Judges
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4.9KOutlaws In Robes
2021 Most Wanted. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit Judges.
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1.5KTexas Judge: She’s the Best Damn Tax Assessor Collector that We have In this Country
She’s the best damn tax assessor collector that we have in this country. And so you’d be making a huge mistake —...
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1.0KThe Fifth Circuit is All at Sea About Following the Law
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod makes the right call here by way of dissent, applying common sense. Unfortunately it does not help the...
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3.1KEx-Lawyer Burt Burnett Receives a Big Bonus from a Specially Appointed Judge. No Jail Time. Zero. Nada.
Former Personal Injury Lawyer Burt Burnett receives a 10 year, interest free repayment plan and no jail time. Texas justice, for lawyers.
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1.9KChief Justice Gina Benavides Writes About Texas Appellate Standards. We’re Talkin’ Lawyers Creed, Legal Ethics and Other Obscure Rules Folks.
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1.2K1No Bond for Threatening a Judge in Florida.
Judge Melissa Distler was the intended target of the vitriol every time, causing her distress and leaving her in fear for her...
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1.9KAttorneys Fees Award by Fifth Circuit as a Sanction “Definitely Unusual” Claims Texas Trial Lawyer Eric Wood
The opinion does not address all the real parties and the details of who was counsel when and who is liable for...
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4.0KTexas Judge Mark Keough Formally Charge with DWI
Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough charged with driving while intoxicated in connection with a crash that happened four months ago.
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2.0KClass Action Legal Ethics are Different Says Creative Eleventh Circuit And Relying On Old 5th Cir. Precedent
Experience teaches that it is counsel for the class representative and not the named parties, who direct and manage these actions. Every experienced...
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2.7KTexas Courts Conclude Unanimously; As a Lyin’ Texas Lawyer Mark A. Cantu is Still Disbarred
Texas supreme court remanded to the 13th COA, to consider Cantus remaining issues. Justice Gina Benavides for the Court affirmed disbarment.
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2.1KDisbarred Lyin’ Lawyer Mark Cantu Loses 5 Year Defamation Case Where He Sued the Journalists for Reporting the Facts
The ruling was made under provisions of a state law that protect First Amendment rights by discouraging frivolous lawsuits, called anti-SLAPP.
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1.4KThree Strikes for the Date The Warden Posted the Prisoners Mail. Well, Hold That Thought for a Jiffy.
Mark Schwarzer believes his mail and rights to property are being tampered with and has spawned these two appeals before the Fifth...
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1.5KDon’t Blink Too Fast Says Judge Tjoflat for the Eleventh Circuit
Petition for en banc rehearing granted by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in this criminal case. Judge Gerald "Glossing"...
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4.9K1LIT Update: Texas Lawyer Oliver Jason Brown’s Criminal Trial for Domestic Abuse
A Houston-area attorney, Oliver Brown, was indicted by a grand jury after being accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend and LIT's...
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6.1KWho is Laura Stoll, a Liar Lawyer at Goodwin Procter LLP?
Laura A. Stoll is a partner in Goodwin Procter LLP's Financial Industry and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices, Los Angeles Office.
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1.5KFifth Circuit Ain’t So Jolly as its Reversed by Supreme Court for an Erie Guess, Again
To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...
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1.7KDavid Correia’s Goodwin Lawyer William Harrington Fails In Attempts To Seal Documents
The bottom line is whether civil or criminal, there are very rare reasons or circumstances for filing under seal. This S.D. NY...
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2.9KWhy Did Former Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter End Up in Jail?
Tracie Hunter, then a Hamilton County Juvenile Court judge, was indicted on multiple felony charges by a Hamilton County grand jury.
