Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

August 15, 2005 | Law.com

Eric G. Andell, a former juvenile and appeals court judge in Houston, was sentenced on July 29 to a year of unsupervised probation on a misdemeanor criminal charge in connection with expense reports filed with the U.S. Department of Education. In April, Andell pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of conflict of interest based upon travel at government expense that included some travel for personal reasons. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $5000 fine.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 07, 2006 | National Law Journal

Winstead Sechrest & Minick shareholders have elected Houston partner Denis Braham to succeed W. Mike Baggett as CEO in 2007. Braham, a corporate and securities lawyer who heads the firm's sports and entertainment practice, says he plans to continue what Baggett started, including building on core practice areas like real estate, financial services and technology, and growing in Texas and nationally. Elected to a four-year term, Braham says he will maintain his practice while CEO.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

March 14, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Houston for four days beginning on March 7, heard a lot about spam e-mails and the "American Idol" television program during oral arguments in two of the more interesting appeals on the week's docket.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

September 25, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

A longstanding Houston Police Department policy forbids officers from stopping or apprehending individuals solely to determine their immigration status. That's bad policy in the view of a group of activists in Houston who say the police policy effectively makes Houston a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

12 minute read

June 20, 2001 | Law.com

Partners who treat associates like slaves may soon be as rare in large Texas firms as manual typewriters. Firms hope the use of 360-degree reviews will help change the behavior of inconsiderate partners -- that they'll even vie for the good opinion of underlings. "We have a really competitive bunch," says Susman Godfrey's Robert Rivera. "There's how much business you bring in, how much [money] you win, and what do the associates think."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

October 06, 2009 | Law.com

Bracewell & Giuliani announced Monday that it has picked up a group of nine intellectual property lawyers from Fish & Richardson's office in Austin, Texas, which is slated to close by the end of the year. The IP group is headed by Alan Albright, who was managing principal of Fish & Richardson's Austin office. Joining Albright as partners are Ed Cavazos, Barry Shelton and Michael Chibib. Andrew Gajkowski, Chris Johnson, Betty Chen, Josh Tucker and David Hoffman come on as associates.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

January 03, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Five lawyers from litigation boutique Edwards, Burns & Krider, including Brady Edwards and Sandra Thourot Krider, joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to launch the firm's Houston office on Jan. 2.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

July 14, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Odis Briggs Sr. spent more than four years in a Liberty County jail for contempt of court -- an apparent record in Texas -- and he's only free today because a federal magistrate let him out on bail in 2002 while he considers Briggs' habeas corpus petition. A lawyer for Briggs, 65, says his client should be released from confinement for good because a state law that went into effect in June limits jail time to 18 months for civil contempt.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

July 19, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

September 05, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The 5th Court of Appeals has reversed a sanction order against Fulbright & Jaworski partner Oscar Rey Rodriguez of Dallas that called for him to place a newspaper advertisement apologizing to his courtroom opponents in a specific case. The court found that there was no evidence to support the finding that is the "sole basis" for the March 19, 2010, sanction order.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read