Supreme Court of Texas

April is Upon Us and It’s a Foolish Dozen of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly. Then there’s the Bakers Dozen You’ll Never Know About. It’s a Secret.

Judge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap

Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...

Foreclosure King Steve Mnuchin Hires Another Member of the Eviction Gang in Preparation of Another Cash Bonanza at the Expense of the People

Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin apparently enjoyed working with some of his compatriots at OneWest Bank so much that he’s now moving to...

A Pro Se Attorney Who Threatened Opposing Counsel Appeals Commission for Lawyer Discipline Sanction. It Did Not Impress a Wise Panel

During the middle of a trial, attorney Jack Yetiv threatened to file a disciplinary grievance against opposing counsel Bruce Wilkin unless Wilkin...

Texas Lawyers Behaving Badly in Mad March 2020. An Array of In-Progress Results This Month and a Few New Additions

The State Bar of Texas' March Madness List of 15 disciplined lawyers and judges. Then there's the secret eight, a list of...

Texas Immigration Attorney Allowed to Resign Quietly By the Texas Supreme Court

As disciplinary issues for this Arlington based Texas Immigration attorney mounted, David Do was apparently fast to resign. Texas Supreme Court obliged.

Former Judge Relinquishes Supreme Court Bar Membership, But Not Without Words to Chief Justice Roberts

I can no longer say that with any confidence. You (Chief Justice John Roberts) are doing far more— and far worse– than...

CIGNA’s Attorney Privilege Claims too Fishy for this Senior Texas Federal Judge

In summary, the court concludes that AP may successfully assert the fiduciary exception against Cigna; or, stated differently, Cigna "cannot assert the...

Texas Southern University Admissions Scandal is Appalling. Criminal Indictments Need to Be Issued. The Audit Report Already Proves the Corruption

Texas Southern University awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships to poorly performing students in a scheme to boost enrollment and enrich a...

Fracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result

ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...

Fifth Circuit Affirm Disbarment of Texas Lawyer Ryan Ray from Local Federal Court. The Appellate Court Had Been Duped by Ray Previously.

The court finds that Texas Lawyer Ryan E. Ray engaged in intentional conduct, involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation.

Texas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered

Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...

A Former Felon and Lawyer Wanted His Texas Law License Reinstated. His Request Was Correctly Denied.

Eggert was licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Texas in 2004. The following year, Eggert moved to...

Editors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?

Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...

The Federal Reserve is Bank Owned. Two Banks Own 75 Percent of It. Can You Name Them?

Still, it serves as yet another red flag for those concerned with the power of too-big-to-fail banks that the top two banks...

The SCJC Prominently Displays the Judicial Code of Conduct in Public Warning to Texas State Judge – Federal Judges Are Immune from the Code of Conduct.

The Texas judge sua sponte appointed a different attorney for the defendant, but never entered a written order removing the original attorney,...

Ex University of Texas Tennis Coach Gets 6 Months in Jail. Yet Texas Southern University’s Ex President’s “Pay to Play” Scandal Received a Golden Handshake

Corruption in Texas: When you're in charge of a Texas Law School and are Accused of a "Pay to Play" Admissions Scandal,...

Texas Supreme Court Says Tampering With Evidence Receives Attorney Immunity. Check Your Car Brake Lines Next Time You Leave Court Folks.

Bethel alleges that Quilling intentionally destroyed key evidence in the case by disassembling and testing the trailer’s brakes before Bethel had the...