All posts tagged "state bar of texas"
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12.6K4Editors 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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2.0KLaws 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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2.6K5Federal 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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4.9K2Editors 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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5.8K2Federal 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...
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3.9KFederal LawA Review of the High Profile Case of Waco Attorney Greg White, (former) U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. and Texas Legal Ethics Transparency Advocate and Attorney-at-Law Ty Clevenger
The council said Smith’s actions did not warrant a recommendation of impeachment. Clevenger appealed that decision to the Administrative Office of United...
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4.1K1Deed of TrustTexas Lawyer Ethics Violation by William Allen Schultz, a Denton County Prosecutor who Failed to Disclose Favorable Evidence (Rule 3.04(a))
3.04 Fairness in Adjudicatory Proceedings. Rule 3.04(a), which precedes and bolsters Rule 3.09(d), provides that a lawyer shall not unlawfully obstruct another...
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4.4K1Federal 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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5.4K6Laws 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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2.7KLaws 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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5.1KFederal LawTexas State Bar President-Elect Sorrels Appoints Wife Alexandra “Alex” Sorrels to Foundation Board, Raising Ethics Questions
Former board chairman Rehan Alimohammad said that Sorrels should further explain why he appointed his wife, because some attorneys have claimed the...
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2.7KDeed of TrustQuiet Title Review in Smitherman Case
In June 2016, Smitherman filed his fourth lawsuit in state court relating to this mortgage dispute to prevent a fourth foreclosure attempt.
