Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

May 21, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

There's no shortage of lawyers on either side of a controversial ordinance that's set to go into effect in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch on May 22. Barring a last-minute court order from a federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the constitutionality of Ordinance 2903, beginning on May 22 landlords in Farmers Branch will be prohibited from renting to most immigrants who cannot prove their citizenship or legal residency status.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

October 03, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

General counsel who are among the highest-paid executives at large Texas companies earned a little more silver to put in their pockets in 2010 than the year before. Wayne Watts, senior executive vice president and general counsel of AT&T Inc. in Dallas, heads the list of the best-paid general counsel in 2010 in Texas with total compensation of $9,244,814.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

June 08, 2011 | Legaltech News

Dallas lawyer Cary Schulman and his firm have sued attorney Blake Hyde and his former firm, alleging they slandered and libeled him in e-mails Hyde sent to Schulman's clients. The plaintiffs' causes of action include slander and slander per se, statutory libel per se and common-law libel per se, and intentional interference with contractual relations.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

April 07, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge David Hittner of Houston on April 7 rejected a plea agreement Lea Fastow — the wife of former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow — had with federal prosecutors that called for her to spend five months in federal prison and another five confined to her house.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

June 12, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Some large Texas firms have policies in place for the times when lawyers are called to active duty, but others don't -- presumably because it has not been an issue. Like Haynes and Boone, many of the firms with policies will supplement lawyers' military pay, so they don't suffer financially while on active duty.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

May 18, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

With his life and legal career a smoldering wreckage, on May 11 retired U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent was sentenced to 33 months in prison for one count of obstruction of justice, and the two women he abused finally got a chance to speak directly to the jurist who made their lives hell.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and John Council

12 minute read

September 28, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Taken as a whole, the firms with the largest Texas offices shed some lawyers between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, but the percentages of minority and female lawyers at those firms did not slip. Emmanuel Obi (pictured), an associate with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, is on a committee looking at ways to increase diversity at Dallas firms.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

February 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Tuesday's arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on a federal jurisdiction matter are apt to attract a somewhat different audience for such an issue. That's because Playmate Anna Nicole Smith is due to attend, in connection with a judgment awarding her millions from her husband's estate. Legal obervers are split on whether the circus atmosphere that often surrounds Smith will be a concern for the justices as they consider whether federal courts have jurisdiction in state probate matters.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

March 21, 2007 | The Recorder

Shareholders' plans to sue Enron were thwarted when the Fifth Circuit overturned an earlier ruling granting class certification, but the case is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

August 18, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

A few weeks ago, the three name shareholders in Dallas firm Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo sat down to chart the future of their firm. But instead of agreeing on a plan to grow the trial and appellate firm, the three decided the Dallas and Houston offices should separate. One group will boost the Kane Russell office in Houston to almost 20 lawyers, says Kane Russell director Michael Logan.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read