Jackson Walker appointed Priya Coffey and Mike Taten as managing partners of the Houston and Dallas offices, respectively. Priya is the third woman—and the first woman of color—to serve as an office managing partner in the Firm’s history.
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2019
Julia W. Mann was appointed the first female managing partner of the San Antonio office. Jackson Walker advised iconic Texas fast-food chain Whataburger in the sale of a majority interest to Chicago merchant bank BDT Capital Partners.
2018
The Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index scored Jackson Walker in the top 25 of Dallas-Fort Worth’s major employers in terms of hiring a diverse workforce and including specific nondiscrimination provisions for LGBTQ employees in HR policies. The Firm obtained a significant victory in a Medicare reimbursement appeal in the D.C. Circuit Court of
2017
The Firm earned a spot on Law360‘s list of Texas Powerhouses through its national trial and transactional practices and precedent-setting wins for high-profile clients such as Oprah Winfrey, Google Inc., and Hyundai Corporation. Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Austin partner Kent Sullivan, a former justice on the Fourteenth Court of appeals and first assistant attorney general for
2014
Jackson Walker received the prestigious Thomas L. Sager Award for the South Region from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to hiring a diverse workforce. The Firm landed at No. 129 on Law360’s “The Law360 400” list of the largest law firms in the nation.
2012
The Firm partnered with UTSA’s Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE) to host the Jackson Walker Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp. The purpose of the program was to educate students on the commercialization and start-up of new technology companies.
2011
Jackson Walker successfully defended Texas Clinical Labs, Inc., in a case against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The case took 25 years and three trips to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
2010
Susan Halsey was named managing partner in Fort Worth, becoming the first woman to serve as an office managing partner. Susan helped open the Fort Worth office in 1988 and was instrumental in its growth and involvement in the community until her passing in 2014.
2010
Dallas partner Robert F. Ruckman served as lead counsel for a product defendant in litigation raised from the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447.
2007
The San Antonio office expanded with the addition of 10 attorneys from Jenkens & Gilchrist. San Antonio attorney Charles L. Smith was honored as one of State Bar of Texas President Harper Estes’ “Legal Legends”