Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

October 03, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

The indictment of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay for alleged criminal conspiracy sets up a rematch between Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle and prominent Houston criminal-defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin, who successfully defended another high-profile politician in a case that ultimately was a big embarrassment for Earle.

By Mary Alice Robbins and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

June 19, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Ah, Father's Day, filled with neckties, golf clubs and Brut soap on a rope. But there's more to this important day than gift-giving and cookouts. It is really about honoring and remembering your father. So Texas Lawyer asked some attorneys to reflect on the lessons they learned from their lawyer-dads. Here is what they said.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS, MARY ALICE ROBBINS and JOHN COUNCIL

5 minute read

August 10, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

It's really all about the fees. Criminal-defense attorney Dick DeGuerin no longer wants to represent R. Allen Stanford, because he doesn't have assurance that Stanford will have money to pay him for future work. But Stanford's new legal team hasn't filed papers to substitute into Stanford's criminal case, because they too want to be sure they will be paid.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

June 18, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

A former client of Jenkens & Gilchrist sued the Dallas-based firm in federal court in New York on June 8 alleging malpractice and breach of contract in connection with the firm's work on a reverse merger in 2004.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

September 07, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Upset over amendments to Texas' barratry statute that require lawyers, doctors and others to wait 31 days before soliciting individuals involved in accidents, a Houston lawyer with a traffic ticket/warrant practice and an Austin chiropractor are seeking a federal court order to declare the amendments unconstitutional.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

April 26, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Some areas of the deals business, like initial public offerings, may be suffering, but Vinson & Elkins and seven other Texas firms landed a respectable share of the nation`s deals work in 2001 - despite the dark cloud hanging over the economy. Eight Texas-based firms are among the nation`s leading transactional firms included in the annual Corporate Scorecard published by The American Lawyer, an affiliate of Texas Lawyer. The scorecard lists the firms nationwide that did the most work, or the highest-value

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

9 minute read

January 22, 2007 | Law.com

It's been nearly 16 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect. Lawyers with disabilities say it's still tough to get big-firm jobs, despite the ADA and despite advances in technology that help them handle legal work. "Most attorneys who are blind or visually impaired work for the government or work in solo practice," says Chris Prentice, a solo in Texas who is legally blind. Prentice says he would like to leave solo practice and work at a firm for financial reasons.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

14 minute read

January 10, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

As an e-mail brouhaha involving Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal intensified, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett today announced that county officials have asked the Texas Office of the Attorney General to investigate Rosenthal to see if his actions may be grounds for removal from office. "We are clearly in a situation where Mr. Rosenthal has become a distraction to the office of district attorney," Emmett said.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 23, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Lawyers trying the nation's next Vioxx suit, which begins Tuesday in Texas, will work with a less-than-favorable trial schedule calling for only four days in the courtroom a month. Because Judge Alex Gabert sits in three different counties, he set a trial schedule for the suit that allows for his travel around the district. That poses big challenges for lawyers on both sides, who will jockey to leave the jury with favorable evidence to ponder during the extended breaks in the trial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

October 17, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that became the first target of the federal government's investigation into the downfall of Enron, was given the maximum sentence Wednesday of a $500,000 fine and five years probation. In June, a Houston jury found Andersen guilty of obstruction of justice for destroying Enron-related documents after the SEC had begun an investigation into Enron's financial reporting.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read