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Still no local U.S. Attorney appointment

July 17, 2009 21:00

So while I was on vacation, a committee of lawyers met with six candidates for U.S. Attorney here in Houston. This is an updated version of the committee our two GOP U.S. Senators had back when a Republican was in...

Merck Vioxx win stands - UPDATED

June 04, 2009 18:25

An intermediate appellate court has denied an en banc hearing and replaced its opinion undoing a $26 million Angleton jury verdict against Merck in a Vioxx case. The widow of a 59-year-old triathelete still takes nothing. In May 2008 the...

Recession proof Stanford scandal legal fees?

May 21, 2009 20:38

Lawyers, like many in other professions, make money when things go wrong. Criminal charges, bankruptcy, divorce, civil lawsuits are all money generators just as illness generates money for doctors and hospitals. A big source of big legal bills in town...

Barrett Reasoner new HBA president

May 15, 2009 22:13

Barrett Reasoner, a Gibbs & Bruns partner, is the new president of the Houston Bar Association. Reasoner, from a family with good legal genes, succeeded Travis Sales. Reasoner, 45, is the son of Vinson & Elkins icon Harry Reasoner...

That old legal song & dance

May 13, 2009 19:45

It's time again for the annual pun-filled review of dancing lawyers and judges. Night Court 2009: Legal Fairy Tales will run June 10-13 at the Wortham Center. See clips of past shows here. Last year the sea-themed show raised more...

Bar poll confidence drop for Keller, Medina

May 08, 2009 18:02

The Houston Bar Association's judicial evaluation poll released today (see it here) shows some big losses in confidence in jurists who have been in the news - especially Sharon Keller on the state's highest criminal appellate court and David Medina...

Fundraising frenzy - lawyers try to cure cancer

May 06, 2009 21:00

Ellen Alexander, the capable and sweet case manager for U.S. District Judge David Hittner, decided to walk in a 5K this weekend to raise money for a cure for ovarian cancer after a friend was diagnosed with the disease. She...

U.S. Attorney dance

May 05, 2009 20:26

So now it appears the list of finalists for U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas has contracted and expanded. Staying in place appear to be lawyers Eric Reed and Susan Strawn. John Kyles, an attorney at Vinson &...

The People's Law School - an amazing service

April 06, 2009 16:37

I was wildly impressed this weekend by the information available at The People's Law School at the University of Houston Law Center. This is free to the consumers who attend to learn some basics about the ways the law intersects...

Lanier expands while others contract

April 06, 2009 16:25

In a time when many law firms are laying off lawyers here and there, Houston plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier is actually expanding. In a press release Lanier announced today that he's adding six lawyers, new office space and going after...