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Mary Alice Robbins

Mary Alice Robbins

January 18, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Jan. 16

Donald 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. 9

Neill 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 Judge

Kristen 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 Voting

State 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. 2

Elyse 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-Elect

The 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. 19

Aaron 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 Run

An 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. 12

Courtney 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 Affiliation

Senior 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