All posts tagged "supreme court of texas"
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39.2K1Federal LawTexas Lawyer Mark Benavides and the Sex for Services Scandal which is Actually Commonplace in Texas Legal Circles
Texas lawyer Mark H. Benavides was indicted again on a charge of continuous trafficking of persons in connection with allegations involving four...
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3.6KAppellate JudgesWhen You Burn Out Your Judicial Friendships. The Disgraced Former Abilene Personal Injury Attorney Burt “Maserati” Burnett
At the time of Lawyer Burt Lett Burnett’s resignation, there were eight pending matters against him alleging Burnett neglected cases. He was...
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3.7K2Editors ChoiceTexas Personal Injury Lawyers are Stealing their Clients Cash in Settlements and Generally Face Being Slapped by the State Commission
Stealing and/or Skimming cash from client settlements, taking client funds out of escrow before they are earned has a legal term, it’s...
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4.4K2JudgesHarker Heights Texas Lawyer King Accused of Demeaning and Threatening Statements During Conversations and Text Messages with Opposing Pro Se
Calling a Pro Se Stupid and Harassing Her Gets this 10-Gallon Hat Wearing Texas Lawyer Richard Lee King a Date with Judge...
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8.6K1JudgesSan Antonio Attorney Phil Ross Thrashed in Court, Now Facing The Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline, But He’s Not Worried About a Slap
San Antonio lawyer Philip Martin Ross represented a woman who didn’t have the capacity to execute legal documents, according the petition in...
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3.0K1Federal LawTexas Lawyer Keen[e] to Resign After being Criminally Charged with Soliciting a Client for Sex, in Exchange for Legal Services
The Texas Supreme Court accepted James W. Keene’s resignation in lieu of discipline, which has the same legal impact as disbarment. Keene...
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2.6K1Appellate CircuitA Legal Malpractice Award in Texas? Will it Stick? Heck No. And it’s a “Dredgeful” Opinion by the States Highest Court
Unfortunately, in this case, the client unwittingly relied upon bad professional legal advice, which is apparently not a good argument for a...
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2.2K2AccelerationWhen You Find Out Your 3-Panel at The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and it Confirms The Obvious. LIT Focuses on Panel Judge Don R. Willett
A review of partisan and politically corrupted Judge Don R. Willett of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and data...
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7.6K1Editors Choice25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Judges and Texas Lawyer Sanctions & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately Disciplined
25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately...
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3.0KEditors ChoiceMcAllen Lawyers Responsible for Texas Attorney Discipline Rally Together to Ensure Rogue Lawyers Vacation Schedule is Uninterrupted
We're highlighting Texas lawyers who are serial offenders yet they continually dodge justice care of the disciplinary committee lawyers appointed by the...
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2.8KEditors ChoiceThe Zen of Corpus Christi. Sanctions on Layaway for Bad Texas Lawyers
The Zen of Corpus Christi. In Texas, it’s judgments on ‘Layaway’ for naughty lawyers like Zenaida “Sandy” Sanchez, the ZEN of Corpus....
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5.5KEditors ChoiceFreemason and Intellectual Property Attorney in Houston Charged with Attempted Sexual Assault
Houston IP Law Firm Managing Partner Bill Ramey Charged With Attempted Sexual Assault at His Office.
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4.2KEditors ChoiceThe Unveiling of Judges as Sexual Predators in Texas Rages On and On and On. The State of Texas Should Recognize, It’s Been Outed for Wrongly Protecting These Judges
An ex-clerk in Central Texas last week sued a former county judge Michael Sutherland, accusing him of repeatedly raping her in his...
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4.4K5Federal LawJudge James Oakley of Burnet County; Roped In Twice and Escapes Again
Texas Judicial Ethics Guide : We condone everything and welcome Judges to do, and say, whatever they want. Especially repeat offenders.
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2.6KAppellate 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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2.4KEditors ChoiceEthics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?
At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...
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4.0KLaws 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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2.9KEditors ChoiceLawyer Civility Oaths? That’s a Joke.
David Chamberlain, former president of the Texas Chapters of ABOTA who advocated for the Texas civility oath in 2015, said it’s hard to...
