The Texas Supreme court, generally regarded as one of the most technologically advanced courts in the nation, may have an allegedly malfunctioning dryer to thank for its cutting-edge procedures. >>
DALLAS – The Texas Center for Legal Ethics (TCLE) has chosen Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner
Nina Cortell to receive one of two 2013 Jack Pope Professionalism Awards, which annually recognize one lawyer and one judge who personify the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the field of law. The judicial recipient of this year’s Jack Pope Award is Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
TCLE Executive Director Jonathan Smaby says that "Judge Higginbotham and Ms. Cortell are exemplars of professionalism and integrity who – like Chief Justice Pope – have made immense contributions to the legal profession. The Pope Awards highlight the good works that lawyers do, and this year's recipients are particularly deserving." >>
The new CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, Bob Harvey, wrapped up his first three months on the job with promising unemployment numbers closing out the year. And although Harvey was appointed as CEO in September, he hasn’t been forthcoming with plans or ideas to accelerate job growth or ways to court companies to set up shop in Houston. >>
Justice John Phillip Devine was elected to the Supreme Court of Texas last November, and assumed his new position in January 2013. A graduate of Ball State University and the South Texas College of Law, Justice Devine brings to the Court decades of experience acquired in the private sector with Shell Oil and Brown & Root, Inc., as a trial judge on the 190th State District Court, as an appointed special judge for the Harris County justice of the peace courts, and as a lawyer in private practice. >>
As seen in
The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Report, Spring 2013, Vol. 25, No. 3, May 21, 2013. >>
As seen in
The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Report, Winter 2012, Vol. 25, No. 2, March 7, 2013. >>
As seen in
The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Report, Winter 2012, Vol. 25, No. 2. >>
For the first time, Texas rules permit a motion to dismiss. On February 12, the Texas Supreme Court released the final version of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a, which (1) establishes procedures for dismissal of civil claims, and (2) provides for the mandatory award of attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party. >>