Teams representing the Dallas and Houston offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP participate in BP MS 150 and Bike MS: Sam's Club Round Up Ride to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Based on attendance figures from other presidential libraries, the George W. Bush Presidential Center is expected to attract 250,000 to 300,000 visitors annually, according to guests on the most-recent edition of the KRLD 1080 AM "Pulse of the City" radio show, sponsored by the Dallas law firm Munck Wilson Mandala.
Corporate defense attorney Dustin R. Burrows, a partner in Lubbock's McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf LLP, has been named to the Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock 2013 "20 Under 40" list.
Celeste Yeager, Vice Chair of the Gardere Wynne Sewell Hospitality Industry Team, will discuss workplace sexual harassment during the Center for Hospitality Research's May 5-6 Labor and Employment Law Roundtable.
Appellate attorneys Deborah Hankinson and Rick Thompson of Hankinson LLP have earned recognition on D Magazine's 2013 listing of The Best Lawyers in Dallas.
Godwin Lewis PC Chairman and CEO Donald E. Godwin has been selected for a sixth time on D Magazine's listing of The Best Lawyers in Dallas based on his business litigation work.
Dallas is recognizing Architecture Month in April with a challenge to architects, design professionals and amateur urbanites around the world to share ideas and devise solutions for one of the city's oldest and most vexing development hurdles.
Gardere, Arena y Asociados S.C., the Mexico City office of Gardere Wynne Sewell, has been selected a leading tax law firm in Mexico by leading international tax guide.
Feature film, television and commercial production in the Dallas area generated more than $70 million for the local economy last year while providing a worldwide audience for marketing the city's brand identity.
Austin appellate attorney Ryan Clinton of Hankinson LLP is among the 25 selected on Texas Lawyer's Legal Leaders on the Rise listing of the state's top young attorneys.
Southern Methodist University law student Soo Nam is the recipient of the 2013 Donald C. McCleary Gardere Leadership Scholarship, presented by the law firm of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in memory of former Managing Partner Don McCleary.
With 211 domestic and international patents in its portfolio, ParkerVision, Inc. , leads the wireless sector in three broad categories measuring the value and impact of intellectual property, according to a new analysis from The Patent Board that appeared in the March 18, 2013 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Nine attorneys from the Dallas litigation firm Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP have been named to the 2013 Texas Rising Stars list of the state's top young legal minds.
For the fourth consecutive year, Josh Skinner and Frank Valenzuela of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin have been selected to the Texas Rising Stars listing.
Chris Gober, co-founder of the litigation and political law firm Gober Hilgers PLLC, has been recognized for the second consecutive year in the Texas Rising Stars listing.
McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing associate Michael Wysocki has been named to the 2013 Texas Rising Stars listing for his work in Family Law.
"Dustin is an extraordinary lawyer and well-deserving of this honor," says Jerry M. Kolander Jr., Managing Partner of The McCleskey Law Firm. "He has skills and courtroom instincts far beyond his years. This is a significant achievement in what we're sure will be a long, extremely successful career."
Six attorneys at the Houston complex commercial litigation boutique AZA named to Texas Rising Stars list as among the state's best lawyers under 40 or practicing less than 10 years.
Twenty-three attorneys from the Austin, Dallas and Houston offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP have been recognized on the 2013 Texas Rising Stars listing.
Gardere Wynne Sewell Hospitality Industry Team Vice Chair Celeste Yeager will co-present "Internal Investigations/HR Audits" May 3 at the Federal Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Conference.
Longview Energy Co. breach of fiduciary duty verdict helps place Gardere Wynne Sewell in the top 15 of The National Law Journal's Top 100 Verdicts of 2012.
Ryan Clinton and Brett Kutnick of the Dallas-based appellate law boutique Hankinson LLP have become Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
San Antonio attorney Porter Corrigan of the Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., has been selected on the S.A. Scene Magazine listing of legal Rising Stars.
Firm partner Amir Alavi and associate Megan Bibb are profiled in the article "Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi and Mensing - Amir H. Alavi and Megan L. Bibb are Two Fearless Attorneys," which is featured in LawCrossing's "Law Job Stars" profile series.
Employment law attorney Javier Perez has joined Dallas-based Kendall Law Group to expand the firm's work for the Hispanic community in cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, unemployment benefit disputes, and unpaid wage and hour disputes.
Celeste Yeager, Vice Chair of the Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Hospitality Industry Team, will discuss hiring compliance issues March 12 at the 7th Annual National HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo.
Attorney Carl Michael McCurley, founder and name partner in the Dallas Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., once again has earned selection to D Magazine's annual list of "The Best Lawyers in Dallas."
One of the few certified women-owned law firms in Dallas is preparing to celebrate its five-year anniversary with new lawyers, expanded office space, and a new name.
Dallas appellate lawyer Shawn McCaskill of Godwin Lewis PC has earned Board Certification in Civil Appellate Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Appellate justice Joseph B. Morris, who served on the Dallas 5th District Court of Appeals from 1992 until his retirement in December 2012, has joined Dallas' Hankinson LLP as Of Counsel.
