May 06, 2019 | Texas Lawyer
Advocacy as Art: Lawyers Must Engage in Issues and Crisis ManagementWhen public relations is stitched into the fabric of the advocacy, the practice can efficiently influence and improve the development of each case or crisis.
By William A. Brewer III
5 minute read
October 06, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Voting Rights: What Ferguson Can Learn From North Texas SuburbsFor the civil rights practitioner, Ferguson exposes the discriminatory effect that occurs when local governments fail (or refuse) to modify their electoral systems to adapt to changing demographics.
By William A. Brewer III
4 minute read
October 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Voting Rights: What Ferguson Can Learn From North Texas SuburbsFor the civil rights practitioner, Ferguson exposes the discriminatory effect that occurs when local governments fail (or refuse) to modify their electoral systems to adapt to changing demographics.
By William A. Brewer III
4 minute read
July 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Hotel Wars Come to New York: Deciding Disputes Over Management AgreementsWilliam A. Brewer III, the cofounding and co-managing partner of Bickel & Brewer, and Alexander D. Widell, a former partner of the firm, write that in the continuing battle between the owner of the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach and Marriott International Inc., the Appellate Division, First Department, recently held that Marriott's management contracts with hotel owners are personal services contracts which Marriott cannot impose on hotel owners.
By William A. Brewer III and Alexander D. Widell
13 minute read
August 04, 2003 | National Law Journal
Keep justice balancedFew issues should be of as much interest to the legal community as a bill pending in Congress, the Intermediate Sanctions Compen satory Revenue Adjustment Act. Sponsored by senators Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, it has been inappropriately hailed by its supporters as landmark legislation that combats abusive attorney fee arrangements. Stalled temporarily in the Senate, it is gaining momentum in the House. The bill, another spoke in the wheel of tort reform, would curtail contingency fees in hi
By William A. Brewer III and C. Dunham Biles
4 minute read