January 18, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Jan. 16Donald J. DeGabrielle, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, has joined Lewis Brisbois as a partner in its Houston office.
By Mary Alice Robbins
17 minute read
January 11, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Jan. 9Neill Fuquay has been promoted to shareholder in McGuire, Craddock & Strother in Dallas. Fuquay is in the firm's real estate and commercial and mortgage lending sections.
By Mary Alice Robbins
9 minute read
January 10, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
History is Made as Texas' Oldest Court Gets First Woman JudgeKristen Brauchle Hawkins made history on Jan. 9 when she was administered the oath of office as judge of the 11th District Court in Houston.
By MARY ALICE ROBBINS
3 minute read
January 05, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
Sunset Commission Sends Recommendation to Legislature Regarding Membership Fee VotingState Bar of Texas members would no longer vote on bar membership fee changes under a recommendation submitted to the Legislature by the state's Sunset Advisory Commission.
By MARY ALICE ROBBINS
10 minute read
January 05, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Jan. 2Elyse Lyons, Dallas associate with Jones Day, has been chosen to join the Dallas Regional Chamber's LEAD YP Class of 2017. This is a leadership development program for young professionals.
By Mary Alice Robbins
13 minute read
January 03, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
State Bar Board Member Says He Will Abstain from Vote As Wife Runs for President-ElectThe State Bar of Texas board of directors that will decide Jan. 20 whether to approve two nominees for the position of president-elect includes the husband and law partner of one of the nominees.
By MARY ALICE ROBBINS
3 minute read
December 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 19Aaron J. Rigby and Tim Chandler have been promoted to partners in Sidley Austin.
By Mary Alice Robbins
12 minute read
December 15, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Solo Practitioner Sues State Bar of Texas in Effort to Get Signatures for President-Elect RunAn Austin attorney seeking signatures to get his name on the 2017 ballot for election of the next president-elect of the State Bar of Texas has filed an open records suit against the bar.
By MARY ALICE ROBBINS
9 minute read
December 13, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 12Courtney Jamison Roane, an associate in Thompson & Knight's corporate and securities practice group in Dallas, has been named to the Mi Escuelita board of directors.
By Mary Alice Robbins
12 minute read
December 06, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
U.S. District Court: County Can't Ask Constable Applicants Views on Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion or Their Religious AffiliationSenior U.S. District Judge David Ezra wrote in his Dec. 2 opinion in Lloyd v. Birkman that Robert Lloyd's equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated when he was asked about those issues during an interview conducted March 18, 2013, by the Williamson County Commissioners Court.
By MARY ALICE ROBBINS
5 minute read
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