AUSTIN, TEXAS (November 10, 2010) – Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Patton G. Lochridge as the "Austin Best Lawyers Oil & Gas Lawyer of the Year" for 2011. After more than a quarter of a century in… Read more
Law Firm rankings, Austin-based McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore scored high honors, with ten practice areas receiving national recognition. Practice areas receiving highest (Tier 1) honors were: Administrative/Regulatory Law Banking and Finance Law General Commercial Litigation Government Relations Practice Insurance Law Natural Resources Law Oil & Gas Law Trusts and… Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 20, 2010) – Eleven attorneys at McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. have been named to the 2010 Texas Super Lawyers List a Thomas Reuters service, to be featured in the October 2010 issue of Texas Monthly. These attorneys represent the firm's strengths across practice areas including general litigation,… Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 24, 2010) – McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. partner Melissa Salhab Sykes played a key role in a non-unanimous settlement among West Texas landowners affected by a proposed transmission line between Twin Buttes Station in Tom Green County to McCamey D Station in Schleicher County. The settlement earned… Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 24, 2010) – In its final order dated April 26, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Texas PUC or “PUCT”) rejected an application by LCRA Transmission Services Corporation to construct a new transmission line between the Gillespie and Newton substations. The proposed 345-KV transmission line is part… Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 24, 2010) – McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. successfully represented two landowners in Mills and McCulloch counties before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Texas PUC or “PUCT”) as it considered routes for the Brown-Newton Transmission Line proposed by Oncor. The Brown-Newton line will bring wind-generated power… Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 26, 2010) – McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore partner Russell Johnson will speak to the Texas Bankers’ Association Real Estate and Oil & Gas Conference in San Antonio on April 15 at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio. Johnson will discuss the exempt uses of surface water and… Read more
HOUSTON, TEXAS (February 24, 2010) – Jonathan Baughman with McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore LLP has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout… Read more