Miriam Rozen

May 10, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins (pictured), a Democrat, is seeking a second term in the November elections. He entered office in 2006 promising to change fundamentally the way the county prosecutes. With three years of statistics available, comparisons are now possible between his administration and that of his Republican predecessor, Bill Hill.

By Miriam Rozen

12 minute read

January 16, 2003 | Law.com

Halliburton Co.'s GC worked feverishly to negotiate a tentative $4 billion global settlement to resolve some 300,000 asbestos-related claims. Donald Godwin, a partner with Dallas' Godwin Gruber, who represented Halliburton in the negotiations said the deal was "an incredibly complex puzzle, and an incredible general counsel was required to put all the pieces together."

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

August 13, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

A month after V&E announced its new pay scale, many associates in Texas don't know how much of a raise they'll get, if any. Other Texas firms are testing new ways of calculating associate compensation. On the outside, in-house, lawyers, recruiters and law schools are trying to determine how the salary increases will change their own lives. "I don't care how much they pay associates. But to the extent that it changes our rates, I do," says Russell F. Coleman, general counsel of Dallas-based Belo Corp.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

12 minute read

November 07, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

To say Dallas County criminal district court judges and Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill don't get along well borders on understatement. The judges and the DA have sparred repeatedly over the past several years. Evidence of the bad blood surfaced in an e-mail last month.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

April 04, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

"Stay off the tacos." That's what a board member of The Miss Bexar County Organization repeated on a radio show when talking about 17-year-old beauty queen Domonique Ramirez, who on Jan. 25 had been stripped of her title as Miss San Antonio 2011. The comment only exacerbated an already contentious dispute and made a San Antonio lawyer, who had taken up Ramirez's cause pro bono, fight that much harder.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

December 19, 2006 | Law.com

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, judges in the Eastern District of Texas must be proud. Six years ago, Judge T. John Ward of the Eastern District adopted rules and procedures to make patent cases proceed more quickly in his court. In 2005, all of the Eastern District judges followed suit, earning the district a reputation as the place to file patent litigation. Now, judges in the Northern and Southern Districts are considering similar rules and procedures for patent litigation.

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read

July 16, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

As jury selection in United States v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, et al. is set to begin on July 16, the judge presiding over the case has issued an important ruling that has prosecutors breathing a sigh of relief: A government witness who is an Israeli Defense Forces intelligence agent will be allowed to testify using a pseudonym to protect his identity.

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read

March 08, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Rick Green, a Dripping Springs solo whose practice chiefly involves corporate transactions, and Debra Lehrmann, a Fort Worth family court judge, bested four appellate court justices in the Republican primary race for Place 3 on the Texas Supreme Court for the chance to face off in the April 13 runoff.

By Miriam Rozen and Mary Alice Robbins

12 minute read

December 09, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Many of Dynegy Inc.'s top executives have exited recently as the Houston energy company's troubles mount. Kenneth Randolph, however, remains firmly in charge of the company's legal affairs -- and it is under his direction that the Dynegy legal department has stepped up to meet its challenges.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

March 05, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist entered the waning days of February with offices in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Chicago and Los Angeles, but it was clear by March 1 that lawyers in those offices were leaving for other firms and most if not all of Jenkens' branches would close. At the same time, firm leaders continued negotiations on a deal to move many lawyers at the Dallas headquarters to Hunton & Williams.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

12 minute read