March 16, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Dueling Motions for Sanctions Filed in Legal Malpractice LawsuitA deposition halted by the sudden departure of the attorney being deposed led to the filing of dueling motions for sanctions in a seven-year old legal-malpractice…
By Mary Alice Salmon
6 minute read
March 12, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of March 12Darlene F. Ghavimi has been promoted to the position of principal in the Austin office of Conley Rose. Ghavimi is a licensed patent attorney who primarily…
By Mary Alice Salmon
3 minute read
March 09, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Robert S. Bennett Deemed Ineligible for State Bar Board RaceWith only one dissent, the State Bar of Texas executive committee voted March 8 to affirm its executive director's decision that Houston attorney Robert S. “Bob” Bennett is ineligible to run for a seat on the bar's board of directors.
By Mary Alice Salmon
3 minute read
March 05, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of March 5Andrew M. Edison, founding partner of Edison McDowell Hetherington in Houston, has been appointed as a magistrate judge on the U.S. District Court…
By Mary Alice Salmon
4 minute read
February 26, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers — Week of February 26, 2018Annapoorni “Anna” Sankaran has joined Holland & Knight's Houston office as a partner.
By Mary Alice Salmon
3 minute read
February 21, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Dismisses Disciplinary Suit Against Austin AttorneyA judge has dismissed the disciplinary lawsuit that the Commission for Lawyer Discipline brought against an Austin attorney for his alleged misconduct in sending demand letters to businesses alleging that their websites violated rules under the Americans for Disabilities Act.
By Mary Alice Salmon
3 minute read
February 19, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers — Week of Feb. 19, 2018New PositionsDeborah Repman has been promoted to partner in Caldwell Bodreaux Lefler in Houston. Repman's principal area of practice is regulatory…
By Mary Alice Salmon
2 minute read
February 12, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
CDC's Proposed Changes in Rules of Disciplinary Procedure Raise ConcernsAttorneys say proposed changes in the rules of disciplinary procedure would greatly expand the State Bar of Texas chief disciplinary counsel's subpoena authority without written standards or procedures for challenging or reviewing subpoenas.
By Mary Alice Salmon
5 minute read
February 12, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Newsmakers: Week of Feb. 12New PositionsLaura Edrington, chair of Locke Lord's corporate trust practice group and a member of its board of directors, has been named managing…
By Mary Alice Salmon
2 minute read
February 07, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
TYLA Selects President-elect CandidatesMembers of the Texas Young Lawyers Association will decide between Raymond Baeza of El Paso and Victor Flores of Denton in the upcoming election for the next president-elect of TYLA.
By Mary Alice Salmon
3 minute read