Angela Morris
Angela Morris is ALM Media's Texas litigation reporter. She covers lawsuits in all levels of Texas state and federal courts. Based in Austin, Morris earned journalism and government degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and since then, has worked primarily as a reporter and writer, but also has skills in videography, photography and podcasts. Follow her on Twitter at @AMorrisReports.
February 01, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Attorney Disciplined for Renting Out Client's Condo Without PermissionThe Arlington lawyer got two years of probation for leasing and collecting rent on a client's condominium without the client's permission.
By Angela Morris
2 minute read
February 01, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
'Keith Is Constantly Fumbling': The Swift Demise of a Lawyer-Client Relationship"I didn't see eye to eye with him on the way to steer litigation," said the attorney, a former in-house counsel who returned to a 20-year solo practice.
By Angela Morris
6 minute read
January 29, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Court Rejects Carrington Coleman's Legal-Mal Appeal in Case Hinged on Anti-SLAPP LawCarrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal must now proceed to discovery in a legal-malpractice lawsuit alleging it put the interests of three board of director members over the interests of their software company.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 27, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Houston Judge Thrown Off Case Over Text Reading 'Helping Behind the Scenes'A judge in Harris County's 333rd Civil District Court was recused from litigation after a party accused her of texting an opponent, before she took the bench, saying she would be willing to "help out behind the scenes."
By Angela Morris
6 minute read
January 26, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Client Alleges Houston Lawyer's Mistakes Inflated Adverse Jury Verdict, Ruined AppealPura Flo, a company that makes water coolers, sued the Houston attorney in a legal-malpractice lawsuit that alleged he committed negligence when defending the company in an underlying breach-of-contract case.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 26, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
'People Are Livid': Lawyers React to Texas Bar Committee's Decision on Implicit-Bias Training"There are a lot of things in this country and things in the world where people got upset. But you do what is right because it is right," said Rudy Metayer, chairman of the State Bar of Texas African American Lawyers Section.
By Angela Morris
7 minute read
January 25, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Attorney and Client Ordered to Pay $150,000 for 'Outright Lies' in Court"It issues a warning to other lawyers of potential consequences of making up your own facts in litigation," said opposing counsel Foster Johnson, an associate with Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi Mensing in Houston.
By Angela Morris
5 minute read
January 22, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Bar Committee Nixes Anti-Discrimination Disciplinary Rule, but Idea Could Find Place in Aspirational CreedState Bar of Texas board of directors members on Friday approved forwarding its new diversity task force a proposal to add an anti-discrimination statement to the Texas Lawyer's Creed.
By Angela Morris
3 minute read
January 22, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Bar Committee Give Thumbs-Up to Voluntary Implicit Bias Training, But Some Board Members Wanted MandatoryThe State Bar of Texas board of directors on Friday debated whether it should be mandatory or voluntary for Texas attorneys to take training courses about implicit bias.
By Angela Morris
3 minute read
January 22, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Bad News for Alex Jones, Infowars: High Court Rejects Appeals Over Mass ShootingsLitigants who sued Infowars and Alex Jones will now be able to move forward to discovery in litigation over Jones' claim that the Sandy Hook mass school shooting was a hoax, and the publishing of the wrong man's photo as the Parkland, Florida, school shooter.
By Angela Morris
3 minute read
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