Judicial candidate poll is out, like the voters care
The Houston Bar Association’s judicial preference poll is just out and is available here. We, as an electorate in Harris County, are astoundingly foolish in the way we elect our judges. It’s almost...
View ArticleIt’s been 30 years since free mediation program began here
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Dispute Resolution Center of Harris County providing conflict resolution outside of the courts. It’s a valuable program for those who get help and even for...
View ArticleFree Legal Advice Wed. 11/3
Every few weeks volunteer lawyers with the Houston Bar Association provide free legal advice phone lines. Lawyers with some basic training answer general questions and often refer people to other...
View ArticleWhat do you call 1,000 lawyers together? A successful party.
The Houston Bar Foundation’s annual Harvest Party caused more than 1,000 lawyers to wander around the River Oaks Country Club and raised a record $527,500 for Foundation and Legal Services This was the...
View ArticleEnd of Family Law Evening Court program
T. Mark Kelly, president of the Houston Bar Association, announced today that the Family Law Evening Court program designed to help low income families dispose of uncontested matters quickly and...
View ArticleTerrorism focus of upcoming media & the law seminar
Temple-Raston “Terrorism & the Law: Suspect Policy” is the focus of a Saturday Jan. 29 seminar at South Texas College of Law featuring NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston and a teleconference with Maher Arar,...
View ArticleNew legal ethics rules debate Feb. 4
Voting is now open on the new revamped disciplinary rules for Texas lawyers. The most bizarre and interesting rule change is where lawyers are actually putting in writing that they shouldn’t have sex...
View ArticleLawyers awarding lawyers for good behavior
The Houston Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the local bar association, announced its annual awards for pro bono service, volunteerism and legal writing. The Houston Bar Foundation presented its...
View ArticleLawyers may be watching you & your family on Facebook
Did you hear the one about the divorce lawyer who discovered his client’s ex-wife was sending child support to her own mother by spotting a shiny new Jaguar on the Grandma’s Facebook page? How about...
View ArticleSix Texas Lawyers Disciplined, Five From Houston Area
Six Texas lawyers, five from the Houston area, were disciplined on the May list from the State Bar
View Article13 Texas Attorneys & Judges Disciplined on September List
13 Texas Attorneys & Judges Disciplined on September List
View Article28 Texas Lawyers Disciplined on October List
28 Texas lawyers disciplined on October list. Four of them are from Houston. List from State Bar disciplinary committee.
View Article27 Lawyers & Judges Disciplined on November List
27 lawyers & judges disciplined on November List of discipline from the state bar.
View ArticleNeil Kelly is new Houston Bar president
The new Houston Bar Association president is Neil D. Kelly, a civil litigator at Andrews Kurth LLP.
View ArticleJava with Appellate Justice Jane Bland this Thu. Oct. 13
The Hon. Jane Bland of the First Court of Appeals will discuss "Preserving Error in the Trial Courts" at Java with the Judges Thursday Oct. 13 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the 1910 Courthouse, 301...
View Article30 Lawyers Disciplined on May & June Lists
30 lawyers disciplined on May & June lists from the State Bar of Texas.
View Article20 lawyers on March Discipline List
Disciplinary Actions — March 2018 State Bar lists (verbatim from the State Bar of Texas) General questions regarding attorney discipline should be directed to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Office,...
View Article23 Texas Lawyers and Judges Disciplined on April List
State Bar of Texas Reports 23 Texas Lawyers and Judges Disciplined on April List
View ArticleWarren Harris is the new HBA president
From the Houston Bar Association: (HOUSTON – May 21, 2018) – Warren W. Harris, a partner at Bracewell LLP, is the new president of the Houston Bar Association (HBA), succeeding Alistair B....
View ArticleNight Court 2018 Aug 8-11 at Hobby Center, Fun & Ethics CLE at “Clash of the...
August 8-11 at the Hobby Center, see Night Court's "Clash of the Counselors" and help charity and yourself with two hours of ethics CLE.
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