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Yolanda Garcia says her story proves that adversity can be a critical motivator and the law can help you create a safety net that supports an entire community.
This story is part of a special series for Hispanic Heritage Month and is published outside of our paywall courtesy of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
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.
The third quarter of 2020 ended last week, not with a bang, but with increased volume of work for Texas lawyers. The CDT Roundup reports that the deals for the week had heft.
The power of incumbency, normally a potent advantage at the ballot box, may prove to be of diminished relevance in this year’s three races for seats on the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas. This article explains the dynamics and background of the three races in Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals.
The Q3 Mergermarket numbers are in. Deals were also up. But also down from last year. Total value was up. But both are well below average and rate poorly against the last 14 years. Allen Pusey has the numbers.
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.
Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler name partner Laura Benitez Geisler became the first Hispanic president of the Dallas Bar Association in 2019. She shares the story of how her upbringing has impacted her career with The Lawbook in the first of a special series of articles for Hispanc Heritage Month.
These stories are published outside of our paywall courtesy of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing’s support for this series.
One month after officially retiring from the bench, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul Green has joined forces with a former colleague and old friend.
Daria Russell is the granddaughter of sharecroppers. She worked hard, went to Harvard Law and worked at a global law firm. Now she is senior counsel at Mattress Firm where she has handled more than a dozen M&A deals and guided the retailer through bankruptcy restructuring. She is also the 2020 Houston Corporate Counsel’s Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department. This is Daria Russell’s story.
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