Vinson & Elkins partner Billy Coe Dyer rejoins former colleague Charles McFarland at a condemnation boutique McFarland founded in 2015.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 04, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Terry Black, the founder of a well-known Central Texas barbecue restaurant, seeks $4 million from Cokinos Young and a principal in Austin in a suit alleging a conflict of interest in a property sale in Austin. The defendants issued a statement saying the allegations are "false."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Facing mandatory retirement at the Am Law 100 firm, Clifford Thau joined Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt as a partner in New York, where is is reunited with former colleagues.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

January 03, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Sarah McLean, who was joint head of the U.S. energy industry group at Shearman & Sterling, started work at Willkie Farr & Gallagher on the New Year's Day holiday to keep up with client needs.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Sidley Austin partner James Munsell said he moved to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in New York because of the focus of the firm's investment management practice and its strength in key markets.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read