Miriam Rozen

December 04, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

As general counsel of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Lou Bright knows that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Granholm v. Heald likely will alter the world of state liquor regulators dramatically over the next few years and he'll have to defend his agency's rules. In Granholm, a 5-4 court wrote that state laws that make it more difficult for out-of-state wineries to obtain permits and licenses from an in-state liquor regulatory agency are unconstitutional.

By Miriam Rozen

10 minute read

September 30, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Jamie Leigh Jones wanted to tell a jury about the hell she went through while working in Iraq from the beginning — now a panel of 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges has cleared the way for her to do just that.

By Miriam Rozen

12 minute read

May 05, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Although Dan Morales lives in a home valued at $1.2 million in the scenic hills of West Austin, the former Texas attorney general asked a federal judge on April 25 to appoint a federal public defender to represent him on federal charges.

By Miriam Rozen, Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Mary Alice Robbins

11 minute read

August 13, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

The five individual defendants in United States v. Holy Land Foundation, et al. have filed an emergency motion asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a July 30 decision in which U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis ruled that their double-jeopardy claims were frivolous and denied them a stay to appeal his ruling.

By Miriam Rozen

8 minute read

January 24, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Jenkens & Gilchrist management is talking with Hunton & Williams management about a substantial number of lawyers from Jenkens' Dallas office laterally moving to Hunton & Williams' Dallas office, say some sources. A Jenkens partner says the firm is talking with multiple firms about multiple scenarios.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

February 02, 2007 | Law.com

By next month, Jenkens & Gilchrist's Dallas office may look a bit different -- or a lot different, depending on who you ask. Currently, that office employs the majority of the firm's lawyers. But, according to various sources, Jenkens management is talking with Hunton & Williams about a substantial number of lawyers from Jenkens' Dallas office moving to Hunton & Williams. "It's going to be more than 12 but less than 100," says a Hunton & Williams partner.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

December 15, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Mike Leach, head football coach at Texas Tech University, stands as inspiration to every sports-star hopeful who took the bar exam — a rite of passage Leach avoided. He graduated in the top third of his class at Pepperdine University School of Law then, despite never having played college football himself, built a career as a football coach and earned national attention for his transformation of Texas Tech into a powerhouse.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

March 28, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

In recent weeks the North Texas Tollway Authority board of directors has debated how to purchase legal services efficiently and how to select a new general counsel. The board plans to restructure its relationship with longtime outside counsel Frank Stevenson, a partner in Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, and his Dallas-based firm, three board members and Stevenson say.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

August 27, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a move applauded by plaintiffs' lawyers who represent Texas AM University bonfire collapse survivors, their families, and the families of individuals who died in the tragedy, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. district court's dismissal of six suits seeking damages related to the accident.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

September 11, 2006 | Law.com

After Hurricane Katrina hit, Daniel Shea, then a Houston solo, wanted to help victims of the storm. He realized his 1,500-square-foot home wasn't big enough to share with a New Orleans family, so Shea moved out of the house temporarily and let the family move in. "I got more out of my service to them than they got from me," Shea says. Now Shea's experience with public service has convinced him to follow through on a long-held goal: He wants to become the district attorney of Worcester County, Mass.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read