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Texas Tech law school professor named to governor’s disease preparedness team
A member of the faculty of the Texas Tech University law school has been appointed to the governor’s newly created task force that will review the state’s readiness against infectious diseases. Gov....
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PERSONNEL FILE: Truncale receives international arbitration diploma
Michael J. Truncale, a partner in the law firm of Orgain, Bell & Tucker LLP in Beaumont, recently received a Diploma in International Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitration...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes transactions lawyer to...
DALLAS — Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Lisa Atlas Genecov, a prominent healthcare transactions lawyer with 30 years of experience, has joined its Dallas office as a partner. Genecov comes to...
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PERSONNEL FILE: All attorneys at Stephens, Anderson & Cummings achieve Super...
For the third consecutive year, each of the personal injury attorneys at the Dallas law firm Stephens, Anderson & Cummings has achieved a ranking from Texas Super Lawyers®, the peer-reviewed,...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Ford Nassen listed in Best Lawyers
DALLAS – Ford Nassen is pleased to announce that the firm is again listed as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm in the newest edition published by U.S. News. Ford Jeffrey A. Ford, John W. Nassen, George C....
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PERSONNEL FILE: DiNovo Price names Goodpaster to expanded IP practice
DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP, a boutique litigation law firm in Austin, has launched a new antitrust practice area in response to client and market demand for protection from anticompetitive...
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Judge overturns Reynolds’ conviction, sets new trial date on barratry charge
State Rep. Ron Reynolds escaped a barratry charge Monday after a juror said she had been unduly influenced. Reynolds, an attorney and a Democrat state representative from Missouri City, was reelected...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Ten Baylor Law graduates admitted to bar of US Supreme Court
Ten Baylor University Law School graduates traveled this week to Washington, D.C., where they were admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court after being sworn in by Chief Justice John G. Roberts...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Mike McKool receives lifetime achievement award from Texas...
Mike McKool a founder and chairman of McKool Smith, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas Lawyer at the 2014 “Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame” reception held in Dallas on Nov. 20. McKool Since...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Nine attorneys from Strong Pipkin listed in Best Lawyers in...
Ledyard Nine Lawyers from Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard LLP were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 , according to a recent press release. Mike Baker: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions...
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Man accuses law office, bail bond company of civil barratry
A Jefferson County man is suing over claims a bail bond service transferred his call to an affiliated attorney to solicit business without his consent. Michael Kubosh Brandon Nash filed a lawsuit Oct....
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PERSONNEL FILE: Provost Umphrey lawyer named president of Texas trial lawyers...
At its Annual Membership Meeting, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association installed Beaumont lawyer Bryan Blevins as its 2015 president. Blevins Blevins, an equity partner at Provost Umphrey Law Firm in...
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Man sues ex-wife’s attorney over divorce rules
A Galveston County man is suing over claims his ex-wife’s attorney withdrew from divorce proceedings without following legal rules. Gerald Lee Ricks filed a lawsuit Oct. 15 in Galveston County District...
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Beaumont attorney sentenced for failing to file taxes
Trying to avoid paying his income taxes has resulted in a one-year prison sentence for a Beaumont lawyer. Attorney Craig J. Schexnaider was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Jan. 14 by U.S....
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JC Bar continues call-in legal help with 2015 dates
The public can now get free answers to basic legal problems by calling a special phone number once a month and speaking to a volunteer attorney. The Jefferson County Bar Association is continuing its...
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Appeals court says Provost Umphrey, attorney did not breach duty in qui tam suit
A Texas appellate court has ruled that the Provost Umphrey Law Firm and one of its attorneys did not take confidential information from a possible client and then use it in another case. On Jan. 14,...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Gardere welcomes trial attorney Craig Dillard to Houston office
HOUSTON - Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to welcome Craig D. Dillard as a trial partner in the Firm’s Houston office. Dillard joins the Firm from BoyarMiller, where he had practiced since 2007 and...
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PERSONNEL FILE: Susman Godfrey to consolidate offices in Houston
National litigation boutique Susman Godfrey has decided to merge its 12-lawyer Dallas office into its much larger Houston office when the Dallas office lease expires in 2016. Stephen Susman “Our Dallas...
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Malpractice suit seeks $3.1M from Dallas firm of Burt Barr & Associates
A Mississippi woman is seeking to obtain the $3 million judgment from the lawyers who allegedly lost the money in her now defunct harassment suit. Martina Smart Simmons filed her legal malpractice...
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Rice GMO plaintiff lawyers battle in federal court over fees; Proposed class...
ST. LOUIS – High profile lawyer Mikal Watts of San Antonio and his colleagues in litigation against Bayer chemical company face a federal suit claiming they reaped millions in fees that didn’t belong...
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