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Lawyer Complaints

Texas Criminal Judge Slaughter Rips the State of the Texas Bar and Urges Fellow Lawyers and Judges to Report Rogue Lawyers

The lawyer at issue, appellate counsel Gaylyn Leon Cooper, failed to notify the applicant of the outcome of his direct appeal and...

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Meet Dusty Boyd, Coryell County DA and Texas State Bar District 8-3 Presiding Member Who Emits Ranch Justice

This article looks at District Attorney Dustin Hugh Boyd. He recommended disbarring rogue Texas lawyer Ms. Cynthia Brown and that was agreed,...

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Texas

Why Did the State Bar of Texas Cover Up the Former Proud Boy Lawyer’s Death Threats and Misconduct?

Proud boy Texas Attorney Jason Lee Van Dyke receives a slap with a pardon from the Texas Bar for repeated threats of...

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Disbarred, Jailed, Reinstated and Now Partially Probated for the Same Tricks, This Connected Con Artist Lawyer is A Prime Example of What’s Wrong with the Texas Legal Profession

Married to a judge, Bishop was a behind-the-scenes power in deciding who would get on the bench and stay there; in return...

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Removed Texas State Judge Smoots-Thomas is Arrested While Out on Bond. She’s Barrelling Out of Control says Her Lawyer

Smoots-Thomas has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Bond was set at $10,000.

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The State Bar of Texas CDC Needs to Educate Itself Relative to Claim Preclusion Laws in Texas (Part I)

Burke v Hopkins Complaint to the Commission For Lawyer Discipline (CDC) - State Bar of Texas and after Mr Eric Hsu's non-compliance...

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Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Challenges the State Bar of Texas. The Judge’s Decision is Still Pending.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a lawsuit against the State Bar of Texas, but the Judge responsible is taking his...

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Texas Lawyer Chris Hartman Finally Disbarred After Becoming State Witness to Prevent Going to Jail for Theft

A Sweetwater attorney who was an unindicted co-conspirator with John Young and Ray Zapata in the forgery, theft and money laundering trial...

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Judges

It’s the Year of the Rat. 2020 Starts Out with 20 Texas Lawyers Being Disciplined by the State Bar of Texas and 7 You’ll Never Know Their Names

The State Bar of Texas Discipline is clearly focused on ensuring it saves itself from any dwindling Fee Income. For example, the...

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The State Bar of Texas Confirms Theft of Funds By Lawyers is an Increasing Liability and Blame an Aging Legal Population. We’re Not Buying It

Texas Law: Lawyer Theft is So Commonplace The State Bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline Just List it as an Operating Expense in...

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Ethics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?

At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...

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Debt Collector

Editors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime

The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...

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Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the September 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges; Just Remember, the State Bar of Texas Prints 11 Months – There’s No List Printed in August; Apparently it’s an Unofficial Vacation Month

40 Texas Lawyers and Judges Disciplined on September List of Disciplinary Actions by the State Bar of Texas and published in the...

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Jurisdiction

The Executives at the State Bar of Texas Keep Chattering About Legal Ethics But We Keep Witnessing ‘My Cousin Vinny’

Ethics Resources Abound for Texas Lawyers But these Texas Attorney's Prefer to Like, Share and Subscribe to Vinny on Netflix and the...

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Federal Law

State Bar of Texas face Summary Judgment Ruling by Austin Judge but Paddy Power is Not Accepting Wagers

The case is similar to legal challenges that lawyers have filed against mandatory bar associations in other states, which all rely on...

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Bill Of Review

Texas Attorney Kristin Wilkinson Disbarred but Not Before Dressing Down BODA and the State Bar of Texas in Her Emotional Summary

Wilkinson, 54, of Houston, was disbarred. The 284th District Court of Montgomery County found that Wilkinson committed a serious crime or committed...

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