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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.
A dispute between the states of Texas and New Mexico over a claim on evaporated water from the Pecos River was among the first cases heard in the new term of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Lawbook's Tony Mauro listened in.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that he hired an independent prosecutor because “employees in my office impeded the investigation" and are now making “false allegations” against him as attorney general. Seven high-ranking officials in the Texas Attorney General’s office – nearly all of them longtime supporters and close confidants of Paxton – signed a one-page letter last week claiming Paxton misused his political position as one of the state’s top office holders and may have violated state and federal bribery laws.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing either a major corruption scandal or a misunderstanding of epic proportions, legal experts told The Texas Lawbook on Sunday.
In a move to reduce debt and consolidate operations, chemical giant Sasol has sold a 50% interest in some of its Louisiana operations to LyondellBasell. Texas lawyers from Kirkland and Latham had a big part in the $2 billion deal.
An appeals court declined to toss a defamation lawsuit brought by Neiman Marcus two years ago that alleges a hedge fund's false statements that hurt the luxury retailer in more ways than one.
It's a case about the cost of evaporated water. Or, if you prefer, a case about the cost of literally nothing. But in one of the earliest disputes to be heard in the term that begins next week, the Lone Star State is taking its complaint over a bill for disappearing Pecos River water to the U.S. Supreme Court. Tony Mauro reports.
The State Bar of Texas reported its actions regarding lawyer discipline finalized and reported during September.
Houston-based Oasis Petroleum said Wednesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court as part of prepackaged plan the company reached with its largest creditors in an effort to clear $1.8 billion in debt.
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