Our Fort Worth office opened with five attorneys and grew to 13 attorneys within one year. The Firm’s name changed to Jackson & Walker, L.L.P. and later became Jackson Walker LLP. The Firm handled over 2,000 collection and lender liability defense matters, making Jackson Walker the most frequently used outside counsel by the purchasers of the failed
Category: Jackson Walker Timeline
1985
After outgrowing its Dallas quarters, the Firm moved from the First National Bank tower to Bank of America Plaza. The Firm represented Canadian developer Bramalea Ltd. in the building’s development. Standing at 921 feet and 72 stories, Bank of America Plaza is the tallest building in the Dallas skyline. The Firm hired 13 first-year lawyers,
1982
Firm attorneys successfully argued Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston before the U.S. Supreme Court, a key case in securities regulation.
1981
The Firm installed its first Wang computer, ending the era in which all bookkeeping was done in pencil by staff accountant Marilyn Larson. The Firm succeeded in securing the dismissal of an injunction filed by the City of Irving against the FAA. The injunction, filed on a late Friday, involved a new runway at the
1980
The Firm helped incorporate the Dallas Mavericks. The Firm successfully represented Edwin Hamilton against Texas-based Page Airways in an antitrust disagreement.
1979
In Electronic Data Systems v. The Social Security Organization of the Government of Iran, the Firm agreed to represent Iran against a breach of contract claim by Ross Perot’s EDS. Despite significant critique, Don Case was adamant on continuing representation. Partner Charles L. “Chip” Babcock stated, “He signed on to defend his client before the
1978
Attorney J. Howard Lennon opened an office for the Firm in Anchorage, Alaska.
1968
The Firm was retained by a Alaska Native tribe, the Inupiaq, to negotiate its oil leases on the North Slope after the discovery of the Greater Prudhow Bay Field.
1966
Jess Walker and Ben West represented the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case City of Atlus, Oklahoma v. Carr. The rule became a landmark in the area of water rights and state boundaries.
1960
The Firm hired the first summer clerk, Larry Bean, who went on to spend his entire legal career at Jackson Walker.