The University of Texas will shell out close to $1 million for a team of Washington lawyers to defend its admission standards that use race as a factor in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Latham & Watkins partners Gregory Garre and J. Scott Ballenger and of counsel Maureen Mahoney have been hired to represent the university for $987,000, according to an outside counsel contract. The fee includes a flat rate of $977,000 plus up to $10,000 for additional expenses. The case, which was granted certiorari by the Supreme Court in February, is expected to be argued during the next term. The Austin American-Statesman broke the initial story about the contract.
