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Texas lawyers making large donations practice at Am Law 200 firms such as Haynes and Boone, Winstead, Clark Hill and Jackson Walker.
October 31, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Lawyers in Texas have given more to Kamala Harris' campaign fund than to Donald Trump's.
- Contributors include both BigLaw, midsize and small firm lawyers, according to Federal Election Commission data.
- Nationally as well, lawyers donated more to Harris's campaign committee than Trump's since she entered the race.
Lawyers in Texas have given significantly more to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign committee than to former President Donald Trump's since July 21, the day President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris for the job.
According to Federal Election Commission data, self-identified lawyers in Texas gave a total of $3,493,340 to Democrat Harris' campaign committee, Harris for President, from July 21 through the Sept. 30 reporting deadline, while Texas lawyers gave a total of $153,231 to Republican Trump's campaign committee, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, during the same period.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Porter Hedges
- Reed Smith
- Scott, Douglass, Luton & McConnico
- Sidley Austin
- Susman Godfrey
- White and Williams
- Yetter Coleman LLP
- Baker Botts
- Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
- Clark Hill
- Haynes and Boone
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Paul Hastings
- Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Linebarger, Goggan, Blair, Graham, Pena & Sampson
- Locke Lord LLP
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Perkins Coie
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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