All posts tagged "texas courts"
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4.7KEditors ChoiceRemoved Texas State Judge Smoots-Thomas is Arrested While Out on Bond. She’s Barrelling Out of Control says Her Lawyer
Smoots-Thomas has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Bond was set at $10,000.
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5.4K2Editors ChoiceA Texas Judicial Candidate Nominee, Now Judge, is Charged with Evading Service of Process in Legal Malpractice Suit
Texas Malpractice lawyer Colb says his process server tried to serve Garza multiple times, but she failed to call the process server...
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5.7K10Editors ChoiceHouston Lawyer JL Sadick Transfers $1M out of Escrow Account is Sued. Where’s The Dosh?
Houston attorney JL Sadick hit with a federal lawsuit alleging he mishandled more than $1 million in escrow funds in a botched...
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3.3KEditors ChoiceTexas Lawyer Threw One Egg at Judge’s Car is Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor
Texas Lawyer Erick Yollick is a former member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, as well as a member of...
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3.3KEditors ChoiceTexas Judge Congratulated a Dozen Attorneys on Winning Cases in Her Court on Facebook
Texas Judge Speedlin Gonzalez’s eight posts, which appeared between August and October 2019, congratulated 12 attorneys on winning jury verdicts and lauded...
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5.6KEditors ChoiceJudge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap
Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceTexas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered
Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...
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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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5.5KLaws 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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1.7KFederal LawTexas Secretary of State Sends Out SOS Signal that there’s a Judicial Vacancy, But that was a False Alarm and It has Caused Mayhem
Audit Texas : The Texas state website reported as recently as Nov. 6 that the race would be on the 2020 ballot....
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4.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge and the Devil Wears Prada
Audit Texas : Between January 2016 and March 2017, Harris County Texas Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas is alleged to have misused $24,892 in...
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4.6KNewsAustin-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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1.7KNewsTexas 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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3.7KNewsLawsuit Claims Attorney told Ex-Client to take The Deal because he Really, Really Liked their [Opposing] Attorney.
San Antonio Lawyer Obermeier unprofessionally and unethically told Plaintiff she had to take the deal because he really, really liked their attorney.
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Texas State Judge who Replaced 5th Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes Blanks the Judicial Commission, Gets Public Slap on the Wrist for Ex Parte Communications
Furthermore, these actions are clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties as a judge and cast public discredit upon the...
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2.6KEditors ChoiceA Former Texas Judge Recently Sanctioned after Claims of Sexual Mischief, Alcoholism and Anger Issues Indicates He’s Seeking a Return to the Bench
This summer, a special court of review publicly reprimanded Guy Williams for groping three female public officials at a party and issuing...
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2.3K1Editors ChoiceFormer Texas Judge Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Delgado Discusses His New Housing Options
Even if he’s successful and beats back every one of the adjustments, the judge would still land in Zone D, level 14,...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceDisbarred former El Paso Judge, Who Served Six Years for Fraud, Accused of Impersonating His Old Self
Former district court Judge Manuel Joseph Barraza, who served six years in prison for allegedly trading sexual acts for favorable rulings, was arrested...
