Brian Cassidy, managing partner of Locke Lord’s Austin office, received the Community Service Award from the Real Estate Council of Austin at RECA’s 2018 annual awards luncheon and membership meeting Dec. 11. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the local community and who serve as role models for compassion and service. Cassidy is a past chair and current board and executive committee member of RECA. He will begin serving as chair of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce in January 2019.

John Eddie Williams Jr., founder and managing partner of Houston-based Williams Kherkher, recently received the Texas Trial Lawyer Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, according to the TTLA, “in recognition of his career of meaningful and pioneering representation of injured clients, the numerous offices and positions he has held in local, state and national bar, civil justice and trial lawyer organizations, and community service that brings credit to trial lawyers and the legal profession.”