Miriam Rozen

December 22, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

With revenues dipping at Vinson & Elkins, the firm with a reputation for invincibility is starting to show it, too, is vulnerable. Corporate Counsel magazine says the firm -- which once counted Enron as a major client -- lost the role as lead outside counsel to some Fortune 500 clients in 2003, including Dallas' Halliburton Corp., which had been the firm's oldest client, and Houston's Dynegy Inc.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

10 minute read

September 05, 2002 | Law.com

Texas judges, grappling with a shortage of gender-specific programs for female juvenile offenders, have begun to look at Florida -- a state with the fastest-growing female juvenile offender population in the nation -- for ideas about how to handle girl criminals.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

March 01, 2004 | Law.com

Until the release of the 2002 movie "Windtalkers," there was little talk of Native-Americans' vital role in World War II. But Texas lawyer George Parker Sr. has made sure at least one Navajo veteran will be recognized and compensated for his wartime contributions.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

November 08, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

With a Nov. 10 hearing scheduled, all defendants have filed answers in a wrongful-death suit in which retired Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips (pictured) is a defendant. The litigation is related to the death of a teenager in a March 2009 car wreck.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

October 10, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, both Texas Republicans, and U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas � all of whom know U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers � consulted with White House aides and launched a full-court press to back her nomination.

By Miriam Rozen and John Council

8 minute read

July 18, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Although business bankruptcies are down in Texas, commercial bankruptcy lawyers say their workload hasn't decreased — it's just changed. "My hope is that things will be more orderly now," says Sylvia Mayer, a partner in Weil, Gotshal & Manges. When you have filings that are on an emergency basis, nobody is better off. It's better for the entire constituency if you have thoughtful filings with an exit strategy."

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

March 26, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

An attorney for plaintiffs Fred Baron and his wife Lisa Blue, former Baron & Budd shareholders, told a Dallas judge that he intends to depose opposing counsel in Fred Baron, et al. v. Baron & Budd, et al. and ask him about his handling of some depositions taken in the litigation.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

July 25, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The lawmakers working in the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature passed 5,526 of 10,315 bills introduced during the regular session, which began on Jan. 11 and ended on May 30. During the special session that ended on June 29, legislators introduced another 574 bills and passed 448 of them. Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a total of 24 bills, according to information on the Texas Legislature's website.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

14 minute read

January 02, 2002 | National Law Journal

The Holy Land Foundation, accused of supporting terrorism by the White House, fails to show for depositions in a libel case the foundation was prosecuting against the Dallas Morning News over previous allegations of connections to terrorism.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

March 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Six lawyers from Houston sat at a table in Washington, D.C., on March 14, responding to questions from U.S. House members investigating the collapse of Enron Corp. Even before the klieg lights turned on, an aide to the House committee that called Enron in-house and outside counsel to the hearing indicated which of the six was the prime target - former general counsel James V. Derrick.

By BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS and MIRIAM ROZEN

12 minute read