Mary Alice Robbins

March 06, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyers at a dozen Texas law firms joined in an amicus brief filed Feb. 27 with the state Supreme Court in support of same-sex married couples' right to the same employment benefits as opposite-sex couples despite the disapproval by some on religious grounds.

By Mary Alice Robbins

8 minute read

March 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

For the third time since its creation in 1939, the State Bar of Texas has certified a petition candidate for the president-elect race.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

February 27, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

J. Kevin Gray, an intellectual property transactional and patent attorney, has been named managing principal of the Dallas office of Fish & Richardson. Gray has served as assistant managing principal in Dallas for the past six years.

By MAry Alice Robbins

16 minute read

February 22, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court could change State Bar of Texas membership dues and other fees, without a vote by bar members, under a bill filed Feb. 20 by state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston.

By Mary Alice Robbins

9 minute read

February 17, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Yvette Ostolaza, managing partner of the Dallas office of Sidley Austin, has been elected to the firm's managing committee. Ostolaza also is coleader of the firm's securities and shareholder litigations practice.

By Mary Alice Robbins

9 minute read

February 13, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Jennifer Littlefield, formerly a lawyer at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, has joined Haynes and Boone's Austin office as an associate. Littlefield is a member of the firm's energy, power and natural resources practice group.

By Mary Alice Robbins

8 minute read

February 06, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

John McMullan has joined Winstead as a shareholder in The Woodlands office, where he is in the firm's energy law practice. Among other things, he focuses on buying and selling oil and gas assets and developing, constructing and financing gas, petrochemical and power projects.

By Mary Alice Robbins

9 minute read

January 30, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Rose Cordero Prey, partner in the Houston office of Andrews Kurth Kenyon, has been selected by the firm to be a member of the 2017 class of Fellows, a program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

By Mary Alice Robbins

13 minute read

January 25, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Philip Robert Brinson has been promoted to partner in the Houston office of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani. A trial lawyer, Brinson focuses on a variety of practice areas, including entertainment, hospitality and dram shop, intellectual property and professional liability.

By Mary Alice Robbins

6 minute read

January 24, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Sally Pretorius and Jenny Lee Smith, candidates for president-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, share a common goal: to encourage young attorneys to focus on more than just work and to take better care of themselves.

By MARY ALICE ROBBINS

5 minute read