Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Alfred Dewayne Brown’s lawyers said a decision released Friday by the Supreme Court of Texas will allow future innocent Texans who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes to have “a much easier time getting compensated from the state.”
“We got justice for one man but in the process we’ve set a precedent that’s going to help bring justice to a lot of women and men in the future who might otherwise not be able to get it,” said Susman Godfrey partner Neal Manne, one of Brown’s lawyers.
Calling it the “Job of a lifetime,” Erin Nealy Cox says in an interview with The Lawbook that the work she’s most proud of will not end when she leaves Jan. 8.
There were 10 transactions reported to the CDT Roundup last week. Three of them were automotive. In itself it doesn’t really mean anything. But a closer look continues to suggest that Texas dealmaking is locked into a future that runs the full swath of modern life. Allen Pusey and Caroline Evans report.
Developing new relationships and honing your skills are just two benefits these Greenberg Traurig shareholders say attorneys can reap by integrating pro bono into their lives.
Citing three recent Texas Supreme Court decisions declaring the sanctity of written contracts and the deficiency of extra contractual statements, the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas has reversed a $98 million fraud judgement against BBVA Compass Bank.
An appeals court has declined to revive a lawsuit that claimed Five Point Energy usurped a $460 million corporate opportunity from a portfolio member, but the ruling does more than provide a nine-figure sigh of relief for the Houston private equity firm. Natalie Posgate explains.
The nation’s largest nonbank servicer of mortgage loans engaged in multiple illegal practices over a period of four years in the aftermath of the Great Recession, according to a complaint filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 50 state attorneys general.
Houston energy reporter Nushin Huq views the articles she writes like they are her children. “I don’t have a favorite. I love them all. I love stories where I interview interesting people, learn something new or surprising,” she said. The Texas Lawbook is pleased to introduce Nushin Huq, a former writer with Bloomberg and S&P Global Platts, as our newest journalist in Houston.
Lawyers almost never get to enjoy the fruits of their labors after successfully representing a client. Not true for Barron Wallace. He’s driven on highways and crossed bridges, sat in sports stadiums and waited in comfort at airports that are the results of his legal handiwork. Wallace, a public finance partner at Bracewell in Houston, has led more than 300 muni-bond projects valued at $37.26 billion during the past eight years. And he is far from finished.
The Houston-based litigation powerhouse Susman Godfrey announced Monday that it paid six-digit bonuses to its associates, promoted six lawyers to partner – including four women – and significantly increased the amount of money the firm is giving to charities that focus on racial justice. Despite the great financial year, 2020 was still ‘heartbreaking’ for the four-decade old firm.
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