Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

January 06, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Citing the effect of false testimony by an expert witness for the prosecution, Houston's 1st Court of Appeals on Jan. 6 overturned Andrea P. Yates' 2002 murder conviction and ordered a new trial for the mentally unstable Houston woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

October 05, 2009 | Law.com

Depositions are scheduled this month in a sex discrimination and sexual harassment suit against Gordon & Rees and a managing partner at the firm. The suit was filed by former Dallas firm administrator Alissa Brackin, who alleges Matthew Murphey, while the partner-in-charge in that office, "intentionally and/or knowingly physically touched Brackin in an offensive and provocative manner" and that the conduct was "known, tolerated and ratified" by firm management. The defendants deny the allegations.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

May 23, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

A King & Spalding partner represented the Houston Astros when Drayton McLane purchased the baseball team in 1992, and now represents the Astros in its pending sale to a group led by Houston businessman Jim Crane. The Astros did not announce the sale price, but the price has been estimated in news reports at around $680 million. Major League Baseball must approve the sale before it is final.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

June 07, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Lawyer turned 25 on April 3. To mark our anniversary, each week the editorial department is looking back at the news we covered over the past 25 years and selecting one story to update for readers. This week, senior reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys updates an article from the June 5, 1989, issue of Texas Lawyer, "Requiem for a Lone Lobbyist."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 03, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas firm Jenkens & Gilchrist closed its doors more than two years ago, but despite a $4 million courthouse win late last month in a battle over fees with an old client, the firm won't be ready to close the books until next year at the earliest. The suit, tried in a Dallas district court, was in Jenkens & Gilchrist PC v. Forgent Networks Inc., et al.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 21, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Unscrupulous people who eyed hurricane relief efforts as an opportunity for easy money are now in legal hot water. As the first-year anniversary of the deadly storms approaches, dozens of individuals in Texas face federal criminal charges accusing them of various kinds of hurricane-related fraud.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

January 11, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Houston lawyer Harry C. Arthur touched a nerve in one homeless man when Arthur filed a state court suit in November 2009 seeking to shut down a church-sponsored operation in downtown Houston that provides meals, counseling and laundry service for homeless people. In Harry C. Arthur, et al. v. Christ Church Cathedral, et al., Arthur and The Marine Building, an office building Arthur owns, seek a permanent injunction to shut down The Beacon, the homeless center.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

February 15, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Austin, Texas, lawyer Harry Whittington, who is recovering from wounds he received when Vice President Dick Cheney shot him during a quail hunting outing on Saturday, is known in Texas for his many years of public service.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

June 06, 2002 | Law.com

Arthur Andersen's destruction of documents last fall, in the wake of financial troubles at its client Enron, was directed by lawyers trying to protect the firm from civil suits and regulatory actions, claimed a government prosecutor during closing arguments Wednesday in Andersen's obstruction of justice trial in Houston. Closing statements from the prosecution and defense began after the judge's jury instructions.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

14 minute read

August 04, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 28 largely upheld the criminal convictions of two U.S. Border Patrol agents who shot at a fleeing drug smuggler while on duty along the U.S.-Mexico border. Significantly, the panel upheld the convictions under 18 U.S.C. �924(c) — using a gun in relation to the commission of a crime of violence — which requires a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read