Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Senior Reporter at Texas Lawyer
I'm a senior reporter at Texas Lawyer, covering the business of law. I work on the ALM business of law desk, and also report for The American Lawyer.
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1 day ago |
law.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Nine Texas-founded law firms are among the 200 U.S. firms on the 2025 Am Law 200, which ranked firms by their 2024 revenue in a year of strong revenue growth. Six Texas firms returned to the Am Law 100, and another three also returned to the Second Hundred. One firm, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry, which captured the 200th spot in the ranking last year, slipped off this year.
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2 days ago |
law.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Houston personal injury trial firm Sorrels Law has opened an office in Beaumont led by maritime lawyer David James, who came from Clark Hill and will lead the firm's maritime section. James, who joined Sorrels Law on Monday, did defense work at Clark Hill, but is switching to representing plaintiffs in maritime litigation with his move to Sorrels Law in its office in his hometown.
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3 days ago |
law.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Clifford Chance has hired Victoria Salem, who was an in-house lawyer at Cheniere Energy in Houston, as a partner in its global financial markets practice in Houston, as the global firm grows its energy and infrastructure financing team in the U.S. Salem joined the firm on Monday. At Cheniere, she was assistant general counsel, finance and tax, where she was responsible for all finance and tax legal work globally, and led transactions valued at a total of more than $20 billion.
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6 days ago |
law.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Nathan Hecht, former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, is set to join Jackson Walker on Tuesday as a partner in Austin, where he will do appellate law. Hecht served on the court for 36 years, which is longer than any other justice, before his retirement at the end of 2024. At age 75, he was mandated by state law to step down from the court.
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1 week ago |
law.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Brian A. Baker, managing partner of boutique Stacy Baker, has joined trial firm Sorrels Law as a partner in Houston and leader of the commerical litigation practice. Baker moved to Sorrels Law on May 1, as his former firm closed with the retirement from the full-time practice by his partner, Chris Stacy.
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