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Hecht is unsure what his life will look like in a month, but he knows that hanging up his robe after 36 years on the Texas Supreme Court isn't goodbye.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="slide-content"> <h2><a href="/pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2271716/bakerhostetler-launches-in-austin-with-locke-lord-team" title="BakerHostetler Launches In Austin With Locke Lord Team" class="url entry-title">BakerHostetler Launches In Austin With Locke Lord Team</a></h2> <div class="hero-img"> <img alt="Feature Image" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2271000/2271716/6787254a3f61ef8973e933dc170054fb6882a0bf-cynthia.png" class="img-responsive" width="400" height="266" /> </div> <div class="carousel-caption-nested"> <div class="hero-summary"> <div class="reporter"> <em>By Andrea Keckley</em> </div> <div class="featured-summary">BakerHostetler said Tuesday that it is opening its Austin office — the firm's third office in Texas — and launching a new community development team 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by Texas personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee, days after Buzbee sued Jay-Z's law firm, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, for harassment in the escalating fight.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="slide-content"> <h2><a href="/pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2269346/office-snapshot-clifford-chance-meets-the-world-in-houston" title="Office Snapshot: Clifford Chance Meets The World In Houston" class="url entry-title">Office Snapshot: Clifford Chance Meets The World In Houston</a></h2> <div class="hero-img"> <img alt="Feature Image" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2269000/2269346/0644c38cc975abb27de06fe10ae978f2450fcd96-istock-1804162578.jpg" class="img-responsive" width="400" height="266" /> </div> <div class="carousel-caption-nested"> <div class="hero-summary"> <div class="reporter"> <em>By Lynn LaRowe</em> </div> <div class="featured-summary">At Texas Tower in the heart of Houston's iconic downtown, Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance is building out a 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