Mary Alice Robbins

August 25, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

A former State Bar of Texas president, the executive director of a prosecutors' association, a former executive director of a nonprofit that promotes ethics in the legal profession and a past managing partner of a firm's Houston office are among candidates to be interviewed for the bar's top staff post.

By MAry Alice Robbins

3 minute read

August 22, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

The state's highest criminal court will get a chance to decide whether the special prosecutors appointed in the criminal cases against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be paid the $300-an-hour rate they were promised.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

August 07, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

When the State Bar of Texas search committee for a new executive director meets Aug. 29 to interview persons who have expressed an interest in becoming the bar's next executive director, the meeting will take place behind closed doors.

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

August 07, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Michelle Earley, an Austin partner in Locke Lord, and Scott Hastings, a Dallas partner in the firm, have been elected to membership in the American Law Institute.

By Mary Alice Robbins

16 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Founded in Houston in 1945 by lawyers who tried cases, Bracewell has always had a strong focus on litigation.

By Mary Alice Robbins

9 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Baker Botts has played a significant role in the evolution of the energy industry since the discovery of oil on Spindletop Hill in 1901 changed the Texas economy.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding's environmental lawyers regularly square off against plaintiffs' attorneys who have made their careers suing companies in industries in which the firm's clients operate.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

McKool Smith, headquartered in Dallas, describes itself as a trial firm, not a litigation firm.

By Mary Alice Robbins

20 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

When Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos formed their firm in 1993, much of their work involved representing employees as plaintiffs in labor and employment cases.

By Mary Alice Robbins

7 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Working for clients of all sizes, the 13 lawyers at Reynolds Frizzell focus on one area of practice.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read