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| name= Rick Noriega
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'''DLA Piper''' is one of the largest law firms in the world and it is the only firm with more than 1,500 lawyers on each side of the Atlantic. DLA Piper is a legal services organization whose members and affiliates are separate and distinct legal entities.[http://www.dlapiper.com/global/termsconditions/structure/]
'''Richard Joel "Rick" Noriega''' (born January 8, 1958) is a member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] from District 145 in eastern [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], first elected in 1998. He is also the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for the [[Texas United States Senate election, 2008]] against the one-term [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[incumbent]] [[John Cornyn]].<ref>[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-ussenate_05pol.ART.State.Edition2.46a563a.html Noriega avoids runoff in Senate bid; Cornyn wins easily] Robert T. Garrett, ''Dallas Morning News'', March 5, 2008</ref> Noriega is married to [[Melissa Noriega]], a member of the [[Houston City Council]], a nominally [[nonpartisan]] position. The couple has two sons.


Together, the organization boasts more than 3,700 lawyers in 25 countries and 65 offices throughout the world. DLA Piper was formed as a result of the 2005 merger of San Diego-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, UK-based DLA LLP (previously Dibb Lupton Alsop 1996-2000), and Piper Rudnick LLP (itself a 1999 merger of Baltimore-based Piper & Marbury and Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe). In 2007, the firm had more than $2.1 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest grossing law firms in the world.
==Early life and education==
Noriega was born and reared in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref>[http://www.chron.com/news/politics/mypolitics.html?prox=/civic/candidates/5002 Rick Noriega Profile] [[Houston Chronicle]]</ref> After graduating from [[high school]] and joining the [[United States Army]], Noriega graduated from the [[University of Houston]] in 1984 and from [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] in 1990.


==Military service==
== Management ==
Noriega joined the [[United States Army]] in 1979 in the wake of the [[Iran hostage crisis]]. He became a [[Lt. Colonel]] in the [[Texas Army National Guard]], and most recently served in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan War]] that followed the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].


The firm is managed globally by three joint chief executive officers: Nigel Knowles, Frank Burch, and Lee Miller. The three were previously the managing partners of legacy firms (DLA, Piper & Marbury, and Rudnick & Wolfe, respectively). The Chairman of the firm's Global Board is former U.S. Democratic Senator [[George J. Mitchell|George Mitchell]], who chaired the peace negotiations which led to the 1998 [[Belfast Agreement|Belfast Peace Agreement]] and for which he won various awards including the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] and the [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize|UN (UNESCO) Peace Prize]]. Senator Mitchell is currently well known for the 2006-2007 assignment investigating steroid use in [[Major League Baseball]], which culminated in the so-called [[Mitchell Report (baseball)|"Mitchell Report"]].
On his return from Afghanistan, [[Bill White (mayor)|Mayor Bill White]] requested that Noriega command the evacuee shelter operation at the George Brown Convention Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where he oversaw thousands of [[Hurricane Katrina]] evacuees.


==Public service==
== Clients ==
Noriega was elected to the [[Texas House of Representatives]] in 1998 and has since served five terms. He currently acts as the Budget and Oversight Chair of the Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations Committee. Rick also sits on the Appropriations Committee.


DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. DLA Piper represents more than half of the top 250 Fortune 500 clients and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries.
==2008 U.S. Senate campaign==
{{main|United States Senate election in Texas, 2008}}
Noriega narrowly avoided a runoff election by receiving 51% of the vote in the [[March 4]], [[2008]] Democratic Primary. His opponents were Gene Kelly (a perennial candidate), Ray McMurrey, and Rhett Smith. Prior to the filing deadline, trial attorney [[Mikal Watts]] withdrew from his bid for the Democratic nomination on [[October 23]], [[2007]].<ref name=WattsForSenate>[http://wattsforsenate.com/page/content/race/ Statement from Mikal Watts] [[October 23]], [[2007]]</ref> Noriega faces Cornyn, who has outraised him financially, in the [[November 4]] general election.<ref name='SUSA Tracking Poll'> {{cite web|url=http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=3478c82b-c958-4d76-bbb1-8d52710ab2e6 |title=Survey USA TX Jr Sen Approval |accessdate=2007-12-09 }}</ref>


==Election Results==
==Notable Mandates==
===2006 State House 145===
{{Election box begin | title=2006 State House 145, General Election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 7,773
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = +0.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}


*DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwaelte GmbH Vienna branch advised [[Deutsche Telekom]] in its acquisition of a 16% share in Hrvatske Telecom, the Croatian telecoms group, from the Croatian government, for €500 million in 2001.
{{Election box begin | title=2006 State House 145, Democratic Primary}}
*Through its Amsterdam branch, acted for [[CMG (company)|CMG]] in its $1.25 billion merger with fellow software and computer services company [[Logica]] in 2002.
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*Counseled the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] as debt provider in the £277.8 million purchase of GondolaExpress by restaurant chain [[Pizza Express]] in 2003.
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
*Represented the UK [[Ministry of Defence]] in a £680 million [[project finance]] contract to redevelop an existing garrison to include several new barracks and an urban village in 2004.
|candidate = Rick Noriega
*DLA Piper Gvinadze & Partners acted for Frontera Resources Corporation in its $81 million listing on the [[AIM]] in 2005.
|votes = 784
*Counseled Heckmann Corp, through its Hong Kong and Phoenix branches, in its $625 million of China Water and Drinks Inc in 2008.
|percentage = 100.00%
*DLA Piper Madrid advised a consortium of banks including Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid, [[Banco Sabadell]] SA, [[Banco Popular Espanol]] SA, ICO, [[Banco Español de Crédito]] SA and [[Caixa Geral de Depósitos]] in a €1.2 billion for forestry company Grupo Empresarial Ence SA in 2008.
|change = +0.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}


===2004 State House 145===
== Awards ==
Current awards held by DLA Piper include:
{{Election box begin | title=2004 State House 145, General Election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 15,160
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = +0.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}


- Dispute Resolution Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2008<br />
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- TMT/IP Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2007<br />
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- Named a "Legal Market Trailblazer" by BTI Consulting Group<br />
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
- Ranked #8 on the list of "Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms" compiled by Yale Law Women in 2007<br />
|candidate = Rick Noriega
- Recognized as a "2007 Best Law Firm for Women" by ''Working Mother'' Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers<br />
|votes = 2,044
- #1 on the 2007 ''American Lawyer'' Pro Bono ranking for total lawyer participation<br />
|percentage = 100.00%
- Mid Market Law Firm of the Year at the Acquisitions Monthly Awards 2007
|change = +0.00%
}}
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== Political Contributions ==
===2002 State House 145===
{{Election box begin | title=2002 State House 145, General Election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 11,087
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = +28.57%
}}
{{Election box end}}


DLA Piper, like many firms, makes contributions to various politicians and candidates. For the 2008 Presidential primaries, DLA Piper's largest contribution is $10,000 to Hillary Clinton; by contrast, there were no contributions to her main competitors, [[Barack Obama]] and [[John Edwards]]. On the Republican side, [[Rudolph Giuliani]], [[John McCain]], [[Mitt Romney]], and [[Fred Thompson]] received contributions, while [[Ron Paul]] and [[Mike Huckabee]] did not. [http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.asp?strID=C00151340&Cycle=2008]
{{Election box begin | title=2002 State House 145, Democratic Primary}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 3,315
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = +0.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}


In addition, DLA Piper attorneys John Merrigan & Matthew Bernstein are major money-raisers for [[Hillary Clinton]]. DLA Piper employees have bundled over $470,000 to Mrs. Clinton's campaign, making DLA Piper Clinton's leading contributor as of February 28, 2008. [http://consortiumnews.com/2008/020808.html] [http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?id=N00000019&cycle=2008] [http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?id=N00000019&cycle=2008]
===2000 State House 145===
{{Election box begin | title=2000 State House 145, General Election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 12,158
|percentage = 71.43%
|change = +4.31%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Bunch
|votes = 4,863
|percentage = 28.57%
|change = -4.31%
}}
{{Election box end}}


== Offices ==
{{Election box begin | title=2000 State House 145, Democratic Primary}}
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♠ Australian offices practice as '''DLA Phillips Fox'''
===1998 State House 145===
{{Election box begin | title=1998 State House 145, General Election}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 6,405
|percentage = 67.12%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Bunch
|votes = 3,137
|percentage = 32.88%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}


+ Austrian and Central European offices practice as '''DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH'''
{{Election box begin | title=1998 State House 145, Democratic Primary}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
^ Egyptian office practice as '''DLA Matouk Bassiouny'''
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rick Noriega
|votes = 1,192
|percentage = 59.07%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ben Mendez
|votes = 488
|percentage = 24.18%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John Ray Harrison
|votes = 213
|percentage = 10.56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jamie Bray
|votes = 95
|percentage = 4.71%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark Sandoval
|votes = 30
|percentage = 1.49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}


- South African offices practice as '''Cliffe Dekker'''
==Issues==
===Economy===
Noriega has proposed a comprehensive plan to help struggling families keep their homes during the 2008 economic downturn, focusing on revamping bankruptcy law, increased funding of counseling for struggling homeowners, and a tax credit of $2000 for homeowners who refinance into a fixed-rate loan. He also proposes funding to allow homeowners to refinance into FHA (Federal Housing Administration) backed loans, which generally provide lower rates of interest than private commercial loans.
===Domestic security and immigration===
Noriega served the National Guard as commander of the Laredo sector during [[Operation Jump Start]], which deployed approximately 18,000 Guardsmen to the US/Mexico border in 2006 to provide increased border security until an improved immigration reform package could be approved on Capitol Hill. Noriega has focused on curtailing human trafficking and drug smuggling at the border, and is calling for more advanced surveillance technology to be deployed at the border as well as for more Guardsmen to be deployed there. Noriega opposes the use of a border fence to curb illegal immigration and trafficking.<ref>[http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2008/08/07/senate-candidate-noriega-lays-out-immigr-27.php Senate candidate Noriega lays out immigration plan] ''Texarkana Gazette'', August 7, 2008</ref>


