Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

February 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

It`s been nearly six years since 75th District Judge J.C. Zbranek put Odis Briggs Sr. in jail after finding Briggs in contempt of court for failing to produce some documents the judge is convinced Briggs has.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

11 minute read

March 16, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

An investigation into possible accounting irregularities at Enron Corp. conducted by Houston's Vinson & Elkins in the fall of 2001 was bogus in the estimation of the Enron employee whose complaints to former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay prompted the probe.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

September 30, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

While the compensation packages received by many GC's are mind-boggling, many of them can't go to the bank with much of it, thanks to declining stock markets. Still, the pay is exceedingly good. Even without the value of the stock options, the average general counsel on the best-paid list made more than the average partner at one of the 25 highest-grossing firms in Texas. James Ellis, SBC's general counsel, says that his company's size and scope of his responsibilities factor into his annual compensation.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

March 08, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Enron Corp. Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow testified yesterday in the criminal trial of Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay that he considered himself a hero for helping Enron manipulate its earnings with improper deals with some off-balance-sheet entities he set up and managed.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

April 23, 2007 | Law.com

After a neighbor complained that his son's pet donkey was a loud nuisance, Dallas lawyer C. Gregory Shamoun brought the donkey, known as Buddy, into a courtroom to attempt to prove otherwise to a jury. Questions about Buddy's behavior arose in a suit Shamoun filed, accusing neighbor John Cantrell of assault. Cantrell alleged in a counterclaim that Shamoun intentionally interfered with his enjoyment of his property by allowing a burro and a calf to roam freely in Shamoun's backyard.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

October 16, 2000 | Law.com

George W. Bush once worked in Baker Bott's mailroom, and the Houston firm has represented the Bush family for years. It's not surprising the firm and its lawyers are among the largest firm contributors to the Bush campaign. And some of the most loyal. The Texas Governor's campaign has attracted more than two times as much money from the lone start state's lawyers as the campaign of Vice President Al Gore.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 25, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

After a three-justice panel of Houston's 14th Court of Appeals reversed a judgment in the nation's first Vioxx trial, plaintiffs' lawyer W. Mark Lanier vowed to appeal it on behalf of his client. He called the opinion "judicial activism for corporate America." Now, more than two months after the May 29 opinion reversing the judgment in Carol Ernst v. Merck & Co. Inc., Ernst has filed a motion seeking a rehearing en banc.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

February 10, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld and a former partner recently settled a state court suit alleging fraud and securities law violations in connection with the firm's representation of a now-defunct Internet startup in San Antonio called E-Court Inc.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

March 21, 2011 | Law.com

Taking advantage of the demise of Howrey, Winston & Strawn opened a Houston office on Wednesday staffed by most of the lawyers who had worked in Howrey's Houston office. Howrey's Houston office managing partner Stephen Cagle says Winston had extended offers to all of the lawyers in his office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

August 06, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

At a time when Texas lawyers think little about jumping from firm to firm in search of a bigger paycheck and unfulfilled lawyers take early retirement, the 50-year partnership between San Antonio lawyers Anthony "Nic" Nicholas and Roy Barrera Sr. is a throwback to a different era.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read