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Senior reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys covers the business of law in Texas. Contact her at [email protected] On Twitter: @BrendaSJeffreys
February 4, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Texas continues to be a hot market for lateral partner hiring, with recent hires in health care, energy finance and international arbitration practices.
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February 4, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Baker Botts posted record revenue and profits in 2024, as the Houston-founded firm reaped the benefits of investments made in 2023, and strong demand from clients with complex matters.
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February 3, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
The decision comes after Senior U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal, who was hearing the ethics complaint, determined that she has no authority to impose a financial penalty on a law firm under the disciplinary rules of the district.
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February 3, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Stephen S. Toeppich & Associates, a midsize oil and gas firm, alleges in a lawsuit that two lawyers who departed in 2024 violated their independent contractor agreements by soliciting other lawyers to leave the firm.
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February 3, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Finance partner Paris Theofanidis, who helped open Paul Hastings' Houston office in 2012, has moved to Sidley Austin as a partner in Houston, as Big Law firms continue to grow their energy teams.
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January 30, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
The bankruptcy administrator for JCPenney alleges Jackson Walker should disgorge fees because it failed to disclose that one of its partners was involved in a romantic relationship with the bankruptcy judge presiding over the company's bankruptcy.
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January 29, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Former Texas appellate Judges Peter Kelly of Houston and Beth Watkins of San Antonio have launched a civil appeals and trial strategy firm, along with Dallas appellate lawyer Morgan McPheeters.
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January 28, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Stephanie McGraw aims to expand the office's commercial litigation and corporate teams to complement the large products liability and intellectual property practices in the 30-year-old office.
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January 28, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Am Law 100 firms based outside of Texas continue to hire lateral partners in the state's hot market.
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January 28, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Litigation shareholder Larry Carbo of Houston will succeed Larry Campagna as managing shareholder of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry on Jan. 1, 2026.
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