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Dallas, Texas, November 26, 2024 –Colin Benton, Elizabeth Brooks, David Drez, Paul Elkins, Jacob Fain, Zachary Farrar, Brant Martin, Schyler Parker, and Emily Steppick...

Published in Headnotes, Dallas Bar Association, by Alexandra Wahl, November 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creeping into every nook of the legal world, and litigation...

Dallas, Texas, October 9, 2024 – The City Council of the City of Dallas recently approved the nomination of Wick Phillips partner Austin Green....

Dallas, Texas, August 15, 2024 – Alexandra Wahl, Allie DeWitt, Andrew Botts, Austin Green, Austin Hill, Britney Clark, Catherine Curtis, Ethan Minshull, Isaac Brown,...

Dallas, Texas, August 15, 2024 – Michael Baum, Erika Bright, David Drez, Jacob Fain, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Scott Hotchkiss, Marcia Jackson,...

Dallas, Texas, June 10, 2024 – Erika Bright and Andrew Gould have been ranked among the nation’s top counsel by the prestigious Chambers USA...

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released a final rule raising the salary thresholds to qualify for certain overtime exemptions under the...

Dallas, Texas, April 19, 2024 – Erika Bright, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Molly Jones, Sean Lemoine, Jason Rudd, and Bryan Wick have...

Dallas, Texas, March 21, 2024 – Shelby Broaddus, Sarah Cornelia, Catherine Curtis, Paul Elkins, Zachary Farrar, Dana Hilzendager, William Holtz, Lauren Leider, Rusty O’Kane,...

Published in Headnotes, Dallas Bar Association, by Alexandra Wahl, February 2024 Like a college homecoming football game, many attorneys underestimate the significance of mediation, assuming...

Dallas, Texas, January 12, 2024 – Wick Phillips commercial litigation partner Brant Martin is now one of only 1% of lawyers Board Certified in...

Dallas, Texas, January 2, 2024 – Wick Phillips announces the promotion of Sean Sullivan as a new Partner in the Firm’s corporate and finance...

Dallas, Texas, December 11, 2023 – Stafford Brantley, Elizabeth Brooks, David Drez, Paul Elkins, Jacob Fain, Zachary Farrar, Brant Martin, Daniel McCarthy, and Schyler...

New federal entity reporting requirements have been established under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). Beginning on January 1, 2024, the CTA will require...

Wick Phillips joins nearly 200 firms in signing a letter imploring law school deans to take a zero tolerance approach on any form of...

Dallas, Texas, November 2, 2023 – The 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” has ranked Wick Phillips among top firms in the...

Fortunately or unfortunately, jurors expect real-life lawyers to be as exciting as Harvey Specter closing a deal or Tom Cruise getting Jack Nicholson to...

Dallas, Texas, September 18, 2023 – Erika Bright, David Drez, Jacob Fain, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Jr., Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy, Brett Myers, Noah...

Dallas, Texas, September 1, 2023 – Wick Phillips’ Insurance Coverage team, led by partners Erika Bright and Noah Nadler, obtained the Country’s largest insurance...

Dallas, Texas, August 17, 2023 – Michael Baum, Erika Bright, David Drez, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Charles Keeble, Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy,...

Dallas, Texas, August 17, 2023 – Alexandra Wahl, Allie DeWitt, Andrew Botts, Austin Green, Austin Hill, Britney Clark, Catherine Curtis, Ethan Minshull, Isaac Brown,...

On July 21, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) and Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) introduced a new I-9 Form. The...

Dallas, Texas, June 8, 2023 – Erika Bright and Andrew Gould have been ranked by Chambers USA, the world’s “leading legal data and analytics...

Dallas, Texas, May 18, 2023 – Andrew Gould, Jason Rudd and Rob Wills have been selected by D Magazine as Best Lawyers in Dallas...

Dallas, Texas, March 23, 2023 – Alexandra Wahl, Lauren Leider, Paul Elkins, Rusty O’Kane, Schyler Parker, Shelby Broaddus, William Holtz, and Zachary Farrar have...

Dallas, Texas, March 7, 2023 – The North Texas Community Foundation honored Wick Phillips partner Dan McCarthy today at a luncheon held at the...

Dallas, Texas, March 6, 2023 – Wick Phillips, along with Haynes and Boone LLP and Husch Blackwell, represented Dallas-based Park Cities Asset Management LLC...

Dallas, Texas, January 17, 2023 – Gregory Fijolek and Rusty O’Kane have been listed in the January 2023 edition of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers...

Dallas, Texas, January 5, 2023 – Wick Phillips is pleased to announce that Rob Wills, a partner in the commercial real estate section, became...

Dallas, Texas, December 29, 2022 – Wick Phillips announces the promotion of Alex Wahl, Paul Elkins, Schyler Parker, and Zac Farrar as new Partners...

