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1 Dec 2014, 1:15 pm by Patrick
It is an unfortunate fact that Texas leads all 50 states in the number of fatal drunk driving accidents, and the vast majority of those came from bars. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:25 pm by Brian Stull, Capital Punishment Project
Coons forthrightly stated that ‘he does it his way’ with his own methodology and has never gone back to see whether his prior predictions of future dangerousness have, in fact, been accurate. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 10:41 am by Patricia McConnico
Inside: Trey Apffel, who takes office as president of the State Bar of Texas at Annual Meeting, on understanding the daily challenges of an attorney, staying relevant to members, and protecting the rule of law. [read post]
The State Bar of Texas Appellate Section and the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society celebrated its Texas Appellate Hall of Fame 2019 inductees during an Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar in Austin on September 5. The award recognizes judges, attorneys, and court personnel who have made significant contributions to appellate law and who are no longer living. The 2019 inductees: Thomas J. Rusk—The third chief justice of Texas, Thomas Rusk was actually the first to preside over a Supreme Court session and authored its first opinion in 1840. Prior to his life on the bench, Rusk was a signatory to the Texas Declaration of Independence and was also the Texas Republic’s war secretary. He oversaw the burial of Col. James Fannin, who, along with his men, was executed at Goliad under orders from President Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. Rusk led the final charge on Santa Anna at San Jacinto. Hortense Sparks Ward—When Hortense Ward passed the Texas bar exam in 1910—the first woman to do so—she set off a string of firsts. Among those milestones: the first female Texan to be licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; special chief justice of the temporary all-woman Texas Supreme Court (the first state high court of its kind in the country) of January 1925 in a case involving a trustee of a fraternal order of which the all-male Texas Supreme Court were members; and the country’s first female chief justice after being appointed to the latter by Gov. Pat Neff. The opinion issued (in a cause) has been cited numerous times by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and Texas appellate courts. John L. Hill Jr.—As the attorney general of Texas, John Hill argued before the U.S. Supreme Court five times. He served as the Texas Supreme Court chief justice from 1984 until 1988 when he resigned to lead an effort to abolish the popular election of judges in the state. Hill, who also served as the Texas secretary of state, is the only person to have held all three titles. In 1997, he received a lifetime achievement award from
6 Sep 2019, 1:14 pm by Eric Quitugua
The State Bar of Texas Appellate Section and the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society celebrated its Texas Appellate Hall of Fame 2019 inductees during an Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar in Austin on September 5. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 4:23 pm by Will Korn
” Arnold & Itkin, and the State Bar of Texas Hispanic Issues Section were honored with the Access to Justice Award, which recognizes these organizations for hosting fundraisers this year benefiting legal aid. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 2:48 pm by Lyle Denniston
If the lawyers want to try to hold to the present April 3 schedule for a single primary election for the presidential delegates and for the state house, the state senate, and the 36 members Texas will have in the U.S. [read post]
The Court of Appeals of the Second Appellate District of Texas threw out a voter fraud conviction Thursday that would have put a Texas woman accused of voting while on supervised release after being convicted of a felony behind bars for five years. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 1:05 pm by Patricia McConnico
González Jr., the first Hispanic to serve on the Texas Supreme Court, to name just a few—from the past 75 years of the State Bar of Texas. [read post]
19 Nov 2021, 2:25 pm by John Floyd
It can potentially lead to years behind bars in a federal penitentiary, which is why it’s vital to understand in detail the charges against you as well as the penalties that can be faced if you are found guilty. [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 5:24 am by Amy Starnes
The State Bar of Texas features winner bios and links to the stories at texasbar.com/gavelawards. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 12:19 pm by Lindsay Stafford Mader
And, because the days are not yet horribly humid and hot—which is surely just around the corner—it is also prime time for reading the Texas Bar Journal outdoors while soaking up some vitamin D. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 3:47 pm by Michael Fox
Texas has its own little corner of the workers' compensation world, as I think it is now the only state that permits employers to opt out of the workers compensation system. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 8:00 am by Adam Faderewski
Whitley received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2012. [read post]
25 Jun 2019, 2:05 pm by [email protected]
  While high profile sex trafficking cases make headlines in Texas, young prostitutes can also face long terms behind bars for a role in an industry that exploits them. [read post]
25 Jun 2019, 2:05 pm by [email protected]
  While high profile sex trafficking cases make headlines in Texas, young prostitutes can also face long terms behind bars for a role in an industry that exploits them. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 12:54 pm by Michael Lowe
  Earlier this month, the Court forwarded its proposed changes to the State Bar of Texas for its consideration; by year’s end, the final version of the Amendments should be in effect. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 11:55 am by Lyle Denniston
Clement was at the lectern, arguing for Texas in favor of letting the state use temporarily its state legislature’s three maps because there have been no final court rulings that it is illegal. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 7:00 am by Lowell Brown
Starting today through April 14, the State Bar of Texas is conducting the 2013 Texas Attorney Survey to provide attorneys with information on the economics of the practice of law. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 2:24 pm by Mark Bennett
Meanwhile, there have been blog posts in favor of the amendments: State Bar of Texas: Referendum 2011: Q&A with Tom Watkins : State Bar of Texas Blog State Bar of Texas: Referendum 2011: Clarifying the Issues : State Bar of Texas Blog (I detect a pattern here.) [read post]
3 Jul 2024, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Ct., July 1, 2024), a Texas state trial court held that Texas statutes which bar harboring migrants to induce them to stay illegally in the U.S. are pre-empted by federal law and cannot be used as the basis for a quo warranto action to revoke the agency's registration to operate in Texas. [read post]