Governor Rick Perry of Texas announced during a press conference on Tuesday that he will sue the United States Environmental Protection Agency on “behalf” of his state in order to stop the agency’s regulation of global warming pollution. Perry says that his intention is to, “defend Texas’ environmental successes against federal overreach. “ He went [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
Budget cuts in Texas have taken their toll on the District Attorney’s office in Dallas, which is facing an approximately ten percent reduction in its operating budget. The good news is nobody is losing their job. The bad news is, three current vacancies and one upcoming vacancy will not be filled. Additionally, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Houston’s Andrews Kurth, which laid off at least 20 lawyers across its offices in March, has brought on two attorneys. Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister joins Andrews Kurth as a partner in its Austin office, to lead the appellate practice. He will focus on litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Brister was previously with Andrews Kurth [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
We have been covering rumors of ongoing stealth layoffs at Fulbright & Jaworski. We now believe that six associates and four staff were laid off in Los Angeles; 10 staff in San Antonio; 8 staff in New York; 24 staff in Dallas; and 12 secretaries 29 in Houston. And a JDJournal tipster warned us that more layoffs [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Patton Boggs has hired away a team of six mortgage finance lawyers from Weiner Brodsky. Partners Richard Andreano and John Socknat join in Washington DC, along with associates Reid Herlihy, Heather Hutchings and Haydn Richards. Partner Michael Waldron joins in Dallas. In April, Patton Boggs has hired away a three-person bankruptcy team from Foley & Lardner. Patton Boggs [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Houston, Texas’ Vethan Law Firm has brought on two attorneys for a new office in Sugar Land. Elyse M. Farrow and Lee Keller King will represent business law clients in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, and Harris County, in business law, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and business litigation matters. Farrow and King both earned their JD’s from [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 5, 2009
Winstead, which in April canceled its 2009 summer associate program, has let go 20 employees, according to the Dallas Morning News. No additional information, such as whether lawyers were affected, is available. If you know anything about layoffs at at Winstead, please send us a confidential tip. Winstead PC has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 25, 2009
This week Morgan Lewis lost energy partner Jim Glasgow to Pillsbury, but gained Baker Botts‘ global Oil & Gas Practice head David Asmus. Michael King joins Asmus as a partner in Morgan Lewis’ Business & Finance Practice in Houston. Glasgow joins Pillsbury as a partner in the energy practice. He was an energy partner at Morgan [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Winstead has added three attorneys from the San Antonio office of Bracewell & Giuliani. Frank Ruttenberg joins Winstead in San Antonio as a shareholder. Elizabeth Breazeale joins as of counsel, and D. Farr Nolen joins as an associate. All three join the real estate development and investment practice. Winstead PC has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Texas’ Thompson & Knight has laid off 17 associates, including two first-years, and 25 staff. The layoffs targeted the real estate and corporate practices. The firm has also pushed back start dates for its incoming associates to January 2010. Thompson & Knight was founded in 1887. It employs approximately 400 attorneys between its Texas and New York offices. [...]
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