Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

September 20, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a $10,000 sanction against Ophelia F. Camiña, a partner in Susman Godfrey in Dallas. The panel found that U.S. District Judge David Godbey (pictured) lacked authority to impose sanctions against Camiña for her conduct in an arbitration.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

August 10, 2009 | Law.com

It's really all about the fees. Houston criminal defense attorney Dick DeGuerin no longer wants to represent R. Allen Stanford, -- who has been in custody since June, after he pleaded not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges -- 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

November 14, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

With tort reform putting pressure on trial lawyers on both sides of the docket, Dallas-based Winstead Sechrest & Minick recently hired several commercial litigators accustomed to representing plaintiffs, in order to build a contingent-fee practice.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

May 16, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Howrey Simon Arnold & White has been known informally as Howrey for a while, but now the short name is official. Howrey isn't the first firm to adopt a shorter, institutional name, and it probably won't be the last as the trend continues to come on strong. Other firms in Texas, such as Brown McCarroll, went short and sweet by lopping off the trailing names in a long name.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

March 23, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

A group of intellectual property lawyers from Jenkens & Gilchrist's Chicago office closed a deal to open an office in the Windy City for Nixon Peabody, which has offices on the East and West Coasts but not in the Midwest.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

February 19, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The messy courthouse battle between former South Texas College of Law professor Neil C. McCabe and a student with whom he had an affair has ended three years after it began with a final judgment ordering the woman to pay McCabe a half-million dollars in damages and sanctions.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

March 06, 2000 | Law.com

A wrongful-death suit that spent 22 years meandering up and down the Texas and U.S. court systems in Dickensian fashion finally ended with a $12.7 million verdict in Houston that could balloon to $35 million with interest. But the jury's decision is unlikely to mean an end to legal maneuverings in the suit, given that defendant Exxon is expected to appeal any judgment that finds it liable for the 1977 death of a Singapore shipworker.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

December 07, 2009 | Law.com

Faced with unexpected criticism about the propriety of several stock photos on its site, Houston-based Lindeman Alvarado moved quickly to remove images of a woman and children used to illustrate the firm's criminal defense practice areas. Do you know what content is on your Web site?

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

November 08, 2004 | Law.com

A Texas jury's guilty verdict against a former Enron employee and four ex-Merrill Lynch employees for fraud and conspiracy has set the stage for a trial against former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. The partial prosecutorial victory marked the first attempt to criminally convict former employees and bankers for the energy company -- and, in the words of one lawyer, constitutes "a big win" that will aid other prosecutions.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

July 12, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Renowned plaintiffs lawyer Walter Umphrey could be resting on his laurels, relaxing at his ranch, or simply spending some of the millions he`s made from the Texas tobacco litigation and a wealth of other personal-injury suits. Instead, Umphrey has focused on growth at Provost H Umphrey Law Firm, expanding the firm he founded 33 years ago into seven new markets in Texas and elsewhere over the last 18 months.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

8 minute read