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Angela Morris

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.

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August 24, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Austin Pays $480K to Settle Pregnancy Centers Suit

The city of Austin will pay $461,000 in attorney fees to settle a case by religious-based pregnancy resource centers that won a ruling that a city ordinance was unconstitutional.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

August 24, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Bankrupt Prompt Pay Company Sues Lawyer, Firm

A bankrupt company that analyzed data for firms in prompt pay litigation alleged that before bankruptcy, the Austin lawyer and firm that represented it in a sale whisked its assets away for "zero consideration."

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

August 24, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Austin Pays $480K to Settle Pregnancy Centers Suit

The city of Austin will pay $461,000 in attorney fees to settle a case by religious-based pregnancy resource centers that won a ruling that a city ordinance was unconstitutional.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

August 24, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Bankrupt Prompt Pay Company Sues Lawyer, Firm

A bankrupt company that analyzed data for firms in prompt pay litigation alleged that before bankruptcy, the Austin lawyer and firm that represented it in a sale whisked its assets away for "zero consideration."

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

August 21, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Faces Legal Malpractice for Suing Too Late

The underlying lawsuit would have succeeded if Austin attorney Frank B. Lyon filed it on time, but instead the claims "have been forever lost," claimed plaintiff Thomas Hoskins in a legal malpractice lawsuit.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

August 21, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Faces Felony Indictment for Hit-and-Run

Michael M. White faces a charge of failure to stop and render aid, a third-degree felony, for allegedly striking a pedestrian, seriously injuring him and leaving the scene without helping the victim.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

August 21, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Faces Felony Indictment for Hit-and-Run

Michael M. White faces a charge of failure to stop and render aid, a third-degree felony, for allegedly striking a pedestrian, seriously injuring him and leaving the scene without helping the victim.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

August 21, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Faces Legal Malpractice for Suing Too Late

The underlying lawsuit would have succeeded if Austin attorney Frank B. Lyon filed it on time, but instead the claims "have been forever lost," claimed plaintiff Thomas Hoskins in a legal malpractice lawsuit.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

August 20, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Judge Sanctions State Fair in Open Records Tiff

"It was an act of intimidation for someone to never ask for their records again, and I'm glad it failed," said Austin solo Bill Aleshire, who represented defendant law firm Riggs & Ray.

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

August 20, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Class Action Alleges Jail Policy Unconstitutional

"The defendants' actual intent [is] to regulate and limit the ability of [Pamela] McGraw, and other attorneys, to practice law and to provide legal advice when solicited to the detainees," said the "McGraw v. Gary" complaint.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read