All posts tagged "state bar of texas"
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2.9KDonald TrumpSocial Media is a Voice and Vehicle which Unearths the Hidden Secrets [and Corruption] of the Three Branches of State and US Government and Now they Seek Ways to Silence Democracy and Free Speech #WeThePeople
The ABA, recognizing the urgency and timeliness of these issues, has chosen Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society for this year’s Law...
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3.8KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Accuses Houston of Willfully and Maliciously Destroying Evidence
Houston city officials intentionally destroyed evidence, wiping crucial data from the computer drives of top police commanders that is potentially relevant to...
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2.6KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Hilda G. Tagle Halts Pending Execution of Inmate, Surprising Everyone Associated With the Case
Judge Tagle’s order notes that the attorney is no longer allowed to practice in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because of...
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4.3KEditors Choice13 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the November 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 9 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
13 Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue and the 9 privileged enough to be Disciplined Privately and so you'll never know -...
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2.9K4Debt CollectorEditors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime
The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...
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2.5K3Laws In TexasSupreme Court of Texas Releases New Opinion Where it Clarifies When [Federal] Judges Can and Have an Ethical Obligation to Testify in Court
The ethics rules for federal judges thus affirmatively encourage the reporting of attorney misconduct and the providing of testimony in disciplinary proceedings.
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2.5K1Appellate CircuitThere Was Never Going to Be a Pow[e]-Wow On this Deutsche Bank 5th Circuit Appeal with A Very Ethically Challenged 3-Panel of Higginbotham, Ho and Ho, ehem…Engelhardt
In the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., the 3-Panel issued a “Single Word” Opinion. The 5th Circuit Are...
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4.2K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the October 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 10 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue - October 2019 List from the State Bar of Texas.
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3.0KFederal LawUpdate: Wrongfully Convicted Alfred Brown Was Denied Compensation by Texas; Now a Former Supreme Court Justice is Stepping In
A former Texas Supreme Court justice has joined the legal fight to help ex-death row inmate Alfred Brown get compensation for the...
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3.1KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Left Standing with a $500 Bill from District Judge Jeffrey Fletcher; No Gratuities Expected or Required
The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a party can’t bring a direct appeal from a contempt finding, meaning the court...
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1.9KLaws In TexasEye See; The Lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct Applied in New Jersey
A comment to the rule says the word discrimination is to be “construed broadly,” and it includes “derogatory and demeaning language.”
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3.2KLaws In TexasCriminal Judge Andrew Wright Sanctions Harris County District Attorney for Bad Faith Delay in Submission of Evidence
“The Court finds that the State has engaged in bad faith litigation tactics,” Wright wrote in an one-page order signed Aug. 23....
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1.7KDonald TrumpSouthern Baptist Church has Revenues akin to Office Depot. Now Lawyers Wish to Test the Church Claims of Legal Immunity in Sexual Abuse Cases
Every year, churches in the SBC collectively raise about $11 billion — revenues that put them on par with a mid-tier Fortune...
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3.7KFederal LawTexas Lawyer On Trial for Federal Tax Evasion involving Millions of Dollars and Shelf Companies. No Doubt A lot of Other Texas Lawyers Will Be Watching and Worrying
The indictment alleges that Pursley received more than $4.8 million and an ownership interest in the co-conspirator’s ongoing business for his role...
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2.0KEditors ChoiceTexas Judge Who Sent Man to Death Row is Accused of Being Blatantly Anti-Semitic During the Trial of a ‘Texas 7’ Member
More than 100 Jewish attorneys and four religious organizations have filed an amicus brief siding with a death-row inmate who’s seeking a...
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4.9K1Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the September 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges; Just Remember, the State Bar of Texas Prints 11 Months – There’s No List Printed in August; Apparently it’s an Unofficial Vacation Month
40 Texas Lawyers and Judges Disciplined on September List of Disciplinary Actions by the State Bar of Texas and published in the...
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2.2KEditors ChoiceSenior Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes Creates Havoc in His Courtroom by Sentencing Terrorist to 18 Months; and the ISIS Fanatic is Now Out and Headed Back to University of Houston
ISIS fanatic Khan admitted in his plea that he’d told Garcia via Facebook that he wanted to join ISIS. A few weeks...
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3.4KFederal LawWhen You Get a Million Dollar Settlement in a Patent Case, Don’t Evade Paying Your Taxes on the Reported Settlement or the IRS Will Indict You and Your Crooked Lawyer
According to the indictment, Thomas and Michelle Selgas, a married couple, conspired with John O. Green, an attorney licensed to practice in...
