Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

March 07, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Former Enron Corp. Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow testified March 7 in Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay's criminal trial that Enron's finances were deeply troubled by the time Skilling resigned as chief executive officer in August 2001.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

August 09, 2004 | Law.com

In the first significant associate pay hike in Texas since the heady days of 2000, Dallas-based Thompson & Knight will raise first-year associates' base salaries by $10,000 come January. The last time associate salaries saw major hikes was four years ago, when Silicon Valley firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian triggered an avalanche that spread to major markets across the nation.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

September 22, 2005 | The Recorder

Hundreds of volunteers are meeting with evacuees who have legal problems ranging from child support to probation.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

August 24, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

A Belo Corp. shareholder, concerned with reports that The Dallas Morning News overstated circulation numbers, filed a shareholder securities suit against the Dallas-based publishing company on Aug. 23 in federal court in Dallas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

June 14, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Arguing that the behavior of R. Allen Stanford and his "latest collection of lawyers (the Bennett-Nguyen Joint Venture)" have prejudiced her right to a fair trial with their "egregious and circus-like conduct," one of Stanford's co-defendants, Laura Pendergest-Holt, filed a June 9 motion asking U.S. District Judge David Hittner to sever her criminal trial. She alleges that Stanford and his counsel from Houston law firm Bennett Nguyen Joint Venture have made it impossible for her to receive a fair trial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

April 04, 2006 | Law.com

Patents owned by Kimberly-Clark and Freescale Semiconductor will be on the auction block Thursday, along with about 450 other patents owned by corporations and individuals, who will use the unusual live event to raise cash from their patents. Organizers of the event say it will be the nation's first-ever live, multicompany patent auction. Baker Botts IP partner Barton Showalter says the live auction is a natural extension of the burgeoning market for the buying, selling, enforcing and licensing of patents.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

January 27, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Weil, Gotshal & Manges represents Hicks Sports Group in its pending sale of the Texas Rangers franchise to Rangers Baseball Express LLC, an investment group headed by former big-league pitcher Nolan Ryan who is currently president of the team, and Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg. McGuire, Craddock & Strother also represents Hicks Sports Group, while Rangers Baseball Express is using Foley & Lardner and Sherrard, German & Kelly.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

May 01, 2008 | Law.com

"It was my 45th birthday, and I have 20 years left to practice, and what better way to hook up with lawyers that I like and have immense respect for and create something that I thought was woman-owned and [with] the ability to come up with some flexible billing arrangements," says Jennifer Jackson Spencer (pictured).

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

October 05, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

McKool Smith opened an office in Houston Oct. 1 with a new bankruptcy practice group headed by nationally known bankruptcy lawyer Hugh M. Ray (pictured). Ray joined Dallas-based McKool Smith from Andrews Kurth, along with two other Andrews Kurth bankruptcy partners. Also, his son. Hugh M. Ray III, moves to McKool Smith's Houston office from Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 27, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

A jury found W. Lassiter Holmes III, a McAllen lawyer, guilty on Jan. 17 of federal charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a plan to backdate a medical malpractice suit to avoid a statute of limitations. Holmes' conviction comes more than seven months after he completed a two-year, fully probated suspension of his law license stemming from a grievance filed against him by a defense lawyer in that med-mal suit.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read