5/2/22 - News
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Intertek, a large, multinational consulting firm, attempted to breach its lease with Trical Commercial, an arm of the Los Angeles-based development company Bycor and Trical Construction, over allegations of toxic mold. Trical Commercial engaged Hicks Johnson to file suit for breach of contract and seek millions in damages.
4/11/22 - News
Hicks Johnson partner Adam Dinnell spoke to the San Antonio Express-News about the firm’s representation of the Texas wine industry in its fight…
2/24/22 - News
Texas Monthly highlighted our representation of the Texas wine industry and its plight to survive destructive herbicide exposures caused by Bayer & BASF’s…
1/26/22 - News
At Hicks Johnson, we’re ringing in the new year by ramping up our growth.
1/11/22 - News
In June 2021, Hicks Johnson filed suit on behalf of 57 Texas High Plains vineyards seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from Bayer-Monsanto and BASF. While Bayer-Monsanto and BASF removed the lawsuit to a federal multidistrict litigation pending in Missouri, a U.S. district judge announced that the case would be sent back to the Texas state court where it was originally filed.
1/10/22 - News
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.
1/6/22 - News
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.
11/30/21 - News
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.
10/14/21 - News
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.
10/5/21 - News
Chase Hinman joined the firm in May as a project assistant. He recently graduated from Rice University with a double major in Philosophy and Kinesiology. Throughout college, he worked as an EMT and as special events coordinator for Rice’s Emergency Medical Services.
9/28/21 - News
After a wheelchair user was injured while boarding a major airline’s aircraft in Houston, Texas, she was awarded almost $4 million in damages by a jury sitting in the Southern District of Texas. Penelope Nicholson and the Hicks Johnson team were retained by her trial counsel to lead the effort on appeal. Through our briefing and oral argument, we succeeded in persuading the Fifth Circuit to affirm the district court’s judgment in its entirety.
9/23/21 - News
Hana Ferrero joined the firm in June as a project assistant. She recently graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in Economics and Political Science. Her legal experience includes a judicial internship with a Florida circuit court judge as well as an internship with Michigan Justice Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that advocates for legislative change on behalf of incarcerated citizens.
8/26/21 - News
Hicks Johnson is proud to welcome our largest-ever class of summer associates to the firm. Rachel Brown is a rising 3L at The University of Chicago Law School, where her contributions include serving as president of the Federalist Society.
8/18/21 - News
Hicks Johnson is proud to welcome our largest-ever class of summer associates to the firm. Ryan Penner is a 2L at the University of Texas School of Law. Previously, he worked as a summer associate at Vinson & Elkins. Ryan entered the legal field after seven years as a high school teacher in Houston, where he taught geometry, statistics, and debate. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin.
7/21/21 - News
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.”
7/14/21 - News
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.
6/4/21 - News
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.
5/13/21 - News
On May 11, 2021, our client, Apache Corp., obtained an 83 percent reduction in damages it had been ordered to pay by a district court jury two years earlier. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston knocked down the initial $80.4 million figure—which had been awarded to Castex Energy Partners in a dispute over the construction of a large-scale oil and gas construction project in Louisiana—to about $13.5 million.
4/30/21 - News
Over the past few months, we’ve been working to provide our clients with actionable insights into emerging legal developments, enhance our recruiting efforts,…
4/29/21 - News
Hicks Johnson is representing Glacier Park Iron Ore Properties LLC, a large mineral owner, in a lawsuit (and resulting appeal) against United States Steel Corporation, a mining company, involving U.S. Steel’s burying of millions of tons of iron resource under stockpiled mining waste in Minnesota. This area of northern Minnesota, known as the Iron Range, is home to the largest iron mines in the country.
4/20/21 - News
This spring, our lawyers took to Zoom to share actionable guidance on pressing industry issues. Both webinars are still available to view for CLE credit.
3/23/21 - News
Matthew Davis, Justin Safady, and Brandon Winchester of Hicks Johnson have been named to the 2021 Texas Rising Stars List.
3/3/21 - News
Hicks Johnson is building for the future by welcoming its largest summer class ever: five summer associates (2L) and two summer law interns (1L).
1/19/21 - News
Hicks Johnson is looking for exceptional law students who share our bold energy and passion for intellectual challenges. We offer a diverse, collegial,…