A sitting district attorney in South Texas has been federally indicted, accused of working with his former law partner and others to operate the local justice system as a criminal…
In an era in which a Texas matrimonial lawyer routinely suggests to clients that they remove the battery from their cellphones to prevent illicit surveillance during legal consultations, savvy spouses…
A Texas lawyer and his wife have been awarded $13.8 million in a libel suit against online commenters who accused the couple of sexual perversions, molestations and drug dealing.
A Texas inmate who pleaded guilty to assaulting a prison guard in a court hearing held in a prison chapel will get a new trial because the proceedings were not…
The owner of a Texas nightclub has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and is in federal custody after allegedly trying to get residents of Mexico to…
A Texas justice of the peace has been admonished by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for calling a lawyer “boy” and comments directed to parties who are racial or…
A four-lawyer team headed by partners Robert Hilton and Robert “Bob” H. Johnston III is making the move from SNR Denton to the Dallas office of Patton Boggs.
In a letter Thursday to three federal appeals court judges, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has reiterated what he calls “the long-standing, historical position of the United States regarding judicial…
Corrected: Wanted in a Christmas Eve 1999 assault on a Texas state trooper in which he allegedly bit a chunk of flesh out of the officer’s arm after a routine…
The managing partner of the Houston office of Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced he plans to leave, with three associates, for another law firm, bringing to 37 the total number…
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