All posts tagged "state bar of texas"
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3.1KEditors ChoiceWhen You’re a Texas Lawyer Caught on the Wrong Side of the Law and Police are Filming an Episode of Live PD Nationwide. Busted.
A police dog was alerted during a sniff of Hardy’s BMW, leading to a police search that turned up suspected marijuana, methamphetamine,...
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2.5KFederal LawReflecting on the Sebesta (DA) Case of Concealing Evidence to Obtain a False Verdict: The Practice is Still Rife in Texas Courts; from Criminal to Civil Cases.
Graves was sentenced to death in 1994 and close to execution twice. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Graves’ conviction...
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4.5KBill Of ReviewTexas Attorney Kristin Wilkinson Disbarred but Not Before Dressing Down BODA and the State Bar of Texas in Her Emotional Summary
Wilkinson, 54, of Houston, was disbarred. The 284th District Court of Montgomery County found that Wilkinson committed a serious crime or committed...
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2.5K3Laws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: Texas Attorney Complaint(s) – The Burkes Pending Decision(s) after Dismissal By the State Bar of Texas CDC
Burke v Hopkins Complaint - State Bar of Texas and Appeal to BODA (2019)
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3.1KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Penny Robe is the Chair of the Law Practice Management Committee for the State Bar of Texas and Discusses Ethical Contract Attorney Fees in Texas
State Bar of Texas Podcast. State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: Ethical Use of Contract Lawyers with Penny Robe
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4.1K2Deutsche BankFour Jailed Attorneys with Licenses to Practice in Texas Up for Standard Disbarment. However, Lawyers who Have Been Reported to the Bar for Running Around Passing Fake Documents in Foreclosure Cases to Evict Homeowners are Still Protected by the State
After a hearing Friday, four Texas attorneys convicted of child pornography, sexual abuse, and bank, health care and marriage fraud are facing...
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4.8K4Editors ChoiceTexas Judge Ralph Strother: Facts You Need to Know About the Rapist Case and the Twin Peaks Case
Strother is a Texas judge under fire for allowing former Baylor frat president Jacob Walter Anderson escape prison time, pay a $400...
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2.3KDonald TrumpIt’s a Lifetime of $200k p.a. Retirement Income for Sexual Predators called Judges, Fully Paid Up by the Texas TaxPayer to Fund their Future Viagra Parties
Complaints filed by Clevenger likely led to the early retirements of Walter S. Smith Jr., a longtime federal judge in Waco, and...
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2.9K1Donald TrumpAttorney Jared Woodfill and Former Judge Paul Pressler are Recent Examples of the Bible State of Texas Politicians Caught in Sex, Lies and Corruption
Documents recently made public show that in 2004, Pressler agreed to pay $450,000 to another former youth group member for physical assault....
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5.2K1Donald TrumpFormer Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party Jared Woodfill is Under Investigation (again), This Time for Theft of Client Funds
A criminal complaint filed against ex Harris County Republican Party chairman Jared Woodfill in 2017 accuses his firm of taking more than...
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12.5K4Editors ChoiceThe Mysterious and Disturbing Case of Casie Gotro is a Prime Example of Texas Controlling its Citizens and its Lawyers
Colleagues, meanwhile, described Gotro’s troubles with the bar and her retreat from the law as a sign that she’d lost faith in...
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1.9KLaws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: The Board of Disciplinary Appeals Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas Has Released its 2018 Annual Report and We Have a Copy
In the year of 2018, out of 1,444 complaints, BODA decided 34 cases resulting in final judgments of discipline or disability (2.3%)....
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2.5K5Federal LawWhen Should a Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Recuse Themselves? We Take a Look at Judge James ‘Jim’ Ho in this Article
A featured case, Judge Ho sat on Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., where the panel affirmed for the German-Owned Bank, who had...
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4.7K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the July List of Lawyers Disciplined and Hand-Picked for Infractions due to Lack of Connections at the State Bar of Texas
According to State Commission on Judicial Conduct records, Megan Nicole Grigsby, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and associate municipal court judge...
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4.1K2Federal LawFifth Circuit Judge Wiener Excuses Himself for Inadvertently Failing to Disclose Assets in Prior Years Financial Disclosure Report
Fifth Circuit Judge Wiener failed to disclose all his financial interests in his Financial Disclosure Report, claims it was an inadvertent oversight...
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5.7K2Federal LawMeet Fifth Circuit Judge James ‘Jim’ Ho’s Attorney Spouse with a Resume which includes Defending MERSCORP and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Apart from defending Bankers and MERS, Mrs. Ho is a member of the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, appointed by U.S. Senators John...
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4.9KFederal 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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3.1K1Federal LawUsing the Attorney Immunity and Client Privilege Doctrines, Lawyers Across Texas Hide Evidence that Would Protect Citizens from Wrongful Judgments. In this Case, the Small Matter of a Death Sentence Was at Stake
Rizzo was aware of exculpatory evidence and chose not to produce it to the defense and the court. This evidence ultimately was...
