Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

July 24, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Eight corporate and litigation lawyers recently left Andrews Kurth in Austin and joined Fish & Richardson.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

November 17, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Former Enron Chief Accounting Officer Richard Causey, who pleaded guilty nearly a year ago to securities fraud, was sentenced on Wednesday to 5 1/2 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston also sentenced Causey to two years of supervised release, fined him $25,000 and ruled that the $1.25 million Causey agreed to forfeit as part of a plea bargain is appropriate. Kathryn Ruemmler, an Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Causey, admitted that he provided some cooperation in the case.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

May 23, 2006 | Law.com

When Houston's Frontera Resources went public in 2005, it raised close to $90 million in an initial public offering -- with the twist that its IPO was made on London's Alternative Investment Market. General counsel Scott Harper says Frontera chose the AIM over NASDAQ for several reasons, including SOX compliance costs. Nineteen U.S. companies went public on the AIM in 2005 alone. But attorney L. Steven Leshin says the AIM may not be the best route for small private companies from the United States.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

June 09, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Jeff Blackburn wins the Frank J. Scurlock Award.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

July 27, 2007 | Law.com

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis is in merger negotiations with Dallas-based Hughes & Luce, with plans calling for a possible combination of the firms by the end of the year. Peter Kalis, chairman and managing partner of K&L Gates, says there is "enormous amount of enthusiasm" for the deal within his firm. The firms went public with the talks in order to stave off the rumor mill, says Edward Coultas, managing partner of Hughes & Luce: "Once you put anything out among two lawyers, it's out."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

July 12, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Comments by former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay and his defense attorney show that he will vigorously fight federal charges that he conspired to conceal losses at his former company.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

15 minute read

November 01, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Stephen Gates has been senior vice president and general counsel at ConocoPhillips Inc. of Houston for only 18 months, and he has spent much of his time on the job working on an energy deal that completes the largest privatization in Russian history.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

March 17, 2011 | Legaltech News

Houston attorney Richard Merrill got caught up in a real estate scam involving an e-mail to a Houston realtor from a bogus client in London, and a fake check for $500,000. Merrill isn't the only one in Texas dealing with fraudsters: two law firms were victims of name-napping. "I need to alert other attorneys that [scammers] are getting more sophisticated," says Merrill.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

August 19, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. government will keep $2.7 million in lottery winnings it seized from a convicted drug trafficker, and the dealer will serve a 292-month sentence in federal prison on a drug trafficking conviction, the 5th Circuit ruled.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

April 12, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling, testifying for the second day at his criminal trial, said on April 11 that he and co-defendant Kenneth Lay, Enron's one-time chairman, never conspired together or with others to defraud investors by presenting false and misleading financial statements.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read