San Antonio attorney Amber Liddell Alwais has been named partner in the Dallas-based Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing L.L.P.
Dallas-based Yarbrough Law Group PC is announcing the addition of accomplished copyright and trademark litigator Victor C. Johnson, and noted commercial litigation and labor and employment attorney Todd W. Shadle.
Dallas attorney and mediator Deborah Hankinson, founder of the appellate law firm Hankinson LLP, recently was invited to participate in a panel discussion about how appellate lawyers can best frame the issues in their cases during the Appellate Judges Education Institute 2012 Summit in New Orleans.
Gardere Wynne Sewell has earned top national and metropolitan rankings in the 2013 "Best Law Firms" listing published by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America.
Dallas-based Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., has earned a place on the 2012 Texas' Top Ranked Law Firms list published by the respected legal services information provider Martindale-Hubbell.
For the second year straight, Stroz Friedberg has been highlighted in Texas Lawyer's annual "Texas' Best" edition, which is compiled using recommendations submitted by the publication's readers, including in-house counsel, and government and private lawyers.
Members of the legal team that won the largest Medicaid fraud settlement in Texas history have launched a new online resource to help corporate and government whistleblowers.
Accomplished appellate attorney and mediator Deborah Hankinson of Dallas' Hankinson LLP has been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for her work in appeals cases at the state and federal levels.
Dallas trial lawyer Bill Chamblee has joined the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), a nonpartisan group that represents thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel and risk managers.
Benchmark Appellate, published by London-based Legal Media Group, is a compilation of the nation's go-to appeals lawyers. Honorees are rigorously screened by the publication's editorial team, which conducts extensive face-to-face interviews with judges, leading appellate lawyers and general counsels of Fortune 500 companies to identify the country's leading appellate attorneys.
Tarrant County truck crash lawyer Steven C. Laird has earned his 10th consecutive selection to the Texas Super Lawyers list based on his untiring work for personal injury victims and their families.
Dallas litigator Charla Aldous has been invited to join The National Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of the nation's premier civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial lawyers.
Shannon McClendon, a partner in the Austin office of Gardere Wynne Sewell, has been appointed to a second term on the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Dallas criminal defense attorney John R. Teakell has earned a place on the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list based on his tireless work for individual clients in criminal defense.
Don Martinson and Josh Kutchin of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. in Dallas have earned recognition on the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers listing.
Dallas business attorney Charles W. "Trey" Branham has earned a place on the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for less than 5 percent of all attorneys in the state.
Seven Godwin Ronquillo PC shareholders have been recognized on the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers listing, including three who have earned their 10th consecutive selection.
Gardere attorneys have helped secure a judgment valued at more than $500 million in a case involving the breach of fiduciary duty to Longview Energy Company by directors Bill Huff and Rick D'Angelo.
Forty-nine attorneys from Gardere Wynne Sewell have been named on the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers listing, including 20 who have been named to the list each year since it premiered in 2003.
Four shareholders from the noted Texas trial and appellate law firm Godwin Ronquillo PC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).
Once every five years, the publishers of Texas' oldest independent legal newspaper name the state's top five attorneys in specific practice areas, and Tom Melsheimer of Fish & Richardson is being recognized in 2012 as one of the top commercial litigation attorneys in Texas.
Well-known Dallas energy attorney Vince Murchison is announcing the formation of the Murchison Law Firm, a boutique practice focusing on regulatory, operational and transactional matters for the energy pipeline industry.
Erika Benson, formerly of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Policy and International Affairs, has joined the Austin office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP as a member of the Government Affairs Practice Group.
Rose•Walker LLP lawyers praised the Consumer Product Safety Commission safety recall of the Bumbo Baby Sitter seat. The action this week comes five years after Rose•Walker began raising concerns about serious injuries caused by the Bumbo.
Associates Mary Louise Phelps and Michael Wysocki have joined the Dallas office of the Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P.
Gardere Wynne Sewell partner Celeste Yeager has successfully represented an oil and gas client in overturning five citations issued by the Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Nine attorneys from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP have been named to H Texas magazine's 2012 list of Houston's Top Lawyers. The full list appears in the Summer issue of the publication.
Attorney Paul Skiermont from Dallas' Skiermont Puckett has earned national recognition for his work in patent litigation as a "Life Sciences Star" by LMG Life Sciences.
A Fort Worth jury has awarded a $2.2 million verdict to a 99-year-old Tarrant County woman who was left lying on the floor for a full day after falling in her bedroom at the Parkwood Retirement Community in Bedford.
Attorney Juan Alcalá has joined the Austin office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP to head the firm's Latin America litigation and dispute resolution practice.
Through the efforts of its two bike teams, Team Gardere and the Gardere Gearheads, the law firm of Gardere Wynne Sewell has surpassed the $2 million lifetime fundraising mark for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Gardere Wynne Sewell earned recognition in 11 practice areas, with 25 individual attorneys also earning honors, in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Lawyers from the Dallas-based Hankinson LLP law firm have earned honors from Texas' Best Lawyers and Texas' Top Rated Lawyers magazines based on their work in appellate law.