Miriam Rozen covers the business of law and focuses on how lawyers preserve and expand their client roster. Contact her at [email protected]. Twitter: @MiriamRozen.
June 20, 2005 | Texas Lawyer
Prosecutors, Peremptory Challenges and the Death PenaltyAfter nearly 20 years of appeals, Texas death row inmate Thomas Miller-El persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13 to overturn his conviction because of the racial bias that tainted the selection of the jury in his murder trial.
By Tony Mauro, Miriam Rozen and John Council
11 minute read
January 23, 2007 | Corporate Counsel
Andrews Kurth Negotiates Proposed Settlement With Enron, Unsecured CreditorsHouston-based Andrews Kurth has negotiated a tentative agreement to settle all claims brought against the firm by its former client Enron Corp. and the bankrupt Houston energy company's Committee of Unsecured Creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez of the Southern District of New York, who is presiding over Enron's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, must approve the proposed deal before it becomes final. Under the proposed settlement terms, Andrews Kurth will pay $18.5 million in cash to Enron.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
March 24, 2003 | Texas Lawyer
Bush's GatekeeperAs President Bush's staff secretary, Harriet Miers acts as the ultimate gatekeeper for what crosses the desk of the nation's commander in chief. At 57, the former co-managing partner of Locke Liddell & Sapp personally controls the flow of written information into the Oval Office. Without Miers' stamp of approval, no piece of paper gets forwarded to the president or included in his nightly briefing books.
By Miriam Rozen
14 minute read
March 06, 2007 | Law.com
Jenkens Blesses Branch Exodus, Lawyers SayThe dismantling of Jenkens & Gilchrist has been in the works for a while, ever since the firm suffered hits to its image and lawyer count in the wake of troubles with its Chicago-based tax practice. What's unusual is management's apparently generous and helpful attitude toward the recent wave of attorney defections from the firm. Several lawyers from branch offices say they participated in negotiations with other firms with the blessing and support of leadership at Jenkens.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen
12 minute read
September 13, 2006 | Law.com
DOJ Goes After Lay's EstateDOJ lawyers filed a motion last week to recover over $40 million from the estate of Kenneth Lay, the former Enron chairman who was convicted of fraud in May but died before his sentencing. "They must be so frustrated that he passed away," says Nancy Rapoport, a law professor who has written extensively on Enron. That frustration, she says, probably led the government to challenge the long-established federal court practice of tossing convictions of criminal defendants who die while their appeal is pending.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
March 17, 2008 | Texas Lawyer
Patent Attorneys Sue Cisco Systems, Blogger, Alleging DefamationBefore Cisco Systems Inc. in-house lawyer Richard Frenkel outed himself in February as the Patent Troll Tracker blogger, he posted blog entries in October 2007 that alleged two East Texas lawyers conspired with the Eastern District Clerk's Office to alter the filing date of an infringement suit. That suit was filed against Frenkel's employer, Cisco.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, John Council and Miriam Rozen
13 minute read
May 19, 2006 | Law.com
Former Client Perot Sues Hughes & Luce Over Flight Museum TroublesA T-38 Talon training jet in Dallas' Frontiers of Flight Museum is central to a high-flying legal dispute. H. Ross Perot Jr. -- son of famous Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot Sr. -- tried to get the government to let him fly the plane as an operable museum centerpiece, becoming the subject of a probe in the process. Now Perot and others are suing Hughes & Luce, which advised them on the plane purchase, and Hughes & Luce partner Stephen G. Gleboff, who initially represented Perot's interests.
By Miriam Rozen
15 minute read
June 11, 2007 | Law.com
Fred Baron and Baron & Budd Settle LitigationA Texas judge has signed an order dismissing with prejudice a messy set of claims between Fred Baron and the firm he founded, Dallas-based Baron & Budd. The order stated that Baron and his wife Lisa Blue had entered into a settlement agreement with firm co-founder Russell Budd, the firm and others named in the litigation. Baron and Blue had alleged that the defendants conspired to deny them payments under a series of complex agreements that resulted in the sale of their equity interest in the firm to Budd.
By Miriam Rozen
2 minute read
September 13, 2007 | Law.com
Locke Liddell and Lord Bissell Finalize MergerNearly five months after signing a preliminary term sheet to merge, Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord, Bissell & Brook announced Wednesday that the firms' lawyers have voted to approve the marriage. The new firm will be called Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. The merger, effective Oct. 2, creates a firm with about 700 lawyers, offices in 11 cities and gross revenues of approximately $400 million. "This merger fits into our strategic plan to grow," says Locke Liddell managing partner Jerry Clements.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
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