All posts tagged "state bar of texas"

In the Pandemic Pandemonium, Texas Supreme Court’s BODA Overturns it’s Own Precedent and Effectively Repeals Disciplinary Rules.

BODA has just repealed Tex. Disciplinary Rules of Prof'l Conduct R. 8.03 (a) and overturned Texas Supreme Courts own precedent in Comm'n...

Texas Lawyer Threw One Egg at Judge’s Car is Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor

Texas Lawyer Erick Yollick is a former member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, as well as a member of...

Texas Bar and BODA Insulated ‘Absolutely’ from Litigation Sayeth Chief Justice Brian Quinn. That’s Fake News Too.

In enacting the Texas Tort Claims Act the legislature waived sovereign immunity in limited circumstances involving the use of publicly owned automobiles,...

Stop the Silence. Open Letter to the United States Senate Committee on Banking and Housing from the Burkes

As the Burkes have been “blanked” in unison by the judiciary and various state bars, we believe that our civil and constitutional...

Solar Soccer Lose $1M Dollars to Thievin’ Texas Lawyer David Ringer. He Received a Slap on the Wrist.

A grand jury indicted Texas Lawyer George David Ringer on two charges of theft and misappropriation of funds while Chairman of Solar...

Theater In The Courtroom Lawyer Seth Sutton Will Need An Agatha Christie Inspired Performance in His Murder for Hire Trial

A well-known Waco, Texas defense lawyer, who once ran for county district attorney, sat behind bars on Saturday in a murder for...

WalMart and No Doubt Scalia Pull Rank and a Trump Appointed DA in East Texas Gets a Greyhound Bus Ticket Outta Town

Before the Texas prosecutors could file their case, however, Walmart escalated concerns to high-ranking officials at the DOJ, who then intervened. Brown...

Texas Attorney James Walker of Cole Schotz and Clients Alfa Adhesives Stuck with 60k in Sanctions for Fabrication of Evidence

A Texas federal judge ordered a glue manufacturer to pay a furniture manufacturer $60,000 in attorney fees after one of the glue...

Texas Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin Calls Out Law Firm [Mis]Conduct

Kirkland & Ellis LLP “should be embarrassed” by the way it stonewalled information requests from a legal recruiting firm which delayed discovery...

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...

The Snakes of the Texas Legal Profession Are Now Officially Allowed Snap Removals as Defendants and Sewer Service as Plaintiffs

Fifth Circuit say 'snap removal' is perfectly fine, despite it being as egregious as 'sewer service'. It's an endorsement of shady legal...

Texas SCJC Invited Citizens to Discuss their Experiences regarding Family Matters in State Court, it Wasn’t Good News for Texas Judges

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct invited public citizens of Texas to a meeting to discuss Texas Judges and Justice in Family...

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...

Texas Judge Congratulated a Dozen Attorneys on Winning Cases in Her Court on Facebook

Texas Judge Speedlin Gonzalez’s eight posts, which appeared between August and October 2019, congratulated 12 attorneys on winning jury verdicts and lauded...

Senior Judge Lynn Hughes One Liner Judgment Dismissing EEOC Case Reversed by Fifth Circuit

Fifth Circuit 3-Panel Scolds Senior Federal Judge Lynn Hughes, S.D. Tex., for One Liner Judgment by Publishing Opinion for Instructive Precedent Training.

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...

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...