June 21, 2015 – The Dallas Morning News reports today on the next chapter of Bickel & Brewer – as co-founding partner John W. Bickel II leaves the firm after more than three decades. The article reports the firm is changing its name to Brewer, and preparing for a “move to new offices atop downtown Dallas’ Comerica Tower.”
The Morning News reports, “For more than three decades, Bickel & Brewer instilled fear in business leaders and disgust in opposing counsel. The Dallas litigation boutique firm gained a national reputation for its abrasive, brass-knuckles, confrontational style.”
“I will always appreciate the time we had together and the success we experienced during the past 30 years,” Brewer said. “We never really felt there was a dispute between us. We are good friends and godfather to each other’s children. We had lunch together just recently.”
He said that large full-service law firms that cut back their litigation departments present opportunities for litigation boutiques such as Brewer to grab experienced trial lawyers seeking firms that have lots of cases.
“We live in the rarefied air of handling big-ticket items that attract really great lawyers,” he said. “If you are a buyer — and we are — it is a conspiracy of riches right now.”
Read the report here.