Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

September 06, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

As general counsel-USA and UK for Eye Mall Media (USA) LLC and the sole lawyer in his legal department, Stephen Erickson has to do it all. But he's prepared for that challenge because of his broad experience, ranging from litigation to corporate work, compliance matters to leases, and bankruptcy to initial public offerings.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

November 23, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Only 28 days after Baseline Oil and Gas Corp. of Houston filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition, a federal bankruptcy judge confirmed the Houston-based energy company's reorganization plan. Rhett Campbell (pictured) was one of the lawyers from Thompson & Knight who worked on the prepackaged bankruptcy filing.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

September 19, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

For his first-ever oral argument before an appeals court, a Beaumont lawyer traveled from Beaumont to El Paso, because the Texas Supreme Court reassigned the 9th Court of Appeals case to the 8th Court of Appeals under a caseload equalization program. He says he was surprised the appeal was moved so far from where the parties and lawyers live, instead of to a venue closer to Beaumont such as Tyler or Eastland. But things worked out just fine for his client.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 31, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Minneapolis litigation firm Bowman and Brooke plans to open an office in Dallas on Feb. 1, staffed by six lawyers from Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern of Dallas. David Graves Jr. (pictured), Bowman and Brooke's chairman, says his firm is interested in a Dallas office because Texas has a lot of litigation and his firm has work in Texas.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

July 28, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Houston-based Beirne, Maynard & Parsons lost a discovery dispute recently in its quest to obtain $1.2 million in unpaid legal fees for defending U.S. Silica in silicosis litigation. With the opinion, discovery can proceed in the underlying suit, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons v. Riverstone Claims Management, et al., which is filed in a state district court in Marshall.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

April 16, 2007 | Law.com

Defendant Wyeth had planned an appeal of the $1 billion verdict in the diet-drug case that would have tested Texas' cap on punitive damages, but a settlement was reached before the case could go to court

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

June 01, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Samuel B. Kent is set to report to federal prison on June 15, but even before the disgraced retired U.S. district judge begins to serve a 33-month sentence, the U.S. House will crank into high gear proceedings that could lead to Kent's impeachment. The two former staff members he has admitted to sexually assaulting are expected to testify before a House committee.

By John Council and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

February 17, 2006 | Law.com

The booming China market has many enticements for U.S. lawyers thinking of opening offices there. For Texas attorneys, the key allure is the energy business. Other hot practice areas: structured finance, international arbitration, IP and cross-border M&A. But there's also work for large and small firms with no Asia outpost. When Chinese clients come to Texas, "they want somebody who knows the language and the culture," says Tom Tong, who left Locke Liddell & Sapp to open a bilingual firm focusing on China.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

September 20, 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 revisits an article in the Sept. 15, 2008, issue of Texas Lawyer, "A Break for a Farmer."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

November 15, 2006 | Law.com

As an assistant DA in Rockwall County, Texas, Louis W. "Bill" Conradt Jr. was likely familiar with Texas' online-solicitation-of-a-minor law, one of the strongest of its kind in the nation. When police officers knocked on the prosecutor's door to serve him with warrants in connection with such a case, he didn't answer. With a "Dateline NBC" camera crew outside Conradt's house, police entered the premises on Nov. 5. That's when Conradt used a gun to kill himself, according to local police.

By John Council and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read