All posts tagged "judges"

Federal Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court Judge for Tossing Case Over a Late-Filed Document

U.S. District Judge Manuel Real acted too harshly when he tossed a case because a document was filed a week past the...

2.1K

2

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Former Counsel to Trump, Don McGahn Discuss How Important Judges Were to Winning the Presidential Campaign

If you’re not smart, you’ll lose a war quickly if you don’t have the right generals in place. Remember, McConnell sleeps with...

6.0K

The SuperBowl List of 16 Sacked Texas Attorneys and a Judge. And Let’s Not Forget the 9 Lawyers’ Names that You’ll Never Know About

The State Bar of Texas' Superbowl February List of 16 'Sacked' lawyers, and a judge that's promoting his brother. Then there's the...

1.8K

School Superintendent’s Request to Seal Sexual Misconduct Documents Denied by 14th Court of Appeals, Texas

A former Seguin ISD superintendent, looking to keep the details of a sexual harassment case against him private, has suffered another legal...

1.9K

News

State Supreme Court Justice Gets to Resign over Harassment Charges but His Resignation Came with Strict Terms

One Word. Transparency. That's lacking in the Judicial branches at both state and federal levels nationwide and it's time for change.

1.7K

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht’s 2019 Address to the Texas Legislature About the State of the Judiciary

Hecht: The framers of the Constitution mistrusted the power of government, so they divided it among three Branches, intending them to be...

4.3K

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...

3.2K

Deutsche Bank

Who is Attorney Drew Tipton, the Latest Trump Nomination as US District Judge SD Tex.?

Drew Tipton, nomination by Donald Trump to the Federal Bench in SD Texas, obtained dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed...

2.5K

Trump’s Judicial Nominee Didn’t Know Any Answers to Basic Questions. He’s Not Alone.

Matt Petersen is a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) with two decades of high-level legal experience in political and...

2.3K

Acceleration

CFPB’s Consent Order Confirms the Premeditated Plan to Unlawfully Evict Millions of Homeowners In America By the Bankers and Government for Financial Greed

By 2011, Flagstar Bank FSB had 13,000 active loss mitigation applications versus 25 full-time employees in the loss mitigation department and a...

4.1K

2

Harker Heights Texas Lawyer King Accused of Demeaning and Threatening Statements During Conversations and Text Messages with Opposing Pro Se

Calling a Pro Se Stupid and Harassing Her Gets this 10-Gallon Hat Wearing Texas Lawyer Richard Lee King a Date with Judge...

8.1K

San Antonio Attorney Phil Ross Thrashed in Court, Now Facing The Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline, But He’s Not Worried About a Slap

San Antonio lawyer Philip Martin Ross represented a woman who didn’t have the capacity to execute legal documents, according the petition in...

2.7K

Federal Law

Texas Lawyer Keen[e] to Resign After being Criminally Charged with Soliciting a Client for Sex, in Exchange for Legal Services

The Texas Supreme Court accepted James W. Keene’s resignation in lieu of discipline, which has the same legal impact as disbarment. Keene...

3.1K

DOJ Rounding Up on Virginia Lawyer. Why He Should Have Class Action Texas Lawyer Mikal Watts Number on Speed Dial

As the Department of Justice charge a Virginia lawyer with Extortion, we look at the State Texas is currently in, where Extortion...

1.8K

How President Donald Trump’s Hired the Federalist Society to Change the US Federal Courts Makeup Quickly and Dramatically

In less than three years as president, President Trump has done nearly as much to shape the courts as President Obama did...

4.4K