Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

March 30, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

For the second year in a row, the largest Texas firms elected fewer new partners in Texas. Lawyers at many of the firms say the troubled economy had little bearing on the shrinking ranks of new partners. Jesus Garcia (pictured) is a newly minted litigation partner at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell.

By Jeanne Graham and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

July 21, 2006 | Law.com

National Development and Research Corp. sued the Dallas firm for negligence after the firm was hired to defend it from a declaratory judgment action.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

June 20, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

The plaintiffs in the massive Enron Corp. securities class action are beginning to extract big money from the deep pockets of banking-company defendants.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

October 13, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Imagine trying to complete an acquisition without power or cell phone service in a city ravaged by a hurricane, during the midst of a financial meltdown that shot holes in the deal's once-solid financing. That's what lawyers representing ION Geophysical Corp. had to cope with to finish acquisition of Canadian company ARAM Systems Ltd. for $236 million in cash plus ION common stock.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

March 17, 2008 | The Recorder

The Cisco lawyer who anonymously blogged about Cisco cases has royally irritated the lawyers on the other side. And defamed them, if a matched pair of suits are to be believed.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, John Council and Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

January 08, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Change is afoot for the new year at Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist, with tax shareholder Patrick Mitchell poised to succeed Thomas Cantrill as chairman and president on Jan. 17 and the firm shutting the doors on offices in Washington, D.C., and Pasadena, Calif.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

April 21, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Karen Austin, general counsel of Lewisville's American Building Control, found herself in a touchy situation after she began to question whether the company's chief executive officer might have personally benefited from some corporate purchases. But she says that reporting provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Fraud and Accountability Act helped her obtain the authority to follow through on her concerns about some related-party transactions involving the former CEO.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

December 20, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

November 07, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Houston lawyer who won a $253.5 million verdict in August in the nation's first Vioxx pharmaceutical suit, wants another shot at a big win. But W. Mark Lanier wants to do it in state � not federal � court, and on his own � not as part of a multidistrict litigation pool.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

When Houston plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier bought a 15-foot piece of art at a charity auction held at Christie's in New York in 2003, he says he didn't have a clue where he would display it. But Lanier found the perfect location for the paint, pencil and charcoal drawing created by U2 frontman Bono and the singer's two daughters — Lanier had it installed in the elevator lobby of his firm's brand-new New York City office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read