Mary Alice Robbins

December 08, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that that while the task force chaired by Dallas solo practitioner Lisa Blue has met several…

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

December 04, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

AppointmentJarvis V. Hollingsworth, a partner in Bracewell's Houston office, has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve as chairman of the…

By Mary Alice Robbins

2 minute read

November 22, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

 Two lawyers who have been gathering signatures on petitions to be placed on the 2018 State Bar of Texas ballot for president-elect can stop…

By Mary Alice Robbins

2 minute read

November 20, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Fulfilling a campaign promise, State Bar of Texas President-Elect Joe Longley has appointed a task force to examine how much transparency there is,…

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

October 23, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

An advocate for a 17-year-old Central American girl who entered this country illegally said that by delaying an abortion for the girl, federal agencies…

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

October 19, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

The judge's order also temporarily restrains the defendants from forcing Jane Doe to reveal her abortion decision to anyone or from retaliating against her or the contractor that operates the shelter where she is living.

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

September 22, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

After more than an hour behind closed doors today in Lubbock, the State Bar of Texas board of directors voted 42-to-1, with one abstention, to name Trey Apffel, the bar's president in 2014-2015, as the its next executive director.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

September 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Andrew Morriss, the first permanent dean since Texas A&M bought the law school from Texas Wesleyan University in 2012, is moving up to become Texas A&M University's dean of the school of innovation and vice president for economic development.

By Angela Morris and Mary Alice Robbins

6 minute read

September 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Robin Gibbs, founder of the litigation boutique Gibbs & Bruns in Houston, recalled being fascinated by the stories about trials told by his uncle, Pat Maloney, a flamboyant personal injury lawyer who was based in San Antonio. "It turned on a switch for me that never reversed itself," Gibb said.

By Mary Alice Robbins

6 minute read

August 31, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback and Pro Hall of Famer Deoin Sanders isn't likely to be performing one of his famous touchdown dances in the wake of a Fifth Court of Appeals decision on Aug. 29.

By MARY ALICE ROBBINS

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