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Past articles by Brenda:

'Strong, Big-Name Firms' Are Looking at Imminent Cuts to Partner Draws, Consultant Says

To deal with economic uncertainty industry adviser Kent Zimmermann said Am Law 100 firms are seriously considering numerous meaningful cost-cutting options. → Read More

'Relieved to Be Home': Lowenstein Sandler Partner Back in NJ After Guatemala Closes Borders

It took a day and a half of travel and two flights for Lowenstein Sandler M&A partner Brooke Gillar and her family to get home from Guatemala where they were stranded for nearly a week as borders closed. → Read More

Lowenstein Sandler Partner, Stranded in Guatemala, Crossing Fingers That Relief Flight Takes Off

Lowenstein Sandler M&A Partner Brooke Gillar and eight members of her immediate family stranded in Guatemala since March 17 are booked on a relief flight to Miami on Monday. → Read More

Long Live the Billable Hour? The Twittersphere Reacts to a Top Biller

Not all lawyers looked kindly upon the 3600 hours one lawyer billed in 2017. → Read More

Foley & Lardner to Merge With Dallas-Based Gardere

Gardere Wynne Sewell and Foley & Lardner will combine on April 1 creating a 1100-lawyer firm. → Read More

Foley & Lardner, Gardere Mull Potential Merger

The two firms which held talks about a tie-up last year have recently resumed discussions. → Read More

What Do Lawyers Really Do With Their Time?

No wonder so many lawyers in this country work long hours to meet productivity goals. A recent billing trends report finds lawyers spend only… → Read More

The Cost of Making Partner and How Senior Associates Should Prepare

Making partner isn't cheap and the cost is more than just the years of hard work and stress that associates put in as they reach for the brass ring. Newly… → Read More

Lawyers Gear Up to Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey

With Hurricane Harvey rains continuing to drench Houston, bar associations and legal aid organizations are gearing up to provide legal help to hurricane vict... → Read More

The Texas 100: Out-of-State Firms Lead Growth in Texas

The five big firms that grew the fastest in Texas in 2015 are all based out of state. → Read More

McKool Smith Steps Back From Nonlawyer Management With New MP

After 20 years with a nonlawyer executive director managing the firm, the Dallas-based trial firm has a lawyer as managing principal. → Read More

Dickinson Wright Opens Austin Office With Ex-Greenberg Traurig Lawyers

Dickinson Wright, based in Detroit, opened an Austin office with three lateral hires from Greenberg Traurig's Austin office. → Read More

Battle Over Giant Rubies Spawns $25 Million Negligence Suit

'The lawyers have each served only their own interests, fighting amongst each other like Indiana Jones and his French nemesis Rene Belloq,' the plaintiffs al... → Read More

Akerman Expands in Four Cities as Houston's Beirne Maynard Shuts Its Doors

Houston litigation shop Beirne, Maynard & Parsons is dissolving after nearly 30 years, with 30 trial lawyers joining Florida's Akerman and 10 others form... → Read More

Akerman Expands in Four Cities as Houston's Beirne Maynard Shuts Its Doors

Houston litigation shop Beirne, Maynard & Parsons is dissolving after nearly 30 years, with 30 trial lawyers joining Florida's Akerman and 10 others form... → Read More

Two Small Dallas Firms Merge

Dallas lawyers who have known each other for years merged their firms on July 1, forming Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon. → Read More

Dallas Lawyer Mike Abcarian Has Won 97 Suits Over the Last 20 Years

Dallas lawyer Mike Abcarian, who does employment litigation, has secured a win for his clients in 97 suits over the last 20 years. → Read More

Haynes and Boone to Bolt on UK Boutique Post-Brexit

Haynes and Boone announced Thursday that it has agreed merge with Curtis Davis Garrard a 20-lawyer London firm that has clients in the shipbuilding and offshore oil and gas industries and handles both transactional work and litigation. → Read More

Haynes and Boone to Bolt on UK Boutique Post-Brexit

Haynes and Boone announced Thursday that it has agreed merge with Curtis Davis Garrard a 20-lawyer London firm that has clients in the shipbuilding and offshore oil and gas industries and handles both transactional work and litigation. → Read More

University of Houston Regents Sue Houston College of Law

The University of Houston board of regents filed a federal infringement suit against the newly named Houston College of Law. → Read More