~ Georgian office practices as '''DLA Piper Gvinadze & Partners LP'''
Noriega also authored HB 2546, a bill passed by the Texas legislature that restricts the sale of [[ammonium nitrate]] in order to prevent its use in criminal or terrorist activity such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].<ref>[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/doc/HB02546E.doc H.B. No. 2546] ''Texas State Legislature''</ref>


== External links ==
==References==
*[http://www.dlapiper.com Official site]
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Revision as of 16:34, 12 October 2008

DLA Piper
HeadquartersDecentralized
No. of offices65
No. of attorneys3,700+
Major practice areasGeneral Practice
Date founded2005 (merger)
Company typeLaw Firm
Websitedlapiper.com

DLA Piper is one of the largest law firms in the world and it is the only firm with more than 1,500 lawyers on each side of the Atlantic. DLA Piper is a legal services organization whose members and affiliates are separate and distinct legal entities.[1]

Together, the organization boasts more than 3,700 lawyers in 25 countries and 65 offices throughout the world. DLA Piper was formed as a result of the 2005 merger of San Diego-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, UK-based DLA LLP (previously Dibb Lupton Alsop 1996-2000), and Piper Rudnick LLP (itself a 1999 merger of Baltimore-based Piper & Marbury and Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe). In 2007, the firm had more than $2.1 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest grossing law firms in the world.

Management

The firm is managed globally by three joint chief executive officers: Nigel Knowles, Frank Burch, and Lee Miller. The three were previously the managing partners of legacy firms (DLA, Piper & Marbury, and Rudnick & Wolfe, respectively). The Chairman of the firm's Global Board is former U.S. Democratic Senator George Mitchell, who chaired the peace negotiations which led to the 1998 Belfast Peace Agreement and for which he won various awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the UN (UNESCO) Peace Prize. Senator Mitchell is currently well known for the 2006-2007 assignment investigating steroid use in Major League Baseball, which culminated in the so-called "Mitchell Report".

Clients

DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. DLA Piper represents more than half of the top 250 Fortune 500 clients and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries.

Notable Mandates

  • DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwaelte GmbH Vienna branch advised Deutsche Telekom in its acquisition of a 16% share in Hrvatske Telecom, the Croatian telecoms group, from the Croatian government, for €500 million in 2001.
  • Through its Amsterdam branch, acted for CMG in its $1.25 billion merger with fellow software and computer services company Logica in 2002.
  • Counseled the Royal Bank of Scotland as debt provider in the £277.8 million purchase of GondolaExpress by restaurant chain Pizza Express in 2003.
  • Represented the UK Ministry of Defence in a £680 million project finance contract to redevelop an existing garrison to include several new barracks and an urban village in 2004.
  • DLA Piper Gvinadze & Partners acted for Frontera Resources Corporation in its $81 million listing on the AIM in 2005.
  • Counseled Heckmann Corp, through its Hong Kong and Phoenix branches, in its $625 million of China Water and Drinks Inc in 2008.
  • DLA Piper Madrid advised a consortium of banks including Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid, Banco Sabadell SA, Banco Popular Espanol SA, ICO, Banco Español de Crédito SA and Caixa Geral de Depósitos in a €1.2 billion for forestry company Grupo Empresarial Ence SA in 2008.

Awards

Current awards held by DLA Piper include:

- Dispute Resolution Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2008
- TMT/IP Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2007
- Named a "Legal Market Trailblazer" by BTI Consulting Group
- Ranked #8 on the list of "Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms" compiled by Yale Law Women in 2007
- Recognized as a "2007 Best Law Firm for Women" by Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers
- #1 on the 2007 American Lawyer Pro Bono ranking for total lawyer participation
- Mid Market Law Firm of the Year at the Acquisitions Monthly Awards 2007

Political Contributions

DLA Piper, like many firms, makes contributions to various politicians and candidates. For the 2008 Presidential primaries, DLA Piper's largest contribution is $10,000 to Hillary Clinton; by contrast, there were no contributions to her main competitors, Barack Obama and John Edwards. On the Republican side, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson received contributions, while Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee did not. [2]

In addition, DLA Piper attorneys John Merrigan & Matthew Bernstein are major money-raisers for Hillary Clinton. DLA Piper employees have bundled over $470,000 to Mrs. Clinton's campaign, making DLA Piper Clinton's leading contributor as of February 28, 2008. [3] [4] [5]

Offices

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♠ Australian offices practice as DLA Phillips Fox

+ Austrian and Central European offices practice as DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH

^ Egyptian office practice as DLA Matouk Bassiouny

- South African offices practice as Cliffe Dekker

~ Georgian office practices as DLA Piper Gvinadze & Partners LP

External links

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