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May 19, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Summer Associate Hires at the Largest Firms in Texas

This summer, the number of summer associate positions available at large firms is down 4 percent from last year. What prevented those numbers from being worse is that a handful of firms significantly boosted their summer associate ranks.

By Jeanne Graham

5 minute read

May 16, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Summer Standouts

How does the summer of 2014 compare with last summer? Who beefed up their summer associate classes and why? What do summer associates need to know to succeed?

By Jeanne Graham

2 minute read

May 05, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Creating Smiles: GC Helps Company Offer Back-Office Support for Dentists

"When you look at a group like ours, we can buy equipment and supplies much cheaper than the guy with his own office; it's just pure buying power," said Justin Puckett, general counsel and executive vice president of MB2 Dental Solutions in Carrollton.

By Jeanne Graham

6 minute read

May 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Which Texas Law Schools Performed Best on the February Texas Bar Exam?

Graduates of Texas Tech University School of Law can claim top honors - 91.67 percent of the school's 24 graduates or students who sat for the exam for the first time in February passed.

By Jeanne Graham

4 minute read

April 28, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Big Firms' Texas Ranks: Shrinking, Stagnant or Swelling?

One out-of-state firm boosted its Texas presence by 50 percent, nabbing lawyers from another established out-of-state shop.

By Jeanne Graham

3 minute read

April 07, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Construction Company Hc Beck Ltd.'s GC Guides Business Through Recession, Recovery

A few of the company's recent projects include serving as general contractor for additions at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, the University of Texas Naveen Jindal School of Management in Richardson and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

By Jeanne Graham

6 minute read

March 24, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Optimistic Outlook: Large Law Has Partner Growth, Makes Investment in Future

Jackson Walker has the largest 2014 Texas partner class. The firms rounding out the top five in terms of new partner class size are Haynes and Boone, Strasburger & Price, Baker Botts and Andrews Kurth.

By Jeanne Graham

7 minute read

March 19, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Remembering SMU Law Professor Sarah Tran

The former Peace Corps volunteer graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit before coming to Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

By Jeanne Graham

4 minute read

March 17, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Remembering SMU Law Professor Sarah Tran

The former Peace Corps volunteer graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit before coming to Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

By Jeanne Graham

3 minute read

March 03, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Understanding Benefits: GC, Mom of Four Keeps Companies in Compliance

Jenny Gray's biggest challenge this past year was one familiar to many lawyers: keeping up with the latest news on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

By Jeanne Graham

6 minute read