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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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November 01, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Use This Voters' Guide to Help Select Among Candidates Running for Judge in Austin

Here are Q&As with judicial candidates for appellate and district court candidates in the Austin area.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

November 01, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Read Up on San Antonio Candidates for Judge in Their Own Words Before Voting

Here are Q&As with judicial candidates for the appellate court and district court benches in San Antonio.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

November 01, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Houston Voters — Stop to Read This Before Voting for Judge

Here are our judicial candidate Q&As for the appellate and district courts in Houston, its suburbs and the greater metropolitan statistical area.

By Angela Morris

15 minute read

November 01, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Texas November 2020 Election Guide: Read This Before Voting for Judges

Learn about the candidates running for judgeships by reading Texas Lawyer's judicial candidate Q&As.

By Angela Morris

45 minute read

October 30, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

'I Try to Make it Real Simple': Houston Litigator Explains How He Got $4 Million Verdict

Houston plaintiffs lawyer Mo Aziz won a $4 million jury verdict in federal court this week for his client. We talked to him about how he did it.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

October 30, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

New Justice Rebeca Huddle Pledges to Bring Independence, Impartiality, Faith to the Law

It's official: new Justice Rebeca Huddle has joined the Texas Supreme Court after taking her oath of office at a swearing-in ceremony Friday in Austin.

By Angela Morris

3 minute read

October 29, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Justices Critique State's Argument in Dispute Over Exoneree's Wrongful-Imprisonment Compensation

Texas Supreme Court justices seemed incredulous about the state's argument that the comptroller was allowed to second-guess a district court's jurisdiction to declare the man actually innocent.

By Angela Morris

5 minute read

October 29, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Houston Attorneys, Firm in Crosshairs Over $1.7M Fee Dispute as Dentist Wins 2nd Chance to Sue

The firm and lawyers will now have to fight an amended pleading by an ex-client in a fee dispute.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

October 28, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

In Trouble With All Texas Bankruptcy Courts, Arlington Lawyer Loses Law License

The attorney can no longer practice after resigning his law license, in lieu of facing discipline for misconduct he committed in all of the bankruptcy courts of Texas.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

October 28, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

4 Houston Judges in Hot Seat for Choosing Private Attorneys Over Public Defenders

Four Houston judges who in 2020 appointed private lawyers to between 98% and 99.9% of their indigent-defense cases, instead of the local public defender's office, face an ethics complaint alleging they violated Texas law and judicial canons.

By Angela Morris

5 minute read