All posts tagged "TX BODA"
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880Editors ChoiceAttorney General Paxton is Seeking a Third Term As Opposition Increases. But Will The State’s First Circuit Change Venue Decision?
Prosecutors in the felony fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the full 1st Court of Appeals to review their...
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1.7KAppellate CircuitA Nationwide Investigation into Judges Behavin’ Badly Ends Up With It’s Spotlights Firmly on Texas and the Federalist Fifth Circuit
A system that relies for investigation solely upon judges themselves risks a kind of undue 'guild favoritism' through inappropriate sympathy with the...
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2.9KLaws In TexasIn the Pandemic Pandemonium, Texas Supreme Court’s BODA Overturns it’s Own Precedent and Effectively Repeals Disciplinary Rules.
BODA has just repealed Tex. Disciplinary Rules of Prof'l Conduct R. 8.03 (a) and overturned Texas Supreme Courts own precedent in Comm'n...
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3.0KLaws In TexasThe State Bar of Texas CDC Needs to Educate Itself Relative to Claim Preclusion Laws in Texas (Part I)
Burke v Hopkins Complaint to the Commission For Lawyer Discipline (CDC) - State Bar of Texas and after Mr Eric Hsu's non-compliance...
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5.3KE.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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3.5K1Laws In TexasHistorical Corruption in the Texas Judiciary; 12 Years Ago A Judge Set His House On Fire, Literally, and Walked Away Burn-Free thanks to his Racist friend and District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal
Historical Facts: Arson-related charges against a former Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina were dropped, even though a grand jury indicted him,...
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7.4K1Editors 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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1.5KLaws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: Why Are You Displaying a Coming Soon Splash Page On the Home Page; What are You Going to Delete Now?
December 12, 2019; After the SCJC website deleted 11 Judge Sanctions, which is illegal, now the Texas BODA website home page is...
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2.9KEditors 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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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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13 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the November 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 9 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
13 Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue and the 9 privileged enough to be Disciplined Privately and so you'll never know -...
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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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1.8KLaws In TexasEye See; The Lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct Applied in New Jersey
A comment to the rule says the word discrimination is to be “construed broadly,” and it includes “derogatory and demeaning language.”
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1.7KDonald TrumpSouthern Baptist Church has Revenues akin to Office Depot. Now Lawyers Wish to Test the Church Claims of Legal Immunity in Sexual Abuse Cases
Every year, churches in the SBC collectively raise about $11 billion — revenues that put them on par with a mid-tier Fortune...
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3.5K1Editors ChoiceTexas Attorney Ronald T. Spriggs, Jailed and Fined for Contempt by Judge Doug Woodburn now Appeals One of His Cases to BODA
On May 1, Spriggs appeared for trial and announced not ready. After a hearing, Judge Woodburn found Spriggs in contempt, sentenced him...
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2.0KJurisdictionThe Executives at the State Bar of Texas Keep Chattering About Legal Ethics But We Keep Witnessing ‘My Cousin Vinny’
Ethics Resources Abound for Texas Lawyers But these Texas Attorney's Prefer to Like, Share and Subscribe to Vinny on Netflix and the...
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1.6KFederal LawState Bar of Texas face Summary Judgment Ruling by Austin Judge but Paddy Power is Not Accepting Wagers
The case is similar to legal challenges that lawyers have filed against mandatory bar associations in other states, which all rely on...
