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.
July 03, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Timeline of Separation-of-Powers DisputeElected judges and county commissioners in Galveston County have started a war about separation of powers over the firing of a court administrator. Here are important events in the dispute.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Timeline of Separation-of-Powers DisputeElected judges and county commissioners in Galveston County have started a war about separation of powers over the firing of a court administrator. Here are important events in the dispute.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Judges Who Do Weddings Can't Refuse Same-Sex CouplesIn 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
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Bar Exam Agency to Begin Online TransactionsSoon law graduates who are signing up to take the Texas bar exam will be able to fill out applications and pay exam fees electronically.
By Angela Morris
2 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Bar Exam Agency to Begin Online TransactionsSoon law graduates who are signing up to take the Texas bar exam will be able to fill out applications and pay exam fees electronically.
By Angela Morris
2 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
How Many LGBT Lawyers in Texas?The 2014 Dallas Law Firm Diversity Report Card includes data from 16 of Dallas's biggest law firms. The firms said they had 11 LGBT lawyers among 1,203 associates and nonequity lawyers, and six of 681 partners were LGBT.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Same-Sex Marriage Is Sea Change in Family LawAttorneys say they expect that litigation will answer such questions as how people of failed same-sex marriages will divide their property in divorce. The ruling also revolutionizes how same-sex spouses will become legal parents.
By Angela Morris
6 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
How Many LGBT Lawyers in Texas?The 2014 Dallas Law Firm Diversity Report Card includes data from 16 of Dallas's biggest law firms. The firms said they had 11 LGBT lawyers among 1,203 associates and nonequity lawyers, and six of 681 partners were LGBT.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
July 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Same-Sex Marriage Is Sea Change in Family LawAttorneys say they expect that litigation will answer such questions as how people of failed same-sex marriages will divide their property in divorce. The ruling also revolutionizes how same-sex spouses will become legal parents.
By Angela Morris
6 minute read
July 01, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Paxton Lawyers Up as Case Heads to Grand JuryJoe Kendall will be Texas AG Ken Paxton's lawyer in a case that alleges that Paxton violated state securities law. The AG is also getting legal advice from other high-profile Dallas lawyers, Matt Orwig and Bob Webster.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
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