Locke Lord
Dallas, Texas | |
No. of offices | 20 |
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No. of attorneys | 641[1] |
Major practice areas | General Practice |
Key people | David Taylor[2][3] (Chair) Jerry K. Clements[4] |
Date founded | October 2, 2007 (predecessor firms date from late 19th Century) |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | www |
Locke Lord LLP is an international
History
Locke Lord's origin traces back to 1914, when John Lord started its predecessor in Chicago.
In 1999, Locke Liddell & Sapp was formed from the merger of two predecessor firms in Dallas and Houston. In May 2007, the management of both Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook proposed a
On January 10, 2015, the merger between Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer was completed.[citation needed] The merged firm adopted the name Locke Lord, although legacy offices of Edwards Wildman Palmer used the name Locke Lord Edwards for a transition period. The firm employs 641 attorneys.[1]
Practice groups
Locke Lord's practice groups include:[7]
- Affordable Housing
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency
- Construction
- Corporate & Transactional
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Governmental
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Private Equity
- Public Finance
- Real Estate
- Tax
Awards
For its policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ employees, culture and corporate social responsibility, Locke Lord has achieved a 100 percent rating in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for six consecutive years from 2017 to 2022.[8]
Notable clients
References
- ^ a b Jeffreys, Brenda Sapino (11 February 2019). "Locke Lord Press Release". Texas Lawyer (Press release).
- ^ "David Taylor cv". Locke Lord.
- ^ "New firm head from Houston for Locke Lord". Houston Chronicle. 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Jerry K. Clements cv". Locke Lord.
- ^ "Law firm shortens name to Locke Lord," Houston Business Journal, September 27, 2011 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/09/27/law-firm-shortens-name-to-locke-lord.html
- ^ Raymond, Nate (2012-03-29). "Ex-Locke Lord Partner's Tale Shows Toll That Thinning of Large Firm Ranks Can Take". The AmLaw Daily. ALM. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
- ^ "Locke Lord".
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