Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

November 16, 2010 | Law.com

The Sydow Firm, one of R. Allen Stanford's defense firms, has sued Akin Gump and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, seeking $437,151 in unpaid legal fees and expenses.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

January 23, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyers trying the nation's next Vioxx suit, which began on Jan. 24 in Starr County, will need to find ways to work with a less-than-favorable trial schedule calling for four days in the courtroom a month.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

April 02, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Virginia-based Hunton & Williams, which has offices in Dallas and Houston, opened a new office in Austin on April 1 with lawyers from Jenkens & Gilchrist.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 28, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Sept. 28 issued an order reprimanding and admonishing U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Galveston. The order relates to a complaint of judicial misconduct lodged against the judge on May 21 alleging sexual harassment toward an employee of the federal judicial system.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and John Council

4 minute read

September 09, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Think in-house lawyers are different? Think again. Texas general counsel—among the highest-paid executives at the state's largest corporations—weren't immune from the effects of the economic downturn.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

May 30, 2006 | Law.com

After last week's convictions, legal observers are divided on the odds for a successful appeal for Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

February 14, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

An Eagle Pass lawyer who was counsel to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas in 2006 during a leadership dispute is not a limited-purpose public figure, San Antonio's 4th Court of Appeals has ruled in an interlocutory appeal. San Antonio solo Carl Kolb (pictured) represents lawyer Gloria Hernandez in the suit.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 11, 2006 | Law.com

The 5th Circuit recently handed the Enron Task Force a major setback with an opinion that reverses conspiracy and wire fraud convictions of four defendants in the so-called Nigerian Barge trial and vacates the conviction of one of them for insufficient evidence. The panel overturned the convictions after finding that the honest-services theory of wire fraud does not extend to the circumstances alleged by federal prosecutors at trial.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

October 08, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Tired of waiting for the State Bar of Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee to respond to a complaint he filed in May, Corpus Christi plaintiffs personal-injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry began running television advertisements on Sept. 28 questioning the credentials of Mauricio Celis, a partner in CGT Law Group International in Corpus Christi, which also represents plaintiffs.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

February 01, 2000 | Law.com

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read