John Council

June 05, 2001 | Law.com

The Texas Legislature just passed a bill that gives crime victims and their families an opportunity lawyers wish they had -- a peek at appellate court decisions before they're made public. The change shocks several state appellate justices, some of whom just learned about the proposal last week. They believe the bill partially nullifies long-established rules aimed at protecting courts from outside influence.

By John Council

7 minute read

September 22, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

The State Bar of Texas' disciplinary suit against Dallas lawyer Catherine Shelton is one of the most high-profile disciplinary cases filed by the Bar in years.

By John Council

3 minute read

October 16, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Millions have watched the testy presidential debates between U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, but in terms of raw politics and finger-pointing, the debates have nothing on the Oct. 16 arguments in Entergy Gulf States Inc. v. Summers. The issue that has so many worked up about the Entergy rehearing is an overused phrase often applied by people critical of the judiciary: "legislating from the bench."

By John Council

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August 04, 2000 | Law.com

A Dallas judge has gone on the attack, filing a defamation suit against his own friend and former lawyer amid allegations of bribery and ex parte communications. Judge David R. Gibson's suit and the circumstances that prompted it are shaping up to be one of the most outrageous ethical battles concerning a Dallas civil judge in recent memory.

By John Council

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June 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By John Council

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July 28, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Waco is located in the center of Texas, but it's the center of the universe when it comes to attention-grabbing litigation -- the kind that gets media play PR-types dream about.

By John Council

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October 13, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

A federal judge is considering a case that seeks to force the Texas Supreme Court to reveal how it votes on "petitions for review" � the threshold determination the appellate court makes on whether it will hear a case.

By John Council

10 minute read

May 24, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

As a kid growing up in Long Island, N.Y., Ernie White had seen little of the world. When he graduated from high school he wanted to see as much of it as he could. So White went on a world tour the old-fashioned way: He enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He earned his law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1985. He now is judge of the 194th District Court in Dallas County.

By John Council

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April 13, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Before 330th District Judge Marilea Lewis could set a hearing on a post-divorce matter, she had to ask the lawyers appearing before her on April 6 an unusual question: Did they want her to continue to preside over In the Matter of the Marriage of Jose Miguel Guemez and Maria D. Guemez. They all did.

By John Council

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January 04, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Beaumont`s ProvostHUmphrey made its entrance into the Dallas legal market in a big way last week by hiring one of the area`s best-known federal judges to head its first Dallas office. U.S. District Judge Joe Kendall will set up the office and hire lawyers for the nationally recognized plaintiffs firm beginning Jan 23. His resignation from the bench will be effective Jan 22. Before he was appointed to the federal bench by President George Bush in 1992, Kendall was a state district judge, a civil litigato

By JOHN COUNCIL

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