Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

May 03, 2010 | Law.com

Pauline Higgins, who was fired as general counsel of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, has filed a defamation and whistleblower suit against the agency and its president, alleging in her petition that the case involves "cut-throat politics and cronyism."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

August 11, 2000 | Law.com

Bridgestone/Firestone's recall of 6.5 million tires is likely to help plaintiffs' lawyers win wrongful-death and personal-injury suits filed over accidents that occur when tread on the tires separates. "It will have a catastrophic effect on Firestone's defenses," says Texas plaintiffs' lawyer Mikal Watts. The recall comes in the wake of reports of 46 deaths in accidents involving vehicles with the tires.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

September 01, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Only a handful of large corporations in Texas have formal pro bono programs and systems to track participation of their in-house lawyers� pro bono work.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

October 31, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

W. Mark Lanier, the Houston lawyer who won a $253.5 million verdict in August in the nation's first Vioxx pharmaceutical suit, wants another shot at a big win. But he wants to do it in state � not federal � court, and on his own � not as part of a multidistrict litigation pool.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

September 07, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court has denied a petition for review in Kathleen C. Cailloux v. Baker Botts, et al., a ruling that upheld a take-nothing judgment in favor of Baker Botts and Wells Fargo Bank Texas in a big-bucks estate-planning suit. The suit originated in Kerr County and was appealed to the 4th Court of Appeals.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

2 minute read

March 01, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Matthew Deffebach returns to his labor and employment practice at Haynes and Boone in Houston on March 1, about a month after the 39-year-old partner donated a kidney to the son of Iva York, a longtime staffer at the firm. The date of Deffebach's return is particularly fitting because it is the start of National Kidney Awareness Month.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

January 10, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

A jury in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, a traditionally plaintiff-friendly location, will hear the nation's next Vioxx suit. The trial in Felicia Garza, et al. v. Michael D. Evans, M.D., et al. is set to begin on Jan. 24 in 229th District Judge Alex W. Gabert's court in Starr County.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

April 02, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Jenkens & Gilchrist, which has been shuttering branch offices in recent weeks, has negotiated a nonprosecution cooperation agreement for criminal tax violations linked to the firm's former Chicago-based tax-shelter practice.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

February 23, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

In Houston this morning, U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of the Southern District of Texas pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. Kent will be sentenced May 11. His attorney, Dick DeGuerin, a partner in DeGuerin & Dickson in Houston, told reporters outside the courthouse that Kent has notified the president and the chief judge that he is "retiring" from the bench.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

August 26, 2011 | Law.com

The summer of 2011 is winding down, meaning it's time for offers to summer associates for fall 2012. The hiring market in Texas is shaping up to be at least as solid as last year, a signal that Texas firms and others with large operations in the state are feeling optimistic about next year's business prospects.

By Jeanne Graham and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read