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Tony Mauro

It’s Texas Week at SCOTUS

The Supreme Court is hearing five oral arguments this week, and all five of them have a Texas connection. Two of them were scheduled to be argued 10 days after the court agreed to take up the cases – an extraordinarily fast track for the advocates. Lawyers involved in the SCOTUS cases are from Haynes and Boone, Beck Redden and Rogers, Morris & Grover. Texas Lawbook correspondent Tony Mauro has the rundown of Texas lawyers playing a role in each case.

November 1, 2021 Tony Mauro

Texas Supreme Court Approves Changes to State Bar That May Calm “Bar Wars”

The Supreme Court of Texas on Wednesday issued an order that redefines aspects of the State Bar of Texas so that the organization’s leaders cannot be viewed as speaking for all bar members or suggesting that all members support the bar’s views or statements. Tony Mauro has the details.

October 13, 2021 Tony Mauro

SCOTUS Term Begins, Facing Hot-Button Issues Plus Thorny First Amendment Texas Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court started its 2021 term Monday and its business docket so far is “ridiculously light.” But Texas will make its mark this term in a different area of the law: the First Amendment. Four pending cases arising from Texas will test issues of free speech and free exercise of religion. So here is a quick rundown of the Texas cases as well as the business cases of possible interest.

October 5, 2021 Tony Mauro

Texas State Bar Unveils Sweeping Membership Changes To Comply With Court Order

The State Bar of Texas on Thursday made public a broad range of rule changes to comply with a federal appeals court ruling in July that the bar association violated the First Amendment by imposing membership and dues on lawyers who object to certain bar activities.

October 1, 2021 Tony Mauro

A Truly Solo Dallas SCOTUS Practitioner Looks Ahead to a “Crazy” Term

From his house in the M Streets neighborhood of East Dallas, Carl Cecere has built an appellate practice that has become enviable from virtually any point of view. He can go where he wants, write what he cares about and sometimes tell the courts what he thinks they should do. His influential Twitter presence has attracted top-tier SCOTUS practitioners seeking his common sense advice and elegant briefing handiwork, and here he tells The Lawbook’s Tony Mauro what he’s expecting from the nation’s highest court this term and its already ambitious caseload.

September 22, 2021 Tony Mauro

Lehotsky Keller Launches a Supreme Court and Business Boutique with Half its Lawyers Former SCOTUS Clerks

Former Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller and former U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Counsel Steve Lehotsky are building a specialty boutique that has one foot in Texas and one in Washington, D.C. And they are attracting a lot of attention from their former law clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas Lawbook correspondent Tony Mauro has the details.

September 9, 2021 Tony Mauro

From Dallas to Denver: SCOTUS practitioner Dan Geyser Departs from Alexander Dubose & Jefferson

Dallas-based appellate whiz Dan Geyser is on the move again, both literally and figuratively. Geyser announced Monday that he is going to chair Haynes Boone’s U.S. Supreme Court practice from Denver. Lawbook SCOTUS correspondent Tony Mauro has the reasons and the details.

August 30, 2021 Tony Mauro

Are the ‘Bar Wars’ Headed to SCOTUS?

The controversy over McDonald v. Longley, the lawsuit that slammed the State Bar of Texas for using mandatory dues for political purposes, has subsided for the moment. But as lawyers for the organization strive to comply with guidelines set last month by the U.S. Fifth Circuit, the issue of mandatory bar dues may be heading for SCOTUS — but not necessarily from Texas. The Lawbook’s Tony Mauro reports.

August 24, 2021 Tony Mauro

The SCOTUS Term Just Ended was No Bonanza for Texas

In the U.S. Supreme Court term that just ended, Texas fared…well, poorly. When you lose all three cases you take before the court, there’s probably no better way to characterize the outcome. But all was not lost, reports Tony Mauro, The Lawbook’s Supreme Court correspondent. In his review of the October 2020 term, he found that Texas still has some clout before the court.

July 1, 2021 Tony Mauro

SCOTUS Hands a Big Win to the Pipeline Industry By Close, Diverse Vote

In a 5-4 decision the court ruled that New Jersey could not block the use of eminent domain for the interstate PennEast Pipeline. The split, however, revealed more about the court’s current and diverse views on the powers of the states than a liberal versus conservative mindset.