It has been awhile (578 days if you are into precision) since my last blog. My plan had been to wait until SCOTX issued...

Dallas, Texas, November 22, 2022 – Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy, Darla Gabbitas, David Drez, Elizabeth Brooks, Jacob Fain, Paul Elkins, Schyler Parker, and Zachary...

Dallas, Texas, November 3, 2022 – The 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” has ranked Wick Phillips among top firms in the...

Dallas, Texas, September 21, 2022 – Erika Bright, David Drez, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Jr., Sean Lemoine, Brant Martin, Brett Myers, Todd Phillips, and...

Houston, Texas, July 2022 – On the eve of trial in federal court, Wick Phillips successfully obtained a stipulated judgment of $8M and a...

Dallas, Texas, August 18, 2022 –Erika Bright, Michael Baum, David Drez, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Charles Keeble, Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy, Brett Myers, Noah...

Dallas, Texas, August 18, 2022 – Austin Hill, Britney Clark, Catherine Curtis, Ethan Minshull, Ryan Goins, Schyler Parker, Scott Lawrence, and Zachary Farrar have...

Los Angeles, July 29, 2022 – A California federal court jury awarded Wick Phillips client Weber Metals, Inc. over $44M for an insurance claim...

Washington, DC, June 15, 2022 – The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of Wick Phillips client the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a Native...

Dallas, Texas, March 22, 2022 – Alexandra Wahl, Anna Blair Kalian, Ethan Minshull, Lauren Leider, Noah Nadler, Paul Elkins, Schyler Parker, and Zachary Farrar...

Fort Worth, Texas, March 2, 2022 – Madhvi has been recognized as the Carla Higgins “CREW Future Leader of the Year” for 2021, awarded...

Washington, DC, February 22, 2022 – Wick Phillips partner Brant Martin appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court to present argument on behalf of Ysleta...

Dallas, Texas, January 6, 2022 – Wick Phillips commercial litigation partner Rusty O’Kane is now one of only 407 Board Certified Civil Appellate Law...

Dallas, Texas, January 3, 2022 – Wick Phillips announces the promotion of Greg Fijolek, Ryan Goins, Austin Green, Austin Hill, and Scott Lawrence as...

Dallas, Texas, November 18, 2021 – Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy, David Drez, Elizabeth Brooks, Jacob Fain, Jason Jones, Schyler Parker, and Zachary Farrar have...

Dallas, Texas, November 4, 2021 – The 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” has ranked Wick Phillips among top firms in the...

Dallas, Texas, September 22, 2021 – Erika Bright, David Drez, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Jr., Amy LaValle, Sean Lemoine, Brant Martin, Brett Myers, Todd...

Dallas, Texas, August 19, 2021 – Erika Bright has been recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for 2022 in Dallas/Fort Worth in Best...

Dallas, Texas, August 19, 2021 –Erika Bright, Michael Baum, David Drez, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Amy LaValle, Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy, Brett Myers, Noah...

Dallas, Texas, August 19, 2021 – Isaac Brown, Lauren Drawhorn, Zachary Farrar, Schyler Parker, and Scott Lawrence have each been selected for inclusion in...

Dallas, Texas, June 30, 2021 – Wick Phillips recently represented CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (NYSE: CTO) in its acquisition of The Shops at Legacy...

Dallas, Texas, June 25, 2021 – Wick Phillips has been recognized by the Global M&A Network for its work on a deal honored at...

Dallas, Texas, June 9, 2021 – Wick Phillips has ranked #19 in the Dallas Business Journal’s North Texas Law Firms list. The list ranking...

Dallas, Texas, May 25, 2021 – Erika Bright has been ranked among the nation’s top insurance coverage counsel by the prestigious Chambers USA legal...

The venn diagram of people that know who the Tiger King is and the Landry’s, Inc. and Houston Aquarium, Inc v. Animal Legal Defense...

Wick Phillips is proud to serve GDC Technics, LLC as debtor's counsel in its Chapter 11 restructuring and successful first day hearings. Read more...

Dallas, Texas, May 3, 2021 – Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Bradley Mahanay, Jason Rudd, and Rob Wills have been recognized as 2021 Best Lawyers...

Nothing says Spring like top water bass fishing on Texas ponds. And nothing says not so fast like my Westlaw alert going off with...

Dallas, Texas, April 30, 2021 – Wick Phillips announces that Erika Bright, partner and head of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group, has been elected...

By Brett Pinkus, Partner, Wick Phillips - Intellectual Property Litigation Group Published in the Spring 2021 Issue of Accessible Law, UNT Dallas College of Law,...

Years ago I began reading about guardianship abuse cases and how elderly had their rights stripped from them by unscrupulous guardians using the judicial...

Dallas, Texas, March 26, 2021 – Zachary Farrar, Lauren Leider, Ethan Minshull, Noah Nadler, and Schyler Parker have been recognized as 2021 Texas Rising...

