Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

October 24, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Because of Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court, Locke Liddell & Sapp is the focus of attention from the national media, a situation that raises the firm's profile and presumably will lead to some new business. But the public hunt for any tidbit of information about Miers and the firm where she practiced for most of her career also brings attention to past problems.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

January 15, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

While many Texas associates took home a lot more in their paychecks in 2006 due to new, higher salary scales adopted by the firms, a number of firms with large Texas operations still paid healthy year-end bonuses to associates — or will pay them soon.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

12 minute read

February 23, 2000 | Law.com

When Lawrence O'Donnell III moved into the general counsel office at Houston's Waste Management Inc., he inherited a company with a struggling stock price, an accumulation of shareholder suits alleging insider trading and some serious fraud litigation. That's not to mention an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and an in-house probe led by a board member who used to head the SEC. O'Donnell says he took the job because of the challenges. "I see it all as an opportunity."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

July 19, 2006 | National Law Journal

Eight corporate and litigation lawyers, including litigation principal J. Scott Denko, have left Andrews Kurth and joined Fish & Richardson in Austin. Denko says they moved because of Fish & Richardson's strong intellectual property practice, which is important to many of their clients who have IP assets. Although sorry to see the group go, Rex VanMiddlesworth, managing partner of Andrews Kurth's Austin office, notes that Fish & Richardson is new in Austin and "making a big push to establish a presence."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

May 31, 2007 | The Recorder

The social networking site helps some Texas attorneys reach out to potential clients.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

June 06, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas lawyer Cary Schulman and his firm have sued attorney Blake Hyde and his former firm, alleging they slandered and libeled him in e-mails Hyde sent to Schulman's clients. The plaintiffs' causes of action include slander and slander per se; statutory libel per se and common-law libel per se; intentional interference with contractual relations; business disparagement; negligent misrepresentation; and general negligence.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

6 minute read

January 29, 2004 | Law.com

In a Tuesday ruling, federal Judge David Hittner of Houston wrote it would be "prudent" to wait until former Enron assistant treasurer Lea Fastow is sentenced in April before he addresses a prosecution motion to dismiss without prejudice five charges remaining against her. The wife of former Enron Corp. CFO Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of filing a false tax return.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

August 27, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

After pleading guilty on Aug. 27 to three criminal charges that could put him in prison for 30 years, James M. Davis, the former chief financial officer for Stanford Financial Group and Stanford International Bank Ltd., expressed remorse for his actions that contributed to the downfall of the bank and began more than a decade ago.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

6 minute read

October 10, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Kristina M. Mordaunt, a former Enron Corp. in-house lawyer who profited personally from one of Enron's controversial special-interest partnerships, may be feeling heat from government prosecutors breathing down her neck. Considering the Enron Task Force's detailed criminal complaint against former Enron CFO Andrew S. Fastow, observers wonder what price Mordaunt will pay for her profits and once-close professional ties to Fastow.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

11 minute read

July 14, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

A paralegal in the New York office of Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist found out the hard way that sometimes it's best not to 'fess up to working for lawyers. The paralegal at Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin and her husband filed a false-imprisonment suit against Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd., alleging they were locked in a room for several hours while on a Hawaiian cruise in February and forced to leave the ship that day. The cruise line denies the allegations.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read