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Technology Bites Back: Latest Steve Thomas Commentary Outlines Tech’s Role in Waivers and Loss of Privilege
July 16, 2015The latest in a series of Texas Lawyer commentaries by MCS shareholder Steven Thomas focuses on how advances in technology, changes in the way people communicate and careless data storage habits have created a brave new world for lawyers dealing with inadvertent waivers and unintended loss of privilege in discovery.Writes... read more
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Harriet Tabb Elected to Fellowship in American College of Real Estate Lawyers
April 22, 2015Harriet Tabb, a shareholder in Dallas-based McGuire, Craddock & Strother, who has spent most of her career working in the area of retail and mixed-use development, has been elected a fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the premier organization of real estate practitioners in the... read more
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MCS Partner Jonathan Thalheimer Named Texas Chair of The American College of Mortgage Attorneys
April 6, 2015McGuire, Craddock & Strother is proud to announce that firm Partner Jonathan Thalheimer has been named Texas State Chair of the prestigious American College of Mortgage Attorneys, a select invitation-only association of attorneys in the United States and Canada recognized as distinguished practitioners in the law relating to real... read more
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Texas Rising Stars Honors Two from McGuire, Craddock & Strother
March 6, 2015McGuire, Craddock & Strother is proud to announce that Barry Brooks and Jennifer M. Larson have been named to the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list.Ms. Larson is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Construction, Taxation & Estate Planning, Probate, and Employment Law groups. Mr. Brooks is Of Counsel in the firm’s... read more
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Latest Steve Thomas Texas Lawyer Commentary: As Internet Disrupts Advertising/Marketing, Traditional Laws Still Apply
March 2, 2015The latest Texas Lawyer commentary by McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Steve Thomas outlines the disruptive effects that Internet video bloggers are having on the retail advertising and marketing landscape, and warns that traditional laws still apply in this new marketing and advertising world.Thomas describes the unlikely influence of so-called “unboxers” and... read more
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Steve Thomas Commentary Highlights Looming Impact of Apple Pay, ‘Smart’ Credit Cards for Businesses, Payment Card Industry, Consumers
January 7, 2015The latest published commentary by McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Steve Thomas’ underscores how rapidly evolving technology is changing the finance landscape for businesses from mom-and-pop merchants to the multibillion-dollar payment card industry.Thomas, who serves on McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s technology committee, writes: Cold, hard cash and magnetic strip credit/debit... read more
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McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Tom Craddock talks with Texas Lawbook about rise in FLSA wage and hour litigation
December 18, 2014Texas Lawbook reporter Kerry Curry spoke recently with McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Tom Craddock about a dramatic increase in federal wage and hour lawsuits facing businesses in Texas and nationwide. Lawsuits filed under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have increased more than 300 percent in the past decade.[caption... read more
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MCS’ Jonathan Thalheimer Mentors Students at Texas’ Newest Law School
November 17, 2014The newest law school in Texas opened its doors in downtown Dallas this fall with a different vision for legal education. At the University of North Texas College of Law, the goal is to attract nontraditional students with the promise of an affordable path to obtaining a J.D. that... read more
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McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Thalheimer and Whelan to Speak at the William W. Gibson Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute
September 17, 2014McGuire, Craddock & Strother shareholders Jonathan Thalheimer and Thomas Whelan are returning to the University of Texas School of Law’s Annual Mortgage Lending Institute to participate in a panel discussion on Recourse Carve-Out Liability.Whelan and Thalheimer are frequent speakers on real estate law, and each has held leadership positions... read more
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Texas Super Lawyers Honors Five From McGuire, Craddock & Strother
September 9, 2014The 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list is out and soon to be published in the October edition of Texas Monthly. This year’s list includes several familiar names from McGuire, Craddock & Strother. Firm shareholders Mark Chevallier, Steven Kennedy, Jeffrey Seckel, Marc Taubenfeld and Thomas Whelan are each repeat Super Lawyers honorees. The... read more