Haynes and Boone has appointed
Mary Mendoza as administrative partner of its
Austin office. The appointment makes Ms. Mendoza the only female serving as a major firm’s administrative partner in Austin.
Ms. Mendoza is an 11-year Haynes and Boone veteran and partner in the firm’s
environmental practice. She takes over reign of the Austin office from career partner Jeff King. After 29 years with the firm, Mr. King is relocating to Virginia to serve as corporate counsel to a healthcare non-profit.
Former federal prosecutor and New York partner David Siegal was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal concerning the probable defense and prosecution tactics in play with the Bernie Madoff scandal.
In an agreement reached with federal prosecutors, Ruth Madoff agreed to give up her potential claim to more than $80 million worth of assets, keeping just $2.5 million in cash. According to court documents, Mrs. Madoff consented to the sale of properties, boats and vehicles, in order to preserve value for victims. Earlier this year Mr. Madoff asked prosecutors to allow his wife to keep about $70 million in assets held in her name, which he argued weren't connected to his fraud.
On the subject of whether Ms. Madoff and other family members linked to the scandal would take a fall: Mr. Siegal said the defense would likely be "Bernie lied to us, too. If the government had direct testimony to the contrary from an insider who was central to the fraud scheme, it's likely we would have seen charges by now."
A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys has been awarded the Global M&A Network’s 2009 Turnaround Atlas Award of the Year for deals above $100 million.
The award, presented in ceremonies this week at the network’s Hotel Allegro gala and dinner, honored the law firm’s performance in the complex asset purchase and reorganization of Marcal Paper Mills, Inc., a fourth-generation family business bought out of bankruptcy by Highland Capital Management. Dallas partner and team leader
Janice V. Sharry received the honor in Chicago.