Angela Morris

July 07, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

For at least the third time since spring of 2014, a Texas attorney is voicing concerns about the way that attorney disciplinary grievances get dismissed.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

July 07, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

For at least the third time since spring of 2014, a Texas attorney is voicing concerns about the way that attorney disciplinary grievances get dismissed.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

July 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"Nothing can serve the public interest more than for this court to issue an order admonishing the defendant that public officials who have a duty to uphold the Constitution, and in fact have sworn to do so, cannot frivolously choose to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States."

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

July 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Rockport solo Steve Fischer wrote on Facebook that Paxton violated disciplinary rules by giving clerks an "out" from complying with the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion about equal marriage.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

July 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"Nothing can serve the public interest more than for this court to issue an order admonishing the defendant that public officials who have a duty to uphold the Constitution, and in fact have sworn to do so, cannot frivolously choose to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States."

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

July 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Rockport solo Steve Fischer wrote on Facebook that Paxton violated disciplinary rules by giving clerks an "out" from complying with the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion about equal marriage.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

July 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Republican leaders condemned the high court's decision as an attack on religious liberty, while Democrats rejoiced in the ruling as a victory for human rights.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

July 03, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Eric M. Shepperd, judge of the Travis County Court-at-Law No. 2, said that he would spend his year as president of the Austin Bar Association highlighting pro bono and legal aid volunteerism in Austin.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

July 03, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Eric M. Shepperd, judge of the Travis County Court-at-Law No. 2, said that he would spend his year as president of the Austin Bar Association highlighting pro bono and legal aid volunteerism in Austin.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

July 03, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

In direct contradiction to an attorney general opinion, Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan said today that judges must perform same-sex weddings if they do so for heterosexual couples and clerks cannot refuse same-sex licenses.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read