By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 7, 2022
The firms with the most lawyers in Texas grew by 5.6% in 2021, with much of the growth coming from Texas offices of out-of-state firms, or midsize firms building larger teams.
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By Kenneth Artz | June 7, 2022
"Everyone recognized that some merger-related attrition was going to be part of our ultimate growth strategy and that a combination with an Am Law 50 firm would not appeal to some of our lawyers, particularly those who had elected to lateral over to a regional firm from a national firm," says Dallas attorney Michael Newman.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 3, 2022
Mayer LLP acquired Houston's Lorance Thompson on June 1, tripling the lawyer head count in the firm's Houston office, and adding trial and appellate lawyers, among practices.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 1, 2022
The new office in the Uptown area of Houston outside of downtown allows for expansion of a transactional team in the city, and easier access for clients.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 27, 2022
With five homegrown Texas firms on the Am Law 100, another four Texas firms are included in the Second Hundred, as reported by the American Lawyer.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 24, 2022
Amir Alavi and Demetrios Anaipakos, friends since childhood, opened Alavi Anaipakos in Houston with seven other former Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing trial lawyers.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 24, 2022
As lateral partner hiring shows no sign of slowing in Texas, Shearman & Sterling hires litigator Emily Westridge Black in Austin, and Drew Baldinger returns to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as an energy and infrastructure partner in Houston.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 24, 2022
A Chapter 7 trustee in Houston filed a complaint on Friday alleging that the parent company of debtor QSI, an oil field services company in Houston, paid for legal services from Baker Botts with money from the debtor when it was struggling financially.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 19, 2022
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka white-collar defense partner Shaun Clarke, who moved to Houston after Hurricane Katrina, returns to New Orleans as a partner with Phelps Dunbar.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 19, 2022
Three Big Law firms without Texas offices have hired lawyers who report that their primary practice location is in Texas, in what is a surge in remote hiring and may be an indicator of an office in the works.
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