Dallas, Texas, March 5, 2021 – Wick Phillips is pleased to announce the opening of its new Dallas office. The Dallas office remains at...

Wick Phillips partner and Texas State Representative Morgan Meyer has been appointed by Speaker Dade Phelan to lead the House Ways & Means Committee....

Dallas, Texas, January 4, 2021– Wick Phillips announces the promotion of Isaac Brown, Lauren Drawhorn, Jason Jones, and Ethan Minshull as new Partners of...

Choctaw Constr. Services LLC v. Rail-Life R.R. Services, LLC, 01-20-00216-CV, 2020 WL 7702186 (Tex. App.—Houston Dec. 29, 2020, no pet. h.) provides a...

As one First Amendment attorney I’m friends with once said to his detractors, “Try Harder!”  which is part of the takeaway from the 1st...

Dallas, Texas, December 3, 2020 – Schyler Parker, Jacob Fain, Paul Elkins, and David Drez have been recognized as 2020 Top Attorneys by Fort...

With child-like glee I’ve been waiting to see the first TCPA opinion based on the 2019 changes (effective September 2019). First on the board...

Dallas, Texas, December 2, 2020 – Wick Phillips labor & employment partner Andrew Gould has been listed in the 2021 edition of D CEO’s...

Well sports fans, it has been awhile. My “to blog about” folder runneth over, but between shuttling kids to events and the day to...

Dallas, Texas, November 5, 2020 – The 2021 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” has ranked Wick Phillips among top...

Dallas, Texas, October 19, 2020 – Erika Bright, Joseph Callister, David Drez, Andrew Gould, Jeffrey Hellberg, Jr., Amy LaValle, Sean Lemoine, Brant Martin, Daniel...

By Erika Bright, Partner, Wick Phillips Insurance Recovery Group Businesses and their risk managers are being bruised, if not battered, as they fight through their...

By Erika Bright, Partner, Wick Phillips Insurance Recovery Group The 2020 hurricane season threatens to exhaust the alphabet.  With destruction and property claims predicted to...

Dallas, Texas, August 21, 2020 – Isaac Brown, Lauren Drawhorn, Zachary Farrar,  Schyler Parker, Scott Lawrence, and Ryan Moore have each been selected for...

Dallas, Texas, August 20, 2020 – Michael Bailey, Erika Bright, Michael Baum, David Drez, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Amy LaValle, Brant Martin, Dan McCarthy,...

The Dallas Morning News published an article this week entitled USAA Insurance Approves, then denies and auto claim by a Green Beret who lost...

Dallas, Texas, July 31, 2020 – Wick Phillips litigation associate Alex Adewunmi has been selected to join The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under...

I have literally 30 new TCPA cases sitting in a folder that I could write about, but with the malaise of COVID 19...

In Pike v. Texas EMC Management, LLC, No. 17-0557, 2020 WL 3405812 (June 19, 2020), the Texas Supreme Court clarified the confusing patchwork of...

The United States Supreme Court recently expanded the definition of “sex” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to include sexual...

Dallas, Texas, June 23, 2020 – Michael Bailey, Erika Bright, David Drez, Chris Fuller, Andrew Gould, Dan McCarthy, Brant Martin, Brett Myers, Noah Nadler,...

Dallas, Texas, June 19, 2020 – Hyliion Inc. and Tortoise Acquisition Corp. announced this morning that they have agreed to merge, and that following...

Dallas, Texas, June 2 – Erika Bright has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Texas by Chambers USA. Wick Phillips partner Erika Bright is...

Texas First Amendment Practitioners know and utilize the Defamation Mitigation Act (“DMA”) Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 73.051-.062.  The DMA applies to...

On Friday I had planned to write about Pisharodi v. Columbia Valley Healthcare Sys., L.P., 13-18-00364-CV, 2020 WL 2213951 (Corpus Christi COA May...

While I had hoped the Texas Supreme Court’s next Anti-Slapp opinion would resolve the ROA conflict, instead we get In re. Praveen Panchakarla,...

Dallas, Texas, May 4 – Michael Bailey, Andrew Gould, Jason Rudd, and Rob Wills have been recognized as 2020 Best Lawyers by D Magazine. Michael,...

The Dallas COA upheld the denial of a Texas Anti-Slapp in Equine Holdings, LLC v. Michael Jacoby, 05-19-00758-CV, 2020 WL 2079183 (Tex. App.—Dallas...

The last day of April 2020 (and what a month it has been) brings 4 Texas Anti-Slapp Opinions.  Tomorrow I’ll cover the other...

First, i hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected in this turbulent time.Second, take care of yourselves and your family/friends/community.Third, my...

With the advent of COVID-19, many different types of contracts and business relationships are being impacted. The phrase “force majeure,” which is French for...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the global economy, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...