Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

May 08, 2006 | Law.com

Racking up a third straight year of growth, the volume of U.S. mergers and acquisitions totaled more than $1 trillion in 2005, which provided a solid source of work for some large Texas firms. And other kinds of corporate work were also good to several of those firms. Seven Texas firms, two fewer than last year, are in the small group included on The Corporate Scorecard, an annual national ranking of firms that do the most deals, or highest-value deals, in eight specific corporate areas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

September 06, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Despite an unfavorable Texas Supreme Court decision, former leaders of a grand jury that in 2008 indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice for alleged evidence tampering — a charge that was dismissed — will continue to fight for the right to talk publicly about those proceedings. Jeffrey Dorrell (pictured) was a member of the grand jury.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

August 28, 2007 | Law.com

The high-stakes battle over whether Houston lawyer Ronald D. Krist should help defend BP from suits filed over a deadly explosion at the company's Texas refinery took another twist last week when a former client who had hired Krist's firm to sue BP over the explosion filed a professional negligence suit against Krist, the firm and others. Ronald Krist had negotiated settlements for Jose L. Elizondo and three other clients. Elizondo's suit could assist efforts to disqualify Krist from representing BP.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

November 25, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Fulbright & Jaworski has set up a beachhead in the Middle East by picking up a group of six lawyers, including five from Bryan Cave, and setting up associations with local firms in Dubai and in Saudi Arabia.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

January 31, 2011 | Law.com

On Jan. 24, 55th District Judge Jeff Shadwick of Houston vacated an order for new trial in a legal-malpractice case. That's unusual, because the order was signed in September 2010 by Shadwick's predecessor, former 55th District Judge Dion Ramos, who lost to Shadwick in the November 2010 election. Kevin Leyendecker (pictured), is an attorney for the plaintiff in the case.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

July 30, 2007 | The Recorder

A class of former breast implant clients had accused the firm of plaintiff lawyer John O�Quinn of overcharging them for legal expenses.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

April 02, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint on March 28 that alleges two former in-house lawyers at Houston-based Enron Corp. violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting and omitting material information from Enron's public securities filings.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Messy litigation pitting former shareholder Fred Baron against Baron & Budd, the plaintiffs firm he founded, just got more complicated. At a March 16 hearing, Eric Gambrell -- an attorney for plaintiffs Baron and his wife -- informed the trial court that he intends to depose Vinson & Elkins partner Bill Sims, who is defending Baron & Budd in the case, and ask him about his handling of certain depositions. Gambrell alleges Sims and V&E "coaxed and cajoled" several witnesses to change 173 deposition answers.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

September 05, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Atlanta-based Alston & Bird acquired the five-lawyer Dallas litigation boutique Crews, Shepherd & McCarty to help launch a Dallas office on Sept. 1. Three Alston & Bird lawyers — corporate partner Darren Hauck and associates Britton Richardson and Gustav Bahn — also plan to relocate to the Dallas office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

April 30, 1999 | Law.com

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read