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October 03, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Midsize firm Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody added the government affairs practice group to extend the services it already provides for its clients.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

1 minute read

October 03, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

A spokesperson for Texas' Jackson Walker said the firm is "on track" for a record-breaking year, even as it has coped over the last year with fallout from news that a former bankruptcy partner was engaged in a romantic relationship with a former bankruptcy judge in Houston who presided over many cases involving the firm.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

October 03, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Warren Harris, a Bracewell partner in Houston, is head of the firm's appellate practice group, and won a number of significant appellate rulings over the last year.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 30, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Jeff Westcott, who previously worked at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, returned to the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to focus on leveraging AI and other emerging technologies at the firm.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Latham & Watkins hired a King & Spalding project development partner in Houston and Winston & Strawn brought on a Squire Patton Boggs partner in Dallas, as Big Law partners continue to make moves in Texas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur recommends an inquiry after concluding Walker's failure to inform clients of a romantic relationship between a bankruptcy partner and former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones was an inexcusable 'ethical breach.'

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 24, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Ropes & Gray chair Julie Jones will start her second term in January, while Chicago partner and management committee member Neill Jakobe has been appointed vice chair, in top management moves at the global firm.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 24, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Continuing to grow its investment fund practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld added Kirkland & Ellis partner Shannon Thompson in Dallas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

September 23, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

The hiring of Sidley Austin restructuring partner Charles Persons continues Paul Hastings's aggressive growth in Texas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | The American Lawyer

All six lawyers of Enterprise Legal Studio, a venture capital boutique founded by Bart Dillashaw, have moved to Milwaukee-founded Michael Best & Friedrich.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read