Press Releases

J. Michael Hennigan, a founding Principal of McKool Smith Hennigan, will be presented with the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Shattuck-Price “Outstanding ...

On May 10, 2018, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas reconsidered his order for a new trial on damages, and reinstated a ...

McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that trial lawyer J. Wiley George has joined the firm as a Principal in its Houston office. Mr. George ...

McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that veteran bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer H. Jeffrey Schwartz has joined the firm as a ...

McKool Smith Hennigan, lead counsel to The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles and the California Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the ...

McKool Smith Principal Kirk Dillman was honored with the 2018 Jim Robbie Award from the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association during the ...

McKool Smith and Benchmark Litigation have collaborated to produce “Behind the Trial,” a podcast featuring the nation’s most iconic trial lawyers. The series is ...

McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that F. Scott Kieff, former  Commissioner of the International Trade Commission (ITC), has joined the ...

On January 8, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced its decision in favor of McKool Smith client Wi-Fi One LLC, ruling en banc that ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce the promotion of five attorneys to Principals in the firm’s New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Austin offices, effective January 1 ...

McKool Smith has secured a $75 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Ericsson Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (collectively “Ericsson”) against ...

McKool Smith Principal Sam Baxter was presented with the John Hannah, Jr. Award for Public Service at the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) Bench Bar Conference in Plano on ...

J. Michael “Mike” Hennigan, a founding principal of McKool Smith’s Los Angeles office, was recently awarded the University of Arizona College of Law “Lifetime ...

LOS ANGELES (July 26, 2017) -- McKool Smith has secured a $9.4 million jury verdict on behalf of legendary music producer Quincy Jones against the late music icon Michael ...

McKool Smith Hennigan has once again played an integral role in the success of the "Food From The Bar" (FFTB) campaign. FFTB is an annual four-week charitable effort led by the ...

McKool Smith, one of America’s leading trial firms, has announced that Dallas Principal Steven Wolens has been elected Chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission.  Wolens ...