LPHS attorneys Michael K. Hurst and Jamie Drillette recently served as speakers for a session of the Women’s Mentoring Circles, a jointly-sponsored program of The Dallas Women Lawyers Association and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. 

An LPHS trial team has scored a major appellate win for clients Disney and Hulu against claims brought by multiple Texas cities that accused the companies of evading a state franchise tax. 

Backed with a family legacy in the law and motivated by the success of influential women attorneys such as Catherine Crier and Barbara Lynn, the firm’s Mary Goodrich Nix has forged a career as a nationally recognized trial lawyer for complex commercial, employment, and trade secret litigation. 

The Lawdragon guide to the legal profession has selected three firm partners to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy for 2026. 

In an article written for the Dallas Bar Association Headnotes publication, the firm’s Michael K. Hurst and Chelsea A. Till reflect on the pressures and stress that trial lawyers endure, and approaches to maintain mental wellness, both personally and professionally.

LPHS partner Chris Schwegmann has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers 2026 list, which Lawdragon describes as “lawyers protecting innovation, defending brand integrity and leveraging the assets at the heart of their clients' businesses.”

The Lynn Pinker team of Jessica Cox and Kristopher Ruiz emerged as one of three champions in the inaugural Young Lawyers Moot Court Competition sponsored by the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.

A Dallas County jury returned a defense verdict for a Houston real estate developer accused by certain limited partners in a real estate investment of costing them millions of dollars.

In a major appellate win for LPHS, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the City of Hutto and related entities must repay $17 million borrowed from the firm’s client and used to fund public works projects. 

The National Speech & Debate Association has named LPHS partner David Coale to the organization’s board of directors for the 2026-2027 academic year. 

Two students from the Dallas ISD’s Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet have received scholarships from the firm to further their college education. 

LPHS’s team of John Volney and Chelsea A. Till recently secured victory in an arbitration where LPHS’s client sought more than $1 million in cost overruns incurred in developing a North Texas residential subdivision.

After a 10-year pro bono battle, an LPHS team has secured asylum for a Venezuelan national in a case that the immigration judge called a “very straightforward case” of persecution.

Eighteen months after the Texas Business Courts began hearing cases, litigators such as LPHS partner Eric Pinker say the specialized court is delivering faster rulings and more thorough opinions even as the system works through growing pains.

Four of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the prestigious Lawdragon X – The Next Generation 2026 guide, which recognizes lawyers across the nation who are shaping the future of the legal profession through exceptional advocacy, leadership, and results.

For the tenth consecutive year, LPHS has been named in the top tier of Commercial Litigation practices in North Texas by the prestigious Chambers USA guide to the legal profession.   

As part of the Tate Distinguished Lecture Series at SMU, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that threats against members of the judiciary can result in serious damage to American democracy. 

Published in the American Bar Association’s Litigation journal, an article by LPHS partner Holly Stubbs argues that generative AI will transform, not replace, the human judgment of attorneys and the foundations of legal practice.

Hon. Barbara M. G. Lynn (ret.) and Yaman Desai joined a group of former federal judges and legal leaders in a recent commentary published by the Dallas Morning News warning against efforts to normalize impeachment of federal judges over disagreements with judicial rulings. 

Judge Brian Stagner of the Texas Business Court for the Eighth Division has issued a temporary injunction in favor of an LPHS client, finding that a noncompete agreement between the company and a former executive was enforceable and supported by the facts.

An LPHS trial team that included Mary Goodrich Nix, Michael Hurst, Sara Chelette, David Coale, Gloria Jones-Walker, and paralegal Beverly Congdon won a jury verdict of more than $2 million in district court in Tarrant County on behalf of the nation's leading residential and commercial glass company.

LPHS Partner Alan Dabdoub and his team Steven Gersten, Shirley Xu, and paralegal Whitney Gillaspie, have secured a complete victory in a five-day commercial arbitration involving a critical long-term supply agreement.

In an article for the ABA’s Litigation publication, LPHS partner Chris Schwegmann examines the implications of the decision, noting that “going forward, any preservation letter in a complex litigation should include AI materials as a stand-alone, explicitly named category.”

As part of the publication’s “Best Lawyers in Dallas” issue, D Magazine published a profile of LPHS partner Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn (ret.), who joined the firm last year after more than 25 years on the federal bench.