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Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ

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March 04, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

'The Chutzpah of Texas' Governor and AG': 7 Lawsuits Filed Over Elections

"It is certainly not unusual for Attorney General Paxton to bully public educators to promote his personal agenda," education law attorney Dennis J. Eichelbaum said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

March 04, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

2024 Election: Here Are the Candidates Running for Judge in Texas

In addition to outlining the details about each major contested judicial race, Texas Lawyer also sent questionnaires to the candidates who will be on the ballot.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

9 Lawyers Disciplined, Including a District Attorney

According to the District 12 Grievance Committee report, Ramirez denied to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel he was aware of the facts of the case.

By Adolfo Pesquera

7 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Fired for His Christian YouTube Channel? Ex-Employee Sues Samsung for $1M

In May 2023, the former employee hired Dallas attorney Rob Wiley who sent a demand letter, alleging "the stated reason for termination was Mr. Yoon's Christian YouTube platform."

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Smoking-Gun Paper Trail Leads to $6.2 Million Texas Verdict

During trial, plaintiff's counsel was able to show the medical record was tampered with and therefore conflicted with the neurosurgeon's testimony about the patient's condition before and after surgery, attorney Seth McCloskey said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Attacking a Judge: Coats Rose Attorney Fired

S. Shannon Davis Hunter, a Coats Rose director in the Houston office, said, "Coats Rose emphatically denounces the ... letter from Ben Aderholt to Judge Erica Hughes."

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

This Judge Hoped to Be Reversed: Good News for Plaintiffs in Asbestos MDL

Frank Burford worked as an aluminum smelter at an Alcoa plant in Rockdale. However, it was his wife Carolyn who died in 2015, allegedly because for 25 years she had been washing her husband's contaminated work clothes.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

February 28, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

4 Days, 300 Exhibits and a $287M Verdict Against Samsung in Texas

Susman Godfrey said that in the 2016 agreement KPN gave Samsung certain rights to KPN's voluminous patent portfolio in return for future payment conditions that KPN contended Samsung was not honoring.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

February 27, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Kirkland, Jackson Walker and Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Hit With Another Suit

A former CEO alleges Jackson Walker and Kirkland knew of a judge's relationship with a partner "and used it to profit" by bringing tens of millions of dollars through the "Jones'-Freeman conduit."

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

February 26, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

DENIED: No New Trial as Munsch Hardt Lawyers Preserve $8.25M Award

The Dallas Appeals Court upheld an $8.25 million judgment in a securities fraud case where the solicitor and seller of stocks was found to have misrepresented the investment plan.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read