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April 16, 2012 |

Commentary: Bad Habits and Rhetorical Sins in Court

There are some words and phrases that attorneys use all the time that can get them into trouble. Kendall Gray discusses a few rules of thumb, as well as the verbal and written missteps they attempt to prevent. The rules are gleaned from years of watching others, as well as from the school of hard knocks.
6 minute read
June 30, 2004 |

The Am Law 100: Compensation All Partners

34 minute read
April 30, 2012 |

BigTex Roots: Some Large Firms See the Lone Star State as a Hot Hub For Economic Growth

Fewer than half the lawyers at the 25 largest firms in the Lone Star State actually work in Texas offices. And only five of those 25 firms are 100 percent Texas-based, meaning all their lawyers work in Texas offices. Jackson Walker, with offices in six Texas cities — Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio — is the largest of the Texas-only firms.
12 minute read
March 21, 2007 |

New Partner Numbers Increase at Many Large Firms in Texas

For most of the partners in the largest firms in Texas, the partnership track ranges from 6.5 to 12.5 years, according to the firms that participated in Texas Lawyer's annual New Partners Survey. Twenty-three of the 25 largest firms in the state report promoting 146 attorneys to partnership in their Texas offices for 2007. That's 6.5 percent more than the 137 attorneys promoted to partnership by the same firms in 2006. "The legal business has been booming," says recruiter Robert A. Rowland.
13 minute read
March 29, 2010 |

Lessons to Learn From the Women Scorned

The news has been so sordid in recent months that the front page really should carry a parental warning label. From Tiger Woods' reported affairs and John Edwards' out-of-wedlock child to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's "soul mate," there has been enough reported infidelity and human frailty to keep the tabloids busy for a lifetime.
4 minute read
November 07, 2011 |

Three Things Never to Write in Court Papers

James M. Stanton writes that his experience on the state district court bench taught him that trial judges are a conscientious lot who read the briefs and want to get their rulings right. In light of that, he offers three things a lawyer should never write in court papers for fear of turning off the judge and hurting a client's chances of prevailing at a hearing.
5 minute read
August 13, 2012 |

Commentary: Recalibrating "Normal" in the Workplace

If "normal" in the work place doesn't change, employers, including law firms, will find themselves competing for an increasingly small pool of people willing to work under the old rules.
5 minute read
September 24, 2012 |

Offer Rates Rise for Next Fall's First-Year BigTex Associates

As autumn begins, many large Texas firms already have made permanent job offers for the fall of 2013 to students who worked at the firms during the summer.
9 minute read
April 25, 2011 |

Headcount Numbers Flat at Largest Firms in Texas

In 2010, one Texas firm grew due to an oil rig explosion and another shrank due to the timing of birthdays. Godwin Ronquillo increased its lawyer count by almost 50 percent during the last eight months of 2010, primarily to meet the needs of one client, says Donald E. Godwin, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based firm. The firm represents Halliburton Energy Services Inc. of Houston in litigation related to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP PLC of London.
6 minute read
February 18, 2013 |

Commentary: Pope Reminds Lawyers of Sir Thomas More

Pope Benedict XVI's announcement that he would resign the papacy at the end of the month seems an opportune time for lawyers to reflect on one event that will surely be regarded as a defining moment of his papacy: the historic address at Westminster Hall in September 2010.
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