Fake lawyer heads to prison
Here, from the Department of Justice, we see the Texas case of a man who didn’t bother to vault all the hurdles placed in front of people wanting to practice law. It appears he took the Nike approach...
View ArticleI object! More than 200 times a day I object!
Lawyer Paul Looney was up and down objecting sometimes more than 200 times a day in a Harris County capital murder case that ended this week. He warned the jurors about it in jury selection and in...
View ArticleFINALLY! White House may bother to appoint Texas U.S. Attorneys
The Dallas Morning News reported here (password required) that “The Justice Department has quietly begun vetting candidates for the four long-vacant U.S. attorney posts in Texas — a sign the White...
View ArticleAP: Enron’s Rex Shelby gets probation
This just in from the AP about the sentencing of one of the nicest guys I’ve ever covered in a case like this, Rex Shelby: Enron Broadband Exec Gets 2 Years on Probation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...
View ArticleLawyers may be watching you & your family on Facebook
Did you hear the one about the divorce lawyer who discovered his client’s ex-wife was sending child support to her own mother by spotting a shiny new Jaguar on the Grandma’s Facebook page? How about...
View Article13 Texas Lawyers Disciplined
Disciplinary Actions — April 2014 State Bar list (verbatim from the State Bar of Texas) 13 DISCIPLINED - 5 FROM THE HOUSTON AREA General questions regarding attorney discipline should be directed to...
View ArticleTexas Courthouse Holiday Lights. Happy Holidays!
From over the years snapshots of pretty holiday lights at Texas county courthouses. Happy holidays to all.
View ArticleTom DeLay, grand jury experts to speak 1/31 at HBA seminar
The Houston Bar Association seminar The Grand Jury System: A Closer Look will feature keynote speaker Tom Delay and be held Saturday morning , January 31, 2015 • 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at South Texas...
View Article16 Texas Lawyers Disciplined on February Bar List
Sixteen Texas lawyers disciplined on the February list from the State Bar of Texas. Five are from the Houston area.
View ArticleSix Texas Lawyers Disciplined, Five From Houston Area
Six Texas lawyers, five from the Houston area, were disciplined on the May list from the State Bar
View Article13 Texas Attorneys & Judges Disciplined on September List
13 Texas Attorneys & Judges Disciplined on September List
View Article28 Texas Lawyers Disciplined on October List
28 Texas lawyers disciplined on October list. Four of them are from Houston. List from State Bar disciplinary committee.
View Article27 Lawyers & Judges Disciplined on November List
27 lawyers & judges disciplined on November List of discipline from the state bar.
View Article16 Lawyers & Judges Disciplined on December List
16 Texas Lawyers & Judges Disciplined on December State Bar Discipline List
View Article51 Texas Lawyers & Judges Disciplined March-May
51 Texas lawyers and judges were disciplined on the State Bar March, April and May lists.
View ArticleNeil Kelly is new Houston Bar president
The new Houston Bar Association president is Neil D. Kelly, a civil litigator at Andrews Kurth LLP.
View Article56 Lawyers Disciplined on June & July State Bar Lists
56 Lawyers Disciplined on the June & July Texas State Bar Lists.
View ArticleLawyers Sing & Dance for Charity 8/17-8/20 at Hobby Center
The lawyers & judges at Night Court 2016 hope to sing, dance and pun their way to earn $1 million in donations to support legal charities with this year's show "Texas Law and Order." It runs August...
View Article38 Texas Lawyers Disciplined on November & December Lists
38 Texas lawyers disciplined on November & December state bar discipline lists
View Article33 Lawyers Disciplined on March & April Lists
33 lawyers disciplined on March & April lists from the State Bar of Texas.
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