Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

March 01, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

A 5th Circuit panel now holds the key to a pot of insurance company money sought by lawyers defending R. Allen Stanford and three other former Stanford Financial Group executives from criminal charges and civil litigation. Lee Shidlofsky (pictured), who represents the Stanford plaintiffs in the coverage suit, says the 5th Circuit panel "asked a lot of tough questions to both sides."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

March 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

October 04, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel who are among the highest-paid executives at large Texas companies earned a little more silver to put in their pockets in 2010 than the year before, averaging $1,966,590.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

April 06, 2010 | Law.com

With just nine months before he goes to trial on criminal charges, R. Allen Stanford wants to hire a new set of criminal defense lawyers, as one of his current lawyers says he has disagreed with Stanford over trial and pretrial strategy. If Southern District of Texas Judge David Hittner approves the substitution, the proposed legal team would be the fifth configuration of criminal defense lawyers representing Stanford since he was indicted in June 2009 on charges related to an alleged $7 billion investment fraud.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

September 06, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Eric Peterson is in an enviable situation as the first-ever general counsel for Dallas-based TXU Corp. TXU was a longtime client of Peterson's when he was in private practice in Dallas. He learned the GC job while working as general counsel of another utility before accepting the TXU position in May 2002, and perhaps most significantly, the company's new chief executive officer wants Peterson to build a legal department from scratch.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

October 21, 2005 | Law.com

Why did six former Texas Supreme Court justices need to fly to Washington, D.C., this week to tell the nation, through reporters, that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is well respected in Texas and qualified to fill retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat? Former Texas Chief Justice John R. Hill says that's a good question, but one he can't answer. "You explain Washington to me. I can't explain it to you." he said. "I don't think it would be necessary if people were behaving themselves up there."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

February 22, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Steven Pfeiffer, chairman of the firm's executive committee, apologized to students and others at the Duke University School of Law over a racially charged word used recently by a partner who was telling a story during a �training interview� held at the law school.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Cristina Smith

10 minute read

December 06, 2004 | Law.com

The first Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case to be heard on U.S. soil is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2005, thanks to attorney Guy Womack, who successfully had his client's trial moved from Iraq to Texas. But at a pretrial hearing today, Womack plans to argue a motion to dismiss the charges against U.S. Army Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., stating he cannot get a fair trial due to prejudicial statements made by President George W. Bush, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

November 10, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

BP, the London-based energy company, agreed as part of the settlement of a civil suit stemming from the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion to donate at least $32 million to various charities and to industrial safety training programs.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

June 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Mandatory retirement policies at law firms are a hot topic both because the baby boom generation of lawyers will soon hit retirement age and because of the ongoing federal age discrimination suit against Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Currently, some firms with a mandatory retirement age already allow individual attorneys to negotiate exceptions. And as retirement-age attorneys continue to show their worth, there are predictions that firms in general will move away from mandatory retirement policies.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

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