Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

November 08, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Proskauer Rose got some good news Oct. 27, when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision in a suit filed over tax advice. The three-judge panel upheld a 2009 decision by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller of the Southern District of Texas (pictured) that dismissed a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and securities fraud suit filed against Proskauer in connection with a "tax avoidance scheme" that the Internal Revenue Service disallowed. The plaintiffs had alleged in their complaint in Affco Investments 2001 LLC, et al. v. Proskauer Rose LLP that Proskauer issued tax opinions to them that were incorrect and did so to promote the tax strategy. In response, Proskauer filed a motion to dismiss.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

November 18, 2004 | Law.com

When Houston lawyer Dan L. Cogdell defends a client, that client usually is nowhere to be found while Cogdell is studying discovery and developing a strategy. But that wasn't an option for former Enron Corp. employee Sheila K. Kahanek, who felt compelled to analyze every piece of evidence in the government's case. The unusual collaboration paid off in a big way for Kahanek, who was the only one of six defendants in the Nigerian barge trial to win acquittal.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

12 minute read

August 02, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr of Dallas will expand into Houston and move past the 100-lawyer mark on Aug. 1 when it merges with Houston firm Floyd Jones Rios Wahrlich.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

December 12, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge this morning declares a mistrial in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial after a Southern District of Texas jury is unable to decide on a verdict.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

December 10, 2001 | Law.com

With its two founding shareholders moving toward retirement, litigation boutique Woodard, Hall & Primm of Houston becomes the latest in a long string of well-known Texas firms to dissolve. "We weren't able to grow the firm internally," says former shareholder Larkin Eakin Jr. "The decision was very informally made that it was best to go our own ways."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 03, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

After more than two decades of working at in-house jobs and at firms, Kathryn Turpin has found a comfortable niche in Austin. Turpin is general counsel of AntiqueLand USA Inc., a privately owned company that operates 15 antique and craft malls across the country. She works about eight to 10 hours a week at her office at AntiqueLand. During the rest of the workweek, Turpin is a corporate counsel at Broadwing Communications Services Inc. in Austin.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

February 03, 2000 | Law.com

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

April 19, 2007 | National Law Journal

Former White House counsel and one-time Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will return to Locke Liddell & Sapp as a partner in the public policy and litigation groups. "There's about eight or 10 former White House counsel in the country these days, and they are all at very high-profile firms. It's exciting for us to get her back," says Locke Liddell managing partner Jerry Clements. Miers' name has been in the news again regarding whether she had a role in the dismissals of eight U.S. Attorneys.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

October 11, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Pizza Inn Inc., the restaurant and food company based in The Colony, filed a breach of fiduciary duty suit on Oct. 5 alleging Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and partner J. Kenneth Menges Jr. helped enrich some Pizza Inn executives at the expense of the company.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

August 08, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Eric G. Andell, a former juvenile and appeals court judge in Houston, was sentenced on July 29 to a year of unsupervised probation on a misdemeanor criminal charge in connection with expense reports filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read