Jenkens & Gilchrist
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Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. was a Dallas-based law firm, founded in 1951 as Jenkens & Bowens to service the various businesses controlled by Clint Murchison Jr. The Dallas Morning News was an early client. As a result of the extent of Murchison family holdings, the firm soon developed expertise in corporate transactions.
Headquarters | Dallas, TX |
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No. of offices | ? |
No. of attorneys | 600+ |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Revenue | ā |
Date founded | 1951 (Dallas, TX) |
Company type | DEFUNCT |
In the 1980s, the firm faced liability and financial difficulties resulting from involvement in the Savings and Loan Crisis. Jenkens settled a number of malpractice lawsuits in 1987 for $18 million. In the 1990s, Jenkens saw intense growth and added offices outside Texas for the first time to expand from a regional into a national law firm.
Opening a Chicago office with a tax attorney team from Altheimer & Gray in 1998 would become the most fateful act for the firm.[1] In 2000, the firm merged with Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl to launch in New York City. By 2001, the firm employed more than 600 attorneys, reaching its peak in size. In 2004, the firm advised Fossil, Inc. in its $173 million secondary securities offering managed jointly by J.P. Morgan, Jefferies & Company, and CIBC World Markets.