Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

September 07, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Fish & Richardson, which does intellectual property and commercial work and litigation, will jettison close to 40 additional lawyers this year by shutting its Austin office and cutting corporate transactional lawyers firmwide, even as it collects more lucrative patent litigation work than its peers. Some of the 25 lawyers currently working in Austin will move to other firm offices.

By Sheri Qualters and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

April 06, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

A judge's April 1 order granted defense motions for partial summary judgment and dismissed most of the claims in a civil suit that alleged Houston lawyer Richard N. Laminack is a "sexual predator" who participated in an effort to defraud fen-phen clients by overcharging them for expenses.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

December 09, 2002 | Law.com

Even before an arbitration panel decides if Austin, Texas' Interfase Capital Partners mismanaged investor funds, the venture capital firm is hedging its bets by suing its lawyers. The malpractice suit filed against Houston-based Baker Botts, seeking reimbursement for potential damages in the underlying investor litigation, could signal a new wave of litigation stemming from the rash of dot-com failures since 2000.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

July 31, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

With federal prosecutors and SEC investigators breathing down their necks, Texas corporations are hiring defense firms, and plaintiffs firms are beginning to file shareholder derivative or class-action suits related to alleged option backdating at Texas companies.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

December 12, 2002 | Law.com

Ninety years after the Titanic sank in the icy North Atlantic, lawyers are still fighting over the shipwreck. While the salvage rights of the Titanic are subject to ongoing court battles in Virginia, participants at a seminar in Texas suggested how modern-day plaintiffs' lawyers, using the current legal system, would have had a field day with the accident, bringing everything from insurance to civil rights claims.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

August 12, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

A lawyer who prosecuted Warren Jeffs says the polygamist religious leader got a fair trial even though Jeffs shed his team of lawyers during trial and chose to represent himself. However, Eric J.R. Nichols, of counsel with Beck, Redden & Secrest in Austin who was a prosecutor for the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in the Jeffs case, says he expects Jeffs to appeal his conviction. [A video interview is included.]

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and John Council

4 minute read

October 30, 2009 | Law.com

News spread fast through the legal community about the death of plaintiffs attorney John M. O'Quinn, named one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal in 1997. Known for winning billions of dollars in verdicts against makers of breast implants and tobacco products, O'Quinn, 68, died Thursday in a car accident. A longtime partner remembered O'Quinn as being much like Houston, "the city that created him," adding that O'Quinn "thought there was nothing he couldn't do."

By John Council and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

Many Texas firms are positioning themselves for a piece of the lucrative new market that's developing in today's dot-com world. Firms are producing slick Web sites to not only provide information about their firms, but to show clients they can play the Internet game. They are marketing their expertise in assisting early-stage companies, building relationships with venture capital firms and providing pro bono assistance to business incubators.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

March 14, 2006 | Law.com

The former Enron CFO said he lied to lawyers from Vinson & Elkins who prepared a report for Kenneth Lay in 2001 that looked into allegations about financial irregularities at Enron.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

May 31, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas-based Godwin Gruber's new Houston office will open by July 1, staffed by lawyers from Houston litigation firm Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law. A total of 23 lawyers from Dunn, Kacal offices in Houston and Dallas are joining Godwin Gruber. By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

By brenda sapino jeffreys

9 minute read