The longtime girlfriend of a rich Houstonian who died with 4 others when his helicopter crashed claims she doesn’t owe her former lawyers any part of a multimillion-dollar settlement.
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Boosting Your Self-confidence When the Pandemic Takes its Toll
Last night I came to the realization that my self-confidence has been shaken. It wasn’t one event or circumstance. It was gradually over time … pandemic time. I realized that my professional self-confidence is only a glimmer of what it was pre-COVID. Like the frog in the boiling pot analogy, I didn’t even realize what was happening.
This is how I began a recent post on LinkedIn. The reverberations caused by this social media post taught me valuable lessons I share in this article.
Omicron Continues to Disrupt Civil Jury Trials in Texas
As the first month of 2022 comes to a close, in-person civil jury trials in Texas remain few and far between due to Covid. Natalie Posgate has updates on the status of civil jury trials in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio state courts.
Pizza Hut, Flowserve, Southwest Airlines, Crestline Investors, Crescent Real Estate Winners at DFW Corporate Counsel Awards
More than 150 fully vaccinated general counsel, senior in-house counsel and corporate lawyers gathered Thursday evening for the 2021 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards. Thirteen trophies were handed out for categories ranging from Business Litigation and M&A Deal of the Year to Rookie of the Year and Legal Innovation. Five of the categories had multiple finalists.
Houston Lawyer Reminisces: Learning Spanish with Justice Breyer
The Gibbs & Bruns associate was one of very few – maybe the only – law clerks from Texas who worked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Barry Sorrels, Stephanie Luce Ola Create New Criminal-Defense Firm
Longtime colleagues Barry Sorrels and Stephanie Luce Ola have branched off from their old firm to create a new criminal defense firm, Sorrels Ola. It handles everything from state misdemeanor and felony charges to federal healthcare fraud charges.
‘I Will Be Putting Someone in Jail,’ Dallas Judge Warns Bickering Lawyers in Volatile Civil Suit
Judge Ashley Wysocki defers ruling on sanctions motion in assault case against former NFL player, but cautions lawyers on both sides that personal attacks must cease.
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Tim Hudson in Dallas
The products liability and trade secrets lawyer joins from Holland & Knight.
DBJ: Lawyers Fear Proposed SEC Regulations Could Trigger Noncompliance for Some PE Firms, Hedge Funds
Lawyers weighed in Wednesday on the new SEC proposal which would increase the frequency and amount of information some firms and hedge funds are required to disclose.
Healthcare Prime: The Ascension of Telemedicine
This article looks at the rise of telehealth and telemedicine in the health care industry and how this increase might affect the future of the health care industry and related investor activity in the sector.