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After the Democratic primary wiped out the incumbent of Harris County's 334th district court, the seat is being pursued by two challengers: primary winner Dawn Rogers and Republican Dan Lemkuil.
Incumbent R.K. Sandill, a 12-year veteran of the bench, faces challenger Nile Copeland, a civil litigator and serial public office runner.
The graduates sat two-per-row in a spacious, dark auditorium on Saturday. They bumped elbows with the dean when their name was called, and smiled in front of a limited group of friends and family who cheered behind masks.
The Dallas Bar Association voted to make the leader of the Dallas LGBT Bar an ex-officio member of its board of directors. The full DBA membership will vote on the measure in November. The organization will have an advisory position to start with hopes of gaining official voting status in the near future.
In the Place 8 race for Dallas’s Fifth Court of Appeals, incumbent Republican Bill Whitehill is being challenged by Democrat Dennise Garcia, the family court judge who presides over the 303rd District Court in Dallas County.
Incumbent Republican Justice John Browning holds Place 6 of the Fifth Court of Appeals as a result of a tragic circumstance: Justice David Bridges, a respected 24-year veteran of the court, was killed July 25 when his car was struck head-on by a drunken driver on Interstate 30. Dallas civil trial judge Craig Smith is Browning's challenger. This article tells you more about each candidate and what they have in common (spoiler: it has to do with writing).
Incumbent David Evans, a longtime jurist in the Dallas courts, faces challenger Bonnie Lee Goldstein, who has been presiding judge over Dallas County's 44th judicial district since 2015.
The judicial race pits incumbent Terry Adams, a recent Abbott appointee, against challenger Amparo Guerra, a commercial and employment litigation partner at Shackelford. (Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a Q&A with Adams.
Justice Russell Lloyd, the Republican incumbent, is defending his seat on the First Court of Appeals against Jones Walker special counsel Veronica Rivas-Molloy. This article includes candidate Q&As and results from the Houston Bar Association judicial preference poll.
Two women are running to replace Chief Justice Kem Thompson Frost for the top position of Houston's Fourteenth Court of Appeals after Frost decided against seeking reelection. The race features Republican Tracy Christopher, who currently sits on Place 9 of the court, and Democrat Jane Robinson of the AZA law firm. This article includes a candidate Q&A and insights from the Houston Bar Association's 2020 judicial preference poll.
Wise, the Republican incumbent, is a seven-year veteran of the court while Craft seeks to become the first African American justice elected to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. This article includes a candidate Q&A and insights from the Houston Bar Association's 2020 judicial preference poll.
Mattress Firm Senior Counsel Daria Russell, in an exclusive Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, reveals what she looks for in hiring outside counsel, how she flyspecks a law firm's first bill, advice to law firms regarding diversity and inclusion and the challenges she and Mattress Firm face during the era of Covid-19.
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