The other two defendants in Terry Bevill’s wrongful-termination suit are listed as potential witnesses in the ongoing jury trial before U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III in Sherman.
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Quitman Police Captain Didn’t Deserve to be Fired, His Former Chief Testifies
Had it been up to him, Ex-Chief Kelly Cole said, his second-in-command “probably would have gotten couple of days off” for violating policy by signing an affidavit stating that he didn’t think his friend could get a fair trial in Wood County.
Veteran Bankruptcy Attorney Marc Taubenfeld Joins Munsch Hardt
Taubenfeld was previously at McGuire, Craddock & Strother, where he practiced for more than 25 years.
SCOTX Hears Guardianship Divorce Case to Open Term
The $32 million estate of wealthy Laredo lawyer and businessman Carlos Benavides is at the center of the battle over a divorce initiated by his daughter and guardian. His fourth wife argues that her challenge to the divorce decree was not mooted by Benavides’ death amidst the appeal and that Texas law does not allow a guardian to petition for divorce on behalf of a ward. The daughter says that spousal lack of care for her mentally incapacitated father caused her to remove Benavides from his marital home. The Supreme Court this week is hearing other high-profile cases involving police immunity, defamation and professional discipline over a filing contesting the 2020 election.
Four-Partner Product Liability Team Jumps to King & Spalding
For the second day in a row, King & Spalding has multiple lateral partners joining the firm in Texas. On Wednesday, it is a team led by Austin trial partner Kim Bueno.
Fired Quitman Police Captain Was Not the Victim of a Conspiracy, Lawyers for Defendants in His Federal Suit Say
Terry Bevill, the fired officer, testifies that he was nearly ruined in the seven years since he signed an affidavit saying he didn’t think a friend could get a fair trial in Wood County. Defense counsel say he was terminated not out of retribution, but because he violated Quitman city policies.
CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 16 Firms, 168 Lawyers, $20.7B
Deals are all about numbers: enterprise value, debt, return on investment, EBITDA, yield, etc. The CDT this week looks at a few of the deals from last week whose terms were undisclosed but suggest values that could make a week look far better than it does on paper. That, along with the usual summaries of Texas-related deals reported last week — whether they had values attached or not.
Brown Rudnick Recruits Oil and Gas Litigator from Michelman & Robinson
Lauren Varnado is the fourth lawyer to join Brown Rudnick’s one-month-old office in the Bayou City.
Bradley Adds Corporate Partner Greg Hidalgo in Dallas
The former EY senior auditor was most recently at Katten.
Baker Botts Boosts Tax Department
The firm has added Dallas tax partner Jason Graham from Baker McKenzie, where he practiced for more than a decade.