Haynes Boone Managing Partner Taylor Wilson and Sakina Rasheed Foster, managing partner of the Dallas office were quoted in an article in Texas Lawyer discussing the new Dallas office.
Read an excerpt below:
After 15 years in Victory Park, Haynes Boone is in the process of moving more than 330 employees including more than 220 lawyers into five-and-one-half floors in Harwood No. 14., a building located close to the Katy Trail.
“We could not be more pleased with the move. Our attorneys and staff in Dallas are settling in…There’s a high level of energy as we take this big step,” said Taylor Wilson, managing partner of Haynes Boone, who said the move started in mid-September and will be complete by Oct. 1.
The firm’s lawyer count in Dallas is at an all-time high, Wilson said, but the new space provides room to grow even though it’s smaller, because it’s more efficient. It features same-sized offices and more collaboration spaces for attorneys such as state-of-the-art video conferencing rooms and collaboration rooms for team meetings.
A large café area is on the 24th floor, accessible via from the 23rd-floor reception floor.
Sakina Foster, managing partner of the Dallas office, said the café space is for gatherings as well as meals, and the firm will display local artwork throughout the area, including a glass piece done by Carlyn Ray that will hang above the stairway.
The building is also a good fit for the firm’s wellness initiatives, Foster said, because there’s a gym and bike storage. The nearby Katy Trail provides hiking and biking opportunities.
The 125,000-square-foot office will accommodate a lawyer count in the mid-200s, Wilson said.
In 2022, the firm moved to new offices in Denver and Mexico City, and plans call for a move to a new office in Austin later this year.
Foster said people are excited about the new office.
“It’s been 15 years in our old space, and we are looking forward to a new chapter in our history,” she said.
To read the full article in Texas Lawyer, click here.
