• March 28, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    The Make-Nice Campaign

    Both candidates for president-elect of the State Bar of Texas know the drill. Called a walk-around or a walkthrough or something more pejorative by lawyers who resent Bar politics, the campaig

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  • February 24, 2006 |

    Defending Ken Lay

    For Mike Ramsey, justice is personal.When he was a young attorney fresh out of law school at Southern Methodist University, Ramsey represented his father, V.V. "Red" Ramsey, a Harris County

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  • January 6, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Highlights From the TGCF's 2002 Annual Conference

    On Nov. 21, more than 175 guests attended the Texas General Counsel Forum's Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law Dinner at the Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas. Southern Methodist Univers

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  • Gisbrecht v. Barnhart

    Publication Date: 2002-05-28
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    Date Filed: 2002-05-28
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Ginsburg
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    Case Number: 01-131

    535 U. S. ____ (2002)This case concerns the fees that may be awarded attorneys who successfully represent Social Security benefits claimants in court. Under 42 U. S. C. �406(b) (1994 ed. and Supp.

  • July 6, 2001 | National Law Journal

    Legal Moves

    ELECTEDAlan S. Nadel, a partner in the Philadelphia office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, was recently sworn in as president of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property

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  • June 30, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Revenues and Profits Up at N.J. Top 20, As Out-of-State Firms Make Inroads

    New Jersey's large firms obviously went to school during the last recession, which produced lower or flat profitability throughout the first half of the 1990s. The lessons learned -- work smar

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  • June 6, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Fewer Summer Associates Spread Their Wings at Big Texas Firms

    Russell H. Falconer, a law student spending six weeks in the Dallas office of Vinson & Elkins, has a mission: Get a jo

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  • Black v. Shor

    Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-18
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 13
    Judge: Gina M. Benavides, Justice
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    Case Number: NUMBER 13-11-00413-CV

    OPINIONBefore Justices Garza, Benavides and PerkesOpinion by Justice BenavidesAppellants, Paul Black, PBF Investments , BNP Holdings , BNP Commercial Properties

  • December 27, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    NewsmakersNEW POSITIONS. . . Effective Jan. 1, 2003, the following attorneys have been named partners in Baker Botts: Tull R. Florey, Rennae K. Henry, Rebecca L. Robertson, Cri

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  • December 27, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers NEW POSITIONS . . . Effective Jan. 1, 2003, the following attorneys have been named partners in Baker Botts: Tull R. Florey, Rennae K. Henry, Rebecca L. Robertson, C

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