Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

July 19, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

September 05, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The 5th Court of Appeals has reversed a sanction order against Fulbright & Jaworski partner Oscar Rey Rodriguez of Dallas that called for him to place a newspaper advertisement apologizing to his courtroom opponents in a specific case. The court found that there was no evidence to support the finding that is the "sole basis" for the March 19, 2010, sanction order.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

August 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Graphic allegations in former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent's court documents Former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent alleges the Federal Bureau of Prisons has been "subjecting him to conditions tantamount to psychological and physical torture" since he began serving a 33-month prison sentence in June 2009.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

November 15, 2000 | Law.com

Like many dot-com entrepreneurs, Wade Bennett and Robb Ohnesorge of PowerBrief Inc. sought funding from friends, family and acquaintances after they quit their jobs at Locke Liddell & Sapp in Houston. A year later, PowerBrief 's product, a Web-based software system that not only helps lawyers manage documents and litigation, but also manage their workload, is being tested by 13 in-house legal departments.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

March 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

The dismantling of Jenkens & Gilchrist has been in the works for a while, ever since the firm suffered hits to its image and lawyer count in the wake of troubles with its Chicago-based tax practice. What's unusual is management's apparently generous and helpful attitude toward the recent wave of attorney defections from the firm. Several lawyers from branch offices say they participated in negotiations with other firms with the blessing and support of leadership at Jenkens.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

12 minute read

March 16, 2004 | Law.com

Jenkens & Gilchrist's agreement to a proposed $75 million settlement of litigation by former clients may have eased some of the firm's woes, but all is not yet smooth sailing. A federal judge's approval is still needed, as is participation by the disgruntled ex-clients, who were seeking tax advice. Still, there are hopes the proposal will slow the departure of lawyers from the Dallas-based firm, which has shrunk by about one-fourth in three years.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

14 minute read

September 03, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Six insurance and reinsurance lawyers are leaving Baker & McKenzie's Dallas office to open a Dallas office for Chicago-based litigation boutique Meckler Bulger & Tilson on Sept. 1.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

November 16, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The four indictments include seven counts of falsely holding oneself out as a lawyer, one charge of aggravated perjury, one charge of impersonating a public servant and one charge of theft. Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez says he will ask for bail totaling $1 million on the four indictments.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 19, 2002 | Law.com

Donald Winston, a surgeon who has endured 17 years of litigation in a dispute with a Houston hospital that suspended his privileges in 1983, has been waiting a long time for justice. Now, Winston is waiting again. This time a fee dispute with a Houston plaintiffs' lawyer is keeping him from getting paid any of the settlement funds that are in his lawyer's trust account.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

April 26, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Pauline Higgins, who was fired on Feb. 23 as general counsel of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (Metro), has filed a defamation and whistleblower suit that names Metro and Frank J. Wilson, its president and chief executive officer, as defendants. She alleges Metro fired her because she had complained to Houston Mayor Annise Parker that the transit agency wasn't complying with state laws governing document retention.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read