All posts tagged "lawyers"
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1.7KKen PaxtonAttorneys in Texas are Running Like Forrest Gump to Collect On Citizens Debts, Yet Texas Ethics Commission is Not Collecting Fines from State Representatives
18 politicians owe at least $20,000 each. The worst offenders below Reynolds are gubernatorial candidate Star Locke from Port Aransas ($33,500), district...
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1.8KKen PaxtonFormer Aide to the Austin Mayor’s Punishment for Being On the Take? A Letter from the Austin Ethics Commission
Records show Rodriguez received $17,235 in 2015 and $19,875 in 2016 in consulting payments from the Latino HealthCare Forum. He resigned from...
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1.4KEditors ChoiceTexas Law Firms are Consolidating and Realizing the Global Office is the Only Head Office in 2019
Our capabilities to serve our clients have definitely been enhanced by the merger, Russell said. “We have a footprint that has been...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceA Disabled Veteran and a Homeowner Wrongly Foreclosed by Wells Fargo Bank, Sold His Home the Day He Came Home from Hospital has Died in Court at a Hearing He Was Ordered to Attend
The bank became the nation’s largest home lender by selling homes, such as Larry’s property, to itself for far below fair market...
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4.7KFederal LawHilary H. Green, a Texas Judge who was Suspended Amid Allegations She used Drugs, Sexted a Bailiff and Hired Prostitutes Retires Prior to Her Trial
Their 2015 divorce proceedings also revealed a series of other accusations as Ron Green - then Houston's second-highest-ranked political official - accused...
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2.4K2Ken PaxtonFor God’s Sake Man, We Won’t Defend Our Texas Ethics Commission as a Texas Attorney General Should Sayeth the Paxtons as they Received nearly $1,000,000 in Campaign Donations from Empower Texans
Paxton, who was first elected in 2014, has received a total of $782,000 from Empower Texans and Dunn. Empower Texans has also...
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2.4KKen PaxtonThe Televangelism of Ken Paxton is a Great Article about How the Shy Church-Going Texas Attorney General Stepped Into Politics with Pistol Packin Mamma (Angel-a Paxton) and Silenced the Conversation about his Fraud Indictment
If the attorney general’s office were a private law firm, it would be among the largest in Texas, with more than seven hundred lawyers,...
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1.6KKen PaxtonCalling their Bluff, Texas’s Top Criminal Court Denies Attorney Fee Request by Prosecutors Pursuing Ken Paxton’s Criminal Case as they Threatened to Walk if Not Paid Going Rates
We’re disappointed that the Court took six months to summarily deny our motion for rehearing without addressing any of the substantial legal...
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4.2K1Federal LawTexas State Commission on Judicial Conduct – What Happened and Where are the Texas Judges Now (2019)?
We note at the outset that the function of the Commission is not to punish instead, its purpose is to maintain the...
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2.2KAccelerationShe May Look Like a Member of the “Friends” Cast, But the Only “Friends” this Consumers Watchdog Leader Has are Banks, Lawyers & Politicians as She Has Muzzled Her Protection of Citizens. That Actor is Kathleen Kraninger of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Kathleen Kraninger this week marked her first six months as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Consumer advocates called the occasion...
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5.1K6Laws In TexasThe June 2019 Texas Discipline Listing is a Selection of 28 Lawyers and Judges Who Were Hand Picked by the State Bar of Texas for Censure
A partially probated suspension is a combination of an active suspension (can't practice law) followed by a period of probated suspension (can...
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2.6KLaws In TexasWhen You Stumble Across an Article and Wonder if it’s Comedy Central or the Texas Bar Blog
As Gen. George S. Patton once said, u are always on parade. hose who know our profession and role in society are...
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4.1KFederal LawA Lawyer Who Represents Him or Herself Has a Fool for a Client, Or a Judge in their Pocket
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. This proverb is based on the opinion, probably first...
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1.9KFederal LawCommissioners Obtain Answer to AG opinion for $250k Fees Billed by Pro Tem Prosecutor
Between May 2017 and August 2018, Shearin submitted bills to the county amounting to $265,769, according to statements obtained by the Wood...
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2.0KFederal LawIt’s a Yes for a $500 Sanction for a Public Defender Held for Violating Local Court Rules and a No for it Being Held in Contempt
Although conduct unbecoming a member of the bar is not defined in the Local Rules, the Supreme Court has interpreted the same...
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1.4KEditors ChoiceJudge Refuses to Invoke Attorney Immunity for District Attorney in Murder Case
In the lawsuit, Perrilloux is accused of coercing an alleged witness to fabricate testimony in a 2002 capital murder case against Michael...
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1.7KFederal LawThe US Supreme Court Takes On the Fifth Circuit’s Stiff Sentencing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Holguin’s argument that the consecutive year term was substantively unreasonable. Holguin failed...
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2.3K1Federal LawThe Fifth Circuit Removes Rogue Attorney O’Dwyer from Practicing at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
To take just one example of serious misconduct, there was strong support for the finding that O’Dwyer engaged in the unauthorized practice...
