All posts tagged "texas"
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4.6K1JudgesIt’s the Year of the Rat. 2020 Starts Out with 20 Texas Lawyers Being Disciplined by the State Bar of Texas and 7 You’ll Never Know Their Names
The State Bar of Texas Discipline is clearly focused on ensuring it saves itself from any dwindling Fee Income. For example, the...
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2.4KAppellate CircuitReal Estate Valuations and Rental Rates Have Soared Since the Financial Recession, So Why Hasn’t Judge Higginbotham’s Properties Enjoyed the Same Growth?
Property rental incomes and valuations have remained noticeably static on Judge Patrick Higginbothams' Financial Disclosures for the past 13+ years despite the...
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5.5KE.D. Tex.Did You Know? In Texas, Theft is Called Extortion and Corruption is Called Texas Government
The main factors involved in sentences for extortion and blackmail charges are the amount involved, the way the threats were delivered and...
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3.3KBankersHere’s What Happens When You Let the People Decide if Bankers Are Trustworthy Souls In Texas
When the Wolf's Barked for Help in Texas State Court, the Cry is Heard by the People of Texas. What they did...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceHouston Mayor Sylvester Turner Under the Spotlight for Alleged Financial Kickbacks & Lack of Transparency
Those federal disclosures tell you a lot about Texas Lawmaker Sen. Royce West — that he has made millions of dollars in...
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3.4K1Editors ChoiceThe State Bar of Texas Confirms Theft of Funds By Lawyers is an Increasing Liability and Blame an Aging Legal Population. We’re Not Buying It
Texas Law: Lawyer Theft is So Commonplace The State Bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline Just List it as an Operating Expense in...
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2.9KDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank Settles Decade Long Texas Law Suit with FDIC Related to its Involvement in Impaired Loans Which Ultimately Created the Biggest Fraud and Financial Crisis in Recent History
The FDIC alleged that banks made untrue, misleading statements about the quality of the mortgage loans in order to sell billions worth...
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2.4KEditors ChoiceThe Texas Judiciary is in a Terrible State and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Likes it That Way
Texas Lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year requiring the agency to be more transparent, but Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the measure,...
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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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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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2.1KAppellate CircuitThe Fifth Circuit Keep Paying it Forward to OCWEN as We Close Out 2019
Maintaining the 11 year run as we close out 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has gifted OCWEN Loan...
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2.3K1NewsAbbott the Law. How the Governor of Texas Reigns Supreme, For Now. #RESTORETX
Two former members of Texas state’s disciplinary board for judges claim Gov. Greg Abbott ousted them for initially voting to sanction a...
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3.5K4NewsGov. Greg Abbott Tried to Come to the Defense of Racist Texas Judges But it’s Ended Up Backfiring on Twitter
TEXAS Gov. Gregg Abbott is trying to condone his non-lawyer Judge Oakley comments and play down the racism and sexism that's rife...
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2.8KKen PaxtonWhen Moss Rightfully Foreclosed on Deutsche Bank and Ocwen Loan Servicing, The Southern Judge Relied upon “Federalist Faction Control”
Judge Rosenthal: This mortgage-foreclosure case is unusual because it begins with a foreclosure rather than ending with one. And it is the...
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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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3.9K1Ken PaxtonTexas Attorney in Dallas Steals $365,000 from Client and His Sentence; 320 Hrs Community Service
DALLAS, TEXAS: Attorney Tom Finley has financial woes. He and his wife were evicted from another Dallas home in 2016. Now he's...
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1.8KKen PaxtonThe Tsunami That Just Hit GOP Chairwoman Yolanda Waters of Galveston County is One that Just Blackened Her Character
“I am saddened and hurt that anyone believes I am ‘racist’ against my own people,” said Waters, who identifies as “Latina/African-American.”
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3.3K4JudgesJudges Who Violated State Laws and Denied Citizens and Residents of Texas their Legal Rights and Access to Justice Have their Sanctions Deleted from the SCJC Website
Eleven Houston-area judges were sanctioned in August for their bail bond practices, but the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has deleted their...
