All posts tagged "State of Texas"
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2.1KEditors ChoiceLawyers Using Client Monies Like a Personal ATM is a Nationwide Virus and One that Needs to Be Stopped by Jailing these Rogue Attorneys
Lawyer Stewart D. Pollak misappropriated funds while acting as an escrow agent in a turnover proceeding, according to the panel. Entrusted with...
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5.4KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyer Chris Hartman Finally Disbarred After Becoming State Witness to Prevent Going to Jail for Theft
A Sweetwater attorney who was an unindicted co-conspirator with John Young and Ray Zapata in the forgery, theft and money laundering trial...
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1.9KFifth CircuitTexas Supreme Court Tells Lower Court it Can Request Supplemental Briefing When the Good Lord Needs It
“We construe the Rules of Appellate Procedure liberally, so that decisions turn on substance rather than procedural technicality.” Garza v. Garcia, 137...
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1.6KKen PaxtonTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton Wants Your Vote
Each judge on Thursday’s Fifth Circuit panel appeared cranky during what was the first of four hearings. U.S. Circuit Judge Carl E....
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1.7KEditors ChoiceYou’re an Ex-Con, Come Join in the Race to be a Member of the Houston Council
In a long-awaited decision, a visiting judge ruled Tuesday that a Houston City Council candidate who has a felony conviction should remain...
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2.5KAppellate CircuitLights on Fifth; Interesting Orders from Friday 22nd Nov., 2019
A familiar panel from the Article we wrote about earlier, the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank, this one worded ORDER caught...
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3.8KLaws In TexasRecently Disbarred Texas Attorney Arrested for Asking Judge to Call Him
Just three weeks after the Texas Supreme Court upheld the disbarment of Mark Cantu, the ex-lawyer was arrested for allegedly threatening a...
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2.6K1Donald TrumpThe Silent Solicitor General of Texas Kyle Douglas Hawkins
We would also mention the recent US Supreme Court Grant; SELIA LAW v. CFPB case 19-7, as particular to our case. The...
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4.5KNewsAustin-area attorney Jamie Balagia, known as “The DWI Dude” convicted of fleecing Colombian Drug Lords
This defendant and his group were running a scam on drug dealers—some of the biggest drug dealers in the world, said U.S....
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1.6KNewsTexas Judges Agree, Texans Are Accessing Courts Responsibly and Jury Trial Awards are Very Fair.
When systems fail, we must preserve access to our justice system. When people mistakenly believe most lawsuits are meritless, consumers slowly lose the...
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4.3KLaws In TexasOpinion Pending: A Well-Known Sanctioned NRA Lawyer With a[nother] Non-Disclosed Ethics Violation Taps the Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney Bill Brewer petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Of course he won. This is Texas and Texas Supreme Court is owned by...
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2.4K3Laws 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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1.6KFifth CircuitTexas Supreme Court forms ‘Judicial Council on Mental Health Legislative Research Committee’
Mathews earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Colorado, going on to receive her J.D. from the University of Houston....
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2.3KFifth CircuitLongest Serving Felony Judge in Harris County Resigns Abruptly
Jackson declined to disclose her future plans until after her tenure ends. A provision in the Texas Constitution bars judges from announcing...
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2.7KDebt CollectorFifth Circuit Appellate Court for the State of Texas Reenacts the Alamo by Charging Lower Court Abused its Discretion by ‘Invading the Attorney Work-Product Privilege’
The court’s opinion doesn’t seem to reflect or take note that the trial court’s order had allotted for redacting any attorney-client privileged...
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1.9KEditors ChoiceAs House Speaker is Outed it Confirms The Truth: Texas Lawmakers are Vultures Only Interested in Their Own Political Interests and Financial Rewards
I have made mistakes Speaker Bonnen seeking to rebuild the trust that has been broken. In an email sent to colleagues, Bonnen...
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2.9K1Donald Trump
Who is Solicitor General of Texas Kyle Douglas Hawkins?
Despite your colleague, Mr Mateer's wonderful legal history and lessons about the separation of State and Federal functions when corresponding with the...
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1.9KKen Paxton
Attorney General Ken Paxton has One Thing in Common with Donald Trump, How to Delay a Criminal Case to Ensure Re-election and Keep Yourself in Good Company
It’s been nearly four years since a Collin County jury indicted Paxton on felony securities fraud charges, but he has yet to...
