A lawyer for several of the approximately 465 children removed from a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that reportedly advocates polygamy says her clients and others throughout the…
As new hearings are about to begin Monday in the case of some 464 children of a fundamentalist religious sect removed from their communal ranch homes over allegations of sexual…
Five Dallas partners from well-known law firms, four of them women, have formed a new partnership housed in a 12,000-square-foot office space on the 41st floor of the Renaissance Tower.
For religious attorneys, regardless of their particular faith, law practice has a different dimension. In addition to trying to do a good job for their clients, many say they also…
Individuals can’t constitutionally be imprisoned in Texas for failing to pay a debt. But because a legal fee represents more than mere money, a state appeals court has upheld a…
The state attorney general will serve as special prosecutor in all criminal cases arising from a raid early last month on a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that…
Sparks flew in Arizona, Nevada and Utah last week after the Senate majority leader criticized prosecutors in those states for not being as aggressive as Texas authorities in pursuing claimed…
Much has been written, in recent weeks, about the number of teen girls entering into “spiritual” underage marriages at a Texas ranch from which some 462 children were removed last…
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