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.
January 20, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Chess Board Set for 2015 State Bar ElectionIt's official: Texas lawyers Randy Howry and Frank Stevenson will face off this spring, vying to become the next president-elect of the State Bar of Texas.
By Angela Morris
1 minute read
January 20, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyer Ad Review Fee Increasing in JuneThe State Bar of Texas Advertising Review Committee proposed the increase, which bumps the lawyer advertising review fee from $75 to $100.
By Angela Morris
1 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
When Clients Lost, So Did Their Lawyer"We try not to take cases that we think we are going to lose—we are not idiots—but we do lose some of the cases we take on contingent fee," said John Judge, shareholder in Judge, Kostura & Putman in Austin.
By Angela Morris
2 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Braider Wins Against State Barber RegulationsThe state wove itself into a tangle by requiring a Dallas hair-braiding teacher to meet regulations for a barber school. Now the braider has won a federal ruling that those regulations are unconstitutional as applied to her.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
House Committee Recommends State Law to Curb 'Patent Abuses'The legislation would target nonpracticing entities—also called patent assertion entities or patent trolls—that buy patents solely to file patent infringement lawsuits.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Criminal Indictments Follow Family's Civil Barratry LawsuitsIn connection with a case in which a Dallas-area family sued lawyers, firms and others, alleging they conspired to illegally solicit the family's car accident case, two defendants were indicted criminally.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Small Settlement for Former SOAH Judges Disappoints AttorneyAfter negotiating for a settlement totaling $50,000—with half of the money for their lawyer—the two remaining plaintiffs, former administrative law judges Carol Birch and Carol Wood, dismissed their lawsuit.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 19, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Whistleblowing Government Lawyer Loses Claim on AppealThe Third Court of Appeals ruled that F. Michael McMillen's claim failed because he reported it internally to Texas Health and Human Services Commission personnel, who didn't have authority over federal Medicaid law.
By Angela Morris
5 minute read
January 17, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
House Committee Recommends State Law to Curb 'Patent Abuses'The legislation would target nonpracticing entities—also called patent assertion entities or patent trolls—that buy patents solely to file patent infringement lawsuits.
By Angela Morris
4 minute read
January 16, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Whistleblowing Government Lawyer Loses Claim on AppealThe Third Court of Appeals ruled that F. Michael McMillen's claim failed because he reported it internally to Texas Health and Human Services Commission personnel, who didn't have authority over federal Medicaid law.
By Angela Morris
5 minute read
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