Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

February 19, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

The managing partner of Locke Liddell & Sapp says Harriet E. Miers, who has resigned as White House counsel, "will always have a place at this law firm." She hasn't made a decision on returning, he said.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 06, 2006 | Law.com

The bankruptcy trustee for former clients of Dallas' Godwin Gruber -- now known as Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo -- has filed a professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duties suit against the firm and two former shareholders, alleging the defendants mishandled a patent infringement case. The plaintiffs allege the defendants failed to "zealously" represent them in the underlying case, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

October 28, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

In a split decision met with strongly-worded dissent, the Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that the odor of marijuana isn't enough to provide police officers, drawn to a house to check out an anonymous tip of drug dealing, with probable cause to believe the man who opened the door had marijuana on him. Stan Brown, the attorney who represented the defendants, says the dissenting judges raising alarms about the broad impact of the opinion are taking it too far.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

May 02, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

With mergers and acquisitions worldwide posting the best year in 2004 since the turn-of-the-century bust, the ballooning deals market in 2004 benefited some large Texas-based firms in a very big way. Nine Texas firms, two more than last year, are among the elite group of firms included on the Corporate Scorecard 2005, the annual ranking published by The American Lawyer.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 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

January 27, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge David Hittner of Houston will wait until Lea Fastow, the wife of former Enron Corp. CFO Andrew Fastow, is sentenced before deciding if he will dismiss five other charges against her.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

April 14, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

A task force headed by Houston's Joseph Jamail and comprised of some of Texas' most successful trial lawyers is proposing some new rules of civil procedure that would radically change how lawyers handle litigation in the state. The proposals put in the hands of the Texas Supreme Court on April 8 would heighten disclosure in the referral-fee system and make some class actions opt-in instead of opt-out.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

January 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

As an e-mail brouhaha involving Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal intensified, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett Wednesday announced that county officials have asked the Texas Office of the Attorney General to investigate Rosenthal to see if his actions may be grounds for removal from office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

December 17, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The disciplinary matter involving U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent just got a lot more interesting, with two of Houston's most skilled and high-profile lawyers, Rusty Hardin and Dick DeGuerin, on opposing sides.

By John Council and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

December 20, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent (pictured), who is serving a 33-month prison sentence, isn't going to get a new sentence. On Dec. 8, Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida signed an order that adopts a U.S. magistrate judge's report and recommendation and denies Kent's request for an order to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read