Legal Roundup
MCGUIREWOODS LLP: McGuireWoods Earns 30 Nationwide Practice Rankings in Legal 500 United States Guide
McGuireWoods was recognized as a leading law firm in 30 nationwide practice areas in The Legal 500 United States, the respected independent guide to the country’s top firms and lawyers.
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS: Attorneys David Roth, Andrew Bell and Phillip Morgan Join Bradley's Houston Office
Bradley is pleased to announce that David R. Roth has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner, and Andrew W. Bell and Philip J. Morgan are new associates in the office.
CLARK HILL: Clark Hill Strasburger Adds Attorneys Chris Heinrichs, Maurine Heinrichs Shipp and Kimberly A. Ford to San Antonio Office
Clark Hill Strasburger announced the addition of Chris Heinrichs, Of Counsel, Maurine “Mo” Heinrichs Shipp as Senior Counsel, and Kimberly A. Ford, Associate, to its San Antonio office. Heinrichs and Shipp, father and daughter, as well as Ford join the firm from San Antonio’s Heinrichs & De Gennaro P.C.
BAKER HOSTETLER: BakerHostetler Attorneys Make Significant Gains in The Legal 500 Annual Guide
BakerHostetler is pleased to announce the firm has again increased its number of favorable rankings across several practice areas as well as among individual attorneys in the latest The Legal 500 guide.
GREENBERG TRAURIG: Roland Garcia Helps Secure Judgment for Famed Hacienda Records
Greenberg Traurig, LLP helped secure a judgment for famed Hacienda Records. A Federal District Court in Texas has awarded $294,645 in attorneys’ fees and costs to firm client and Corpus Christi-based Hacienda Records, LP following a favorable ruling in a long-running copyright dispute brought against Hacienda by three band performers and four songwriters all specializing in Tejano music.
JACKSON LEWIS: Jackson Lewis Recommended in The Legal 500 2019
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce the firm and its attorneys have been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2019 in the following practice areas falling under the Labor and Employment designation: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design; Immigration; Labor and Employment Disputes (including collective actions): Defense; Labor-Management Relations; and Workplace and Employment Counseling.
LANIER LAW FIRM: Attorney Spotlight – Dr. Robert E. Leone
Each month, we like to feature one of our attorneys to help you get to know our team better.
DYKEMA GOSSETT: Legal 500 United States 2019 Lists 10 Dykema Attorneys and Ranks Firm Among Nation’s Best in Three Categories
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that the firm’s Automotive Product Liability Litigation, Automotive Litigation and Immigration practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2019 (The Legal 500).
MAYER BROWN: Mayer Brown named Americas Law Firm of the Year by GlobalCapital at 2019 Americas Derivatives Awards
Mayer Brown announced that it has been named “Americas Law Firm of The Year – Overall” at GlobalCapital’s 2019 Americas Derivatives Awards.
LOCKE LORD LLP: Locke Lord Chair Emeritus Jerry Clements Named Chair of Baylor University Board of Regents
Locke Lord Chair Emeritus Jerry Clements has been named Chair of the Baylor University Board of Regents, effective June 1.
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton: HHS Proposes Rule that Would Protect Healthcare Conscience Rights, and Undo Unlawful Obamacare Rule that Texas Successfully Challenged
Trump administration opened the public comment period on its potential repeal of an unlawful Obama-era health care regulation that redefined sex discrimination to include gender identity and abortion.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S Department of Labor Cites Texas Rubber Company for Safety Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Rubber Products LLC – based in Houston, Texas – for failing to properly guard machinery and exposing employees to severe injury and amputation hazards.
MAYER BROWN: Mayer Brown and T&C advise on two transactions named “Deal of the Year” by IFLR
Mayer Brown and Tauil & Chequer Advogados (T&C), in association with Mayer Brown, advised on two transactions named “Deal of the Year” in the Project Finance and Restructuring categories at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR)’s Americas Awards 2019, which celebrated legally innovative deals of 2018 and the teams and individuals that completed them. The winning transactions are described below.
LOCKE LORD LLP: Locke Lord Austin Partner Susan Kidwell Honored as 2019 Pro Bono Attorney by Travis County Women Lawyers' Association
Locke Lord Austin Partner Susan Kidwell is the 2019 recipient of the Pro Bono Attorney Award from the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association and Foundation (TCWLA/F).
HOLLAND & KNIGHT: Water Industry Attorney Wes Strickland Joins Holland & Knight in Austin
Leading Water Industry Attorney Wes Strickland has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm's Austin office.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF TEXAS: Texarkana Physician Agrees to Pay $118,000 to Settle Medicare Billing Fraud Allegations
A Texarkana, Texas, physician has agreed to pay $118,000 to settle allegations of improper billing practices for his Medicare patients at his three clinics, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.
GREENBERG TRAURIG:Greenberg Traurig Houston Expands Corporate Practice with Addition of M&A Attorney Steven Rubin
The Houston office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the expansion of its corporate, finance and private equity capabilities with the addition of corporate finance attorney Steven Rubin.
BUTLER SNOW: Amanda G. Taylor to Receive Award from Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association
Butler Snow is pleased to announce Amanda G. Taylor will receive the 2019 Litigation/Appellate Attorney Award from the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association (TCWLA) on May 17 at the association’s annual grants and awards luncheon.
GREENBERG TRAURIG: 2 Greenberg Traurig Texas Attorneys to Speak at 2019 Women, Diversity & Change Summit: Houston
Mary-Olga Lovett and Jennifer Tomsen, attorneys in the Houston office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, been participating in panel discussions at the 2019 Women, Diversity & Change Summit: Houston, May 16.
SHEPPARD MULLIN: Sheppard Mullin Dallas Adds Amanda Cottrell
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Amanda L. Cottrell has joined the firm’s Business Trial practice group as a partner in the Dallas office. Cottrell joins from Stanton LLP. Prior