John O’Quinn, one of the country’s most successful trial lawyers and classic car collectors, died yesterday when the SUV he was driving lost control and hit a tree. Also killed was Johnny Lee Cutliff, an employee at his firm that frequently worked as O’Quinn’s assistant. O’Quinn was revered as a litigator and reviled by the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie has hired a seven-lawyer energy law group from the crosstown office of Thompson & Knight. The team includes partners Michael Byrd, Louis Davis and Ben Welmaker; Glen White as of counsel; and associates David Wildes, Cody Carper and James Sonnier. They will support Baker’s Houston-based Major Projects/Energy practice. Byrd represents clients in all phases [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Texas’ Cox Smith Matthews has added two health care regulation experts to its Austin office, Kathy Poppitt and Catherine Greaves. Poppitt, formerly of Thompson & Knight, will focus on health care regulatory law, health care litigation and administrative law. She received her JD from the University of Texas in 1988. Also formerly with Thompson & Knight, Greaves [...]
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