A Hicks Johnson team led by partner Varant Yegparian was engaged to represent SynergenX, a nationwide provider of hormone-related therapies, in a dispute over proprietary medical technology appropriated by a competing startup.

Hicks Johnson is pleased to announce the continued growth of its leadership team with the promotion of Persis Dean to partner. Matthew W. Davis and Brandon Winchester have been named senior counsel.

Congratulations to partner Adam Dinnell, who has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, an invitation only extended to less than 1% of lawyers in the state each year. Nomination is based on outstanding contributions to the legal profession as well as a demonstrated commitment to the community.

In Q2 and Q3 of 2021, we’ve been busy expanding our recruiting efforts and launching new firm initiatives. Our fall newsletter contains recent thought leadership content, hiring news, and updates on the slate of high-profile matters we’ve been handling over the past several months, including a $560 million suit on behalf of 57 Texas High Plains wine grape growers that made national headlines.

Hicks Johnson is proud to announce that partner Adam Dinnell was named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2021 40 & Under Hot List, which recognizes the best and brightest law firm partners under 40 in the United States and Canada. According to Benchmark, the lawyers named to this annual list are “ambitious and accomplished … able to adapt to rapidly changing times … [and] ready to take the reins from previous generations.”

Adam Greiner is a 2L at The University of Texas School of Law, where he volunteers with the Expunction Project as part of the school’s Mithoff Pro Bono Program. He earned a B.A. in History from the College of William & Mary.

On June 4, 2021, we filed suit in Jefferson County District Court on behalf of 57 Texas High Plains wine grape growers seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from Bayer-Monsanto and BASF, who allegedly sold a defective seed system featuring a highly volatile weed killer that crippled the grape growers’ vineyards.

Over the past few months, we’ve been working to provide our clients with actionable insights into emerging legal developments, enhance our recruiting efforts,…

Matthew Davis, Justin Safady, and Brandon Winchester of Hicks Johnson have been named to the 2021 Texas Rising Stars List.

Hicks Johnson is looking for exceptional law students who share our bold energy and passion for intellectual challenges. We offer a diverse, collegial,…

Hicks Johnson is pleased to welcome our first class of project assistants, Angie Vertti and Sina Shahnizadeh, to the firm.

We’ve been hard at work amplifying our recruiting efforts and expanding our capabilities to meet our clients’ evolving needs. Our fall newsletter offers…

Partners Marc Tabolsky and Penny Nicholson won an appeal on behalf of Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London in a case the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit described as “byzantine,” with more than $50 million in controversy.

A pro bono team comprised of Hicks Johnson partner Adam Dinnell as well as longstanding members Samy Khalil (Gerger Khalil Hennessy & McFarlane), Chad Flores (Beck Redden), Jay Ewart (Arnold & Porter), and Karen Otto (Arnold & Porter) recently obtained a rare victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In 2018, Bernice Heiderman, a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Comoros, an island off the east coast of Africa, died of undiagnosed malaria, raising serious concerns about the quality of the Peace Corps’ medical care. Now, Hicks Johnson partner Adam Dinnell is helping Bernice’s parents file a lawsuit against the agency.