Seven Akin Gump Attorneys Named Texas Bar Foundation Fellows
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(Houston) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce that the following lawyers have been selected for membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, the largest charitably funded bar foundation in the United States:
Lacy Lawrence, partner, litigation
Ashley Brown, counsel, intellectual property
Brian G. Patterson, partner, labor and employment
Michael Francis Reeder II, counsel, intellectual property
W. Robert Shearer, partner, energy
David H. Sweeney, partner, energy
Jocelyn D. Tau, partner, tax
Each year, one third of 1 percent of Texas attorneys are invited to become Fellows. They are selected “for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas.” Since its inception, the Foundation has distributed more than $19 million in grants to charitable organizations across Texas.
Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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