Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

January 31, 2006 | Law.com

The whole world will be watching the anything-but-routine criminal trial of the former Enron chairman and CEO. Jury selection was completed Monday.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

14 minute read

April 12, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

A Q&A with the CEO and general counsel of Sysco Corp. of Houston, the largest distributor of food and food-related products in North America.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

12 minute read

January 23, 2006 | Law.com

Lawyers trying the nation's next Vioxx suit, which begins Tuesday in Texas, will work with a less-than-favorable trial schedule calling for only four days in the courtroom a month. Because Judge Alex Gabert sits in three different counties, he set a trial schedule for the suit that allows for his travel around the district. That poses big challenges for lawyers on both sides, who will jockey to leave the jury with favorable evidence to ponder during the extended breaks in the trial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

April 05, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

The CEO and general counsel of Sysco Corp. of Houston talk about their roles with the largest distributor of food and food-related products in North America.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

14 minute read

July 30, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas-based Winstead, one of the largest firms in Texas, will not raise associate salaries in the wake of Texas market moves kicked off by a new salary scale effective on Aug. 1 at Houston-based Vinson & Elkins. Instead, Winstead's executive committee agreed last week to put more money into the pot of cash this year to fund year-end, merit-based associates bonuses.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 21, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Taking advantage of the demise of Howrey, Winston & Strawn opened a Houston office on March 16 staffed by most of the lawyers who had worked in Howrey's Houston office. Houston-based Baker Botts also reaped rewards from Howrey's closing by bringing on a group of 32 antitrust lawyers in Washington, D.C., who had worked at Howrey's headquarters in the nation's capital. Stephen Cagle (pictured) is Howrey's Houston office managing partner.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

October 09, 2003 | Law.com

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison on Wednesday sued its former chairman, Tower Snow Jr., and the firm he joined in May 2002, Clifford Chance, alleging they contributed to collapse of Brobeck earlier this year. The plaintiffs allege causes of action against the defendants for breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, intentional interference with prospective business advantage and tortious interference with a contract.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

March 30, 2006 | Law.com

Following the lead set by other large Texas firms, Houston's Porter & Hedges and Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist have increased associate pay. Jenkens will pay a first-year lawyer a base salary of $140,000, effective April 1, and is working on a bonus scale. Porter & Hedges' first-year salary increased to a $135,000 base pay plus up to $5,000 in bonus. The salary scale is retroactive to Jan. 1. Chairman William Porter says his firm raised salaries to keep associates from jumping ship for more money.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 27, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston made a King Solomon-like ruling on Jan. 26 on a hotly disputed issue in the criminal trial of former Enron Corp. executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Lake's ruling during the final pretrial hearing wasn't on an important discovery issue; it decided table assignments for the trial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

March 01, 2004 | Law.com

When Mark Lanier testified in 2003 against tort reform measures, he was shocked at how Texas legislators stereotyped and dismissed trial lawyers. Now, to improve the profession's image and show that attorneys can be successful while having religious values, he's starting the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, possibly the first such group in the country. Says Lanier: "I'd love the public to start associating trial lawyers with Christians."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read