Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

February 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jenkens & Gilchrist is losing three Dallas-based immigration partners to San Francisco-based corporate-immigration firm Berry, Appleman & Leiden, which is opening offices in Dallas and Houston. Steven Ladik, who is leaving Jenkens to become managing partner of Berry Appleman's Dallas office, says the immigration group had been evaluating its practice model for a long time. Operating a corporate immigration practice in a large general-practice firm is like putting a square peg in a round hole, Ladik says.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

October 02, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

The SEC and the U.S. Attorney's Office are nosing around Dell Inc.'s financial reporting, and a shareholder securities suit has been filed against Dell and two officers in the wake of a delayed quarterly earnings report. So what has Dell done to help battle its difficulties? It persuaded former longtime director Thomas Luce III back to its board of directors.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

September 10, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Four hundred-lawyer Dykema Gossett launched its Dallas office on Sept. 4, staffed by Darrell Jordan and six other former Godwin Pappas lawyers. Jordan joins as of counsel but will manage the Dykema office in Dallas and concentrate on building the office with lateral hires. Rex Schlaybaugh Jr. of Detroit is Dykema chairman and chief executive officer.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

February 18, 2000 | Law.com

It may get tougher in Texas for insurance companies to use guidelines to manage the costs of defending a policyholder in litigation. Texas District Judge Brent Gamble granted a partial motion for summary judgment ruling an insurance company can't use litigation guidelines to avoid paying a client's reasonable and necessary costs of defense.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

February 22, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

More than three years after former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling reported to federal prison to begin serving a quarter-century sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in his appeal today. Skilling is incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colo. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site, his projected release date is Feb. 21, 2028. The Supreme Court will look at two issues: the "honest services" theory of criminality that is included in 18 U.S.C. �1346 and the U.S. district judge's denial of Skilling's motion for a change of venue.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

February 23, 2000 | Law.com

When Dallas trial lawyer Steven Stodghill went to a Dallas Mavericks game recently, he did more than watch the basketball game with a couple of close friends and Dennis Rodman's agent. He was helping longtime buddy Mark Cuban assess Rodman's interest in joining the team.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

February 05, 2007 | Law.com

Houston's Reliant Energy wants a federal judge to give it permission to ignore a shareholder request to place a proposal on Reliant's 2007 proxy statement that could make it easier in the future for shareholders to nominate board directors. The decision in the case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas could ultimately make law in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that would help other corporations maintain control of what's on their proxy statements.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

March 07, 2006 | Law.com

Winstead Sechrest & Minick shareholders have elected Houston partner Denis Braham to succeed W. Mike Baggett as CEO in 2007. Braham, a corporate and securities lawyer who heads the firm's sports and entertainment practice, says he plans to continue what Baggett started, including building on core practice areas like real estate, financial services and technology, and growing in Texas and nationally. Elected to a four-year term, Braham says he will maintain his practice while CEO.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 26, 2001 | Law.com

Dallas-based Strasburger & Price will acquire Griggs & Harrison of Houston on April 1, a deal contingent on resolving a few client conflicts. The combination will create a 227-lawyer firm, with Strasburger maintaining its position as the 14th largest firm in Texas. Lawyers from both firms expect to reap the benefits of cross-selling.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

May 03, 2002 | New York Law Journal

DEFENSE LAWYER Russell "Rusty" Hardin holds a markedly different hand for the start of Arthur Andersen`s trial today than the one he held just seven weeks ago, when he sought a speedy trial for his client.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read