Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

February 02, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Joshua Boudreaux, who was an IT support analyst in the Norton Rose Fulbright US office in Dallas, alleges discrimination after the firm rejected his request for an exemption from a 2021 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Scott Nelson has joined Baker Botts as a partner in the litigation department and head of the labor and employment practice, which he intends to grow.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"I think what gets in the way is fear. If you're going to advance an interest like diversity in our profession, you have to have some courage," said Akshay Verma, a former legal ops chief at Meta and Coinbase.

By Maria Dinzeo | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

February 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Ira Kustin, who returned to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on Thursday as an investment management partner in New York, is the fourth Big Law partner in that practice to make the move to Akin in recent months.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Chartwell Law has been interested in the Texas market for some time, but opened in Austin and Dallas, because it hired four litigation and coverage lawyers from Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Jay Hughes, who joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher in 2020 and was a co-chair of the power and renewable energy practice, has returned to McGuireWoods as a partner in Houston, where he once led the office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 29, 2024 | The Recorder

FisherBroyles expanded recently by adding two intellectual property lawyers as partners in Los Angeles and a litigator in Chicago.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 29, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Efraim Gonzalez Jr. was unable to move to Houston plaintiff's firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner in 2018 because USA Gymnastics, a client of his former firm, refused to waive a conflict of interest.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom hired an energy litigator from Haynes and Boone, while Simpson Thacher & Bartlett added a Kirkland & Ellis tax partner, both in Houston.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"Busting at the seams" in its downtown Dallas office, the firm it opted to sign a new lease for an expanded space in Comerica Bank Tower, which has been renovated with modern features.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read