Angela Morris

January 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"The most practical and helpful recommendation may simply be that more focused efforts are needed in the future," according to the Texas House Select Committee on Criminal Procedure Reform.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

A House committee recommended that appellate jurists should serve eight years rather than six, but did not recommend any judicial-selection changes, despite judicial leaders' desire for major reforms.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"They will be supervisory attorney positions, to primarily work with some of our younger misdemeanor prosecutors," said Woodrow Halstead, first assistant for new Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

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 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"The evidence produced by the use of the civil law has resulted in serious disciplinary problems for some lawyers. There are today criminal prosecutions pending that would have been virtually impossible," wrote lawyer William R. "Bill" Edwards Sr.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Lawmakers revamped the state's criminal discovery law in 2013, mandating that prosecutors share files with criminal defense attorneys. How has the law impacted the Texas criminal justice system?

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 08, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The charge stems from Paul Andrews' alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill Mary Ann Uribe, a woman who previously sued Andrews for civil barratry. She also filed the police report that lead to Andrews' earlier criminal barratry charge.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

January 08, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The charge stems from Paul Andrews' alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill Mary Ann Uribe, a woman who previously sued Andrews for civil barratry. She also filed the police report that lead to Andrews' earlier criminal barratry charge.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

January 08, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The charge stems from Paul Andrews' alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill Mary Ann Uribe, a woman who previously sued Andrews for civil barratry. She also filed the police report that lead to Andrews' earlier criminal barratry charge.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

January 08, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The charge stems from Paul Andrews' alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill Mary Ann Uribe, a woman who previously sued Andrews for civil barratry. She also filed the police report that lead to Andrews' earlier criminal barratry charge.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read