Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

September 09, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

"You have taken some steps on the road to redemption, and I take that into consideration," 228th District Judge Marc Carter of Houston told former Texas lawyer Stuart Bryson Collins, who was extradited from Canada to face charges. Carter told Collins that he gave him the deferred adjudication, because that would allow him eventually to return to Canada, where his family lives.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

August 21, 2008 | Law.com

Name partner Christopher Pappas is leaving Dallas-based Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo and taking 11 trial attorneys from the firm's Houston office to join Kane Russell Coleman & Logan's Houston office. The decision will leave the commercial litigation firm -- to be renamed Godwin Ronquillo -- without a Houston office. "Bottom line, we were productive and had a very good year, but at the end of the day, all of the name partners wanted to step back and do their thing," says managing partner Marcos Ronquillo.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

January 18, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Longview lawyer T. John "Johnny" Ward Jr. has settled the defamation suit he filed against Cisco Systems Inc. over a posting on the Patent Troll Tracker blog. Terms of the settlement are confidential, say Nicholas H. Patton (pictured), a partner in Patton, Tidwell & Schroeder in Texarkana who represents Ward, and Charles "Chip" Babcock, a partner in Jackson Walker in Houston who represents Cisco.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

December 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

Vinson & Elkins may win a dismissal from the Enron Corp. shareholders securities class action. Last week, the lead plaintiff in the class action, the University of California board of regents, filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of Houston to voluntarily dismiss V&E from the case. In a written statement, UC's director of special projects stated that the plaintiffs believe the claims against V&E have merit, but the move is intended to help "streamline the case" for the jury.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

July 07, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Over the past 15 years, even before she became a lawyer, Carlie Bishop spent thousands of hours working at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo as a volunteer, and that extracurricular work became her passion. Now her passion is her job, too. Bishop is the show's new general counsel and chief administrative officer.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

April 11, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

After a former client allegedly failed to repay all of a $160,000 "loan," Dallas-based Winstead filed a suit in March seeking to recover an unpaid balance totaling nearly $100,000. Don Campbell, a shareholder in Dallas who is Winstead's general counsel, alleges former client J.C. "Chris" O'Neill owed the firm fees, so O'Neill, at the firm's request, signed a promissory note in June 2008 for $160,000 to cover the debt. However, Winstead alleges in the March 7 petition that O'Neill failed to repay $99,626 of the loan.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

December 22, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers hoping a verdict in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial would be a big signal to the future course of the litigation were disappointed last week when a federal judge declared a mistrial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

August 04, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

The departure of five lawyers from the Austin office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, including the partner in charge of the office, is due in part to a change in the firm's strategy on how to handle clients' state legislative and regulatory issues.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Mary Alice Robbins

8 minute read

October 07, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Steven L. Scheinthal literally put his bar card on the line when he was a young lawyer trying to impress a client. He pulled his bar card out of his wallet and told a judge he'd quit practicing law if the judge didn't agree that Scheinthal had filed a timely response to a summary judgment motion. The move paid off: his theatrics didn't cost him his license -- and actually helped him to cement a client relationship that eventually led to his current position as general counsel of Landry's Restaurants Inc.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

June 08, 2011 | Law.com

Dallas lawyer Cary Schulman and his firm have sued attorney Blake Hyde and his former firm, alleging they slandered and libeled him in emails Hyde sent to Schulman's clients. In 2010, Hyde's wife brought two lawsuits against Schulman and others alleging several claims including breach of contract.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read