Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

March 16, 2006 | Law.com

The former Enron VP says Vinson & Elkins' investigation into possible accounting irregularities was bogus.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

October 05, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Depositions are scheduled this month in a "sex discrimination and sexual harassment" suit against Gordon & Rees, which has Texas offices in Dallas and Houston, and the former partner-in-charge of the Dallas office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

September 15, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

To pay a $1 million retainer in 1997, former Jenkens & Gilchrist client Ingrid Felderhof gave the now-defunct Dallas-based firm a house in Williamsburg, Va. Now, years after Jenkens completed its work for Felderhof and her ex-husband, she wants the house back and is attempting to overturn a federal court judgment that declares Jenkens the sole owner of the house.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

November 16, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Singer Jimmy Buffett is seeking a court order to permanently shut down an online retailer in Galveston who allegedly is selling unauthorized Buffett merchandise.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

July 07, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Paul Kruse, 48, is general counsel of a family-run, privately owned company in the rural community of Brenham, located about an hour's drive from Houston. He's the only lawyer on staff and he earns about $100,000 a year, plus bonus, he says.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

August 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

By the time Davis Petroleum Corp. hired Rhett Campbell and a team of bankruptcy lawyers at Thompson & Knight in February, the Houston-based oil and gas exploration company had a big need for cash and little time to get it. On March 9, a bankruptcy judge confirmed a reorganization plan that called for a private equity group to invest $150 million in Davis Petroleum, only two days after the company filed the prepackaged reorganization plan that Campbell's team put together in three grueling weeks.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

July 29, 2004 | Law.com

Muslim investors are not allowed to earn interest on their money or pay interest. Nevertheless, Bracewell & Patterson partner Alfred G. "Al" Kyle is developing a niche practice of representing banks in deals financed in part with money from Muslim investors. No one knows how much money from the Middle East is waiting in the wings to be invested in the United States, but estimates are as high as $200 billion.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

March 26, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Plaintiffs lawyer Bill Lerach says that Enron shareholders will ask the Supreme Court to review a March 19 opinion from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that put the brakes on the trial in Mark Newby, et al. v. Enron Corp., which was set to begin on April 16 in U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon's Houston court.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

December 14, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

A prosecutor in Denton County has sued the county, the Denton County Criminal District Attorney's Office and three assistant DAs, alleging she has been subjected to a hostile work environment at the DA's office and has been harassed and discriminated against because of her race. Nadiya Williams-Boldware, who handles criminal misdemeanor matters, has been a Denton County assistant DA since February 2007.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

March 14, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Michael Ramsey, Kenneth Lay's criminal-defense attorney, hammered hard on witness Andrew Fastow's credibility and honesty during his March 13 cross-examination of Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Houston's Enron Corp. who has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges in connection with the investigation into the tragic collapse of the former high-flying energy company.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read