June 29, 2021 Tony Mauro

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    Citing those extraordinary successes, the ACC DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook named Bhatia as the 2022 DFW General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department.
    January 31, 2023Mark Curriden
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Lawyers in the News

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Clyde O. “Chip” Adams IV
Priya Aiyar
Doug Bacon
Jim Baldwin
Jesse Craig Barker
Jeffrey Scott Becker
Will Becker
Eryn Berquist
Shawn Blackburn
Victor Boutros
Clayton J. Callen
Chrysta Castañeda
Don Colleluori 
Chris Collins
Deron Dacus
Shumaila Dhuka
Alan Dorantes
Scott G. Edwards
Joanna Enns
Russ Falconer
Jon Finger
Rachel Fitzgerald
Andrew Frackman
Royal Furgeson
David Gair
William Gammon
Maria Garrett
Mitchell Garrett
Rodney Gilstrap
Joseph Grinstein
David Gunn
Charlie Haag
Elizabeth Hadley
Brian Hail
James S. Halpern
Kevin Henderson
James Wesley Hendrix
Joe Hoffman
Garrett Hughey
Joel Israel
Jack Jacobsen
Marc Jaffe
Adam Johnson
Chelsea Johnson
Jim Jordan
Johnathan Jordan
Mike Logan
Marc Kaplan
Dee Kelly Jr.
Gary Kennedy
Jeremy Kennedy
Susan Cannon Kennedy
Chris Kratovil
Douglas M. Kubehl
Bianca LaCaille
Lindsay Lane
David Lange
Adam Larson
Marysia Laskowski
Jonathan Litsey
Ryan Maierson
Jim Marshall
Michael Mazidi
Josh McNulty
Doug McWilliams
Jonathan Mitchell
Adrienne Mosley
Michael Murphy
Cheryl Camin Murray
David A. Nelson
Sarah Nelson
Andrew S. Oldham
Patrick O'Malley
Yvette Ostolaza
Danielle Patterson
Ken Paxton
Brett Peace
Jesse Pence
Kevin Peter
David Rassin
Andino Reynal 
Tom Rhodus
Benjamin Roberts
Whit Roberts
Adolfo “JR” Rodriguez Jr.
Ladd Sanger
Stephen W. Sather
Jason Schumacher
Ryan Scofield
Cory Don Sepolio
Anthony Shoemaker
Mike Slack
Joshua Smeltzer
Carl E. Stewart
David Stone
Brianne M. Straka
Chris Strong
Michael Telle
Ashley Thurman
Mitch Tiras
Emily Tobolowsky
Mark Trachtenberg
John E. Tyrrell
Rob Walters
Charlene Wandrisco
Kristin Walker-Probst
Steve Walkowiak
Dan Wall
Johnny Ward
Bruce Wark
Erika Weinberg
Mark Werbner
Bob Wiegand
Don R. Willett
Taylor Williams
Tom Woolsey
Meng Xi
Debbie Yee
Paul Yetter

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American Airlines
AT&T
Baker Botts
Beck Redden
Belmont Interests
The Castañeda Firm
Chesapeake Energy
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Compass Group Equity
Craftsman Capital
DLA Piper
Dykema
Enterprise Products
Figari & Davenport
Finesse
Gibson Dunn
Gray Reed
Greenberg Traurig
Harris County DA
Hartline Barger
Haynes and Boone
HTI
Hunton AK
Katten
Kelly Hart
Keurig Dr Pepper
Kirkland
KRCL
Kuvare
Latham
Locke Lord
Lone Star Bank
McGuireWoods
Molina Healthcare
Munsch Hardt
Next Bridge Hyrdrocarbons
Nokia
Ocwen Financial
O'Melveny
OpTic Gaming
PepsiCo
QatarEnergy
Quinn Emanuel
Race Rock
Roberts Law
Rodriguez Law Firm
Ryan Law Partners
Sabre
SAExploration
Sidley
Skyward Specialty
Slack Davis Sanger
SMB Law
Stewart Wiegand & Owens
Susman Godfrey
T-Mobile
Transocean
United Healthcare
V&E
Ward Smith & Hill
WildFire
Winston & Strawn
Womble
Worlds Enterprises
Yetter Coleman

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