"Will Practice Make Perfect Lawyers?"

(Stark County Law Library Blog)
... to repay student loans. Several other firms have launched similar efforts, including Drinker Biddle & Reath, Dallas-based Strasberger and Price, which recently introduced apprenticeship-type programs, and Atlanta-based Ford & ... of the matter is that for most associates, hands-on work consists largely of document review. With apprenticeship programs, staff attorneys assume responsibility for document review, while full associates focus on training. Moreover, back in the boom years, new ...
July 1, 2009 10:02 am
... Massachusetts private school, offers reassurance in a Boston Globe op-ed. In this entry on his Education Front blog, Dallas Morning News columnist William McKenzie agrees with the decision but worries that it "could cost districts a boatload of ... Behind automatically meant that the state also was complying with the EEOA. An "enormous can of worms" was how NSBA Senior Staff Attorney Tom Hutton described that argument in the journal Diverse: Issues in Higher Education when the case was argued: "How ...
June 30, 2009 09:29 am

North Dallas Police Chase Ends in High Impact T-Bone Crash

(Dallas Fort Worth Car Accident Lawyer Blog)
... , police attempted to pull over a man during a routine traffic stop on I-635 and I-35 in Mesquite, Texas. The driver of the pickup truck did not stop, instead, forcing police on an hour and a half chase of the driver from Mesquite, south to downtown Dallas and back up north on the busy Interstate 635. The chase ended when the pickup T-boned a compact car at a very high rate of speed as police looked on. Watch the crash in the video as recorded by nbcdfw.com. The two-vehicle wreck happened in ...
June 30, 2009 08:10 am
... . But yes, UNT is opening a law school, the legislature and Gov. Rick Perry approved it, the school will be in downtown Dallas (not Denton, with the rest of the campus), the school plans to open its doors in 2011, and the $40 funding bill is still sitting in the legislature. So, being a native Texan, a graduate of Texas Tech and the University of Texas, a former Houston attorney, and a former instructor at the law schools at Texas Tech and the University of Houston, I have a few thoughts. So, ...
June 29, 2009 01:47 pm
... , nearly half of the 14 traffic fatalities in Georgia involved a drunk driver. Bob Dallas, director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, advises people to pre-plan ... "Driving while impaired just isn't worth this incredible risk," said Dallas. "Regardless of age or level of driving experience, drivers who consume too many spirits ... MLN Law at (404) 531-9700 to schedule your free consultation with an experienced attorney. Here's a Fourth of July video press release from the Governor's Office ...
June 29, 2009 05:34 am
... moment to remind everyone that the big debate between Jack Thompson and me is this coming Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 4 pm in Dallas, TX, at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention. The convention is at the Westin Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, starting ... informational purposes only. Reading this blog, replying to its posts, or any other interaction on this site does not create an attorney-client privilege between you and the author. The opinions expressed on this site are not the opinions of The Vernon Law ...
June 29, 2009 04:35 am

Thinking of the Families

(Dallas Personal Injury " Wrongful Death Attorney)
Our thoughts are of Scott, Shelby & Ethan Hayes. And Cindy Olson. Just one 18 wheeler took the lives of 10 people, so far, over the weekend. _______________________ The Best Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Lawyer in Dallas? See Awards and Client Testimonials at www.SevereInjuryLawFirm.com www.AVVO.com Marc C. Lenahan Law@Lenahan.com Lenahan Law, P.L.L.C. Dallas, Texas 214.295.1008 888.473.2820 toll-free
June 28, 2009 10:28 pm

Texas Bribery Roundup

(Grits for Breakfast)
... a $30 million budget shortfall. The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas say the school district engaged in noncompetitive bidding practices and ... the couple accused of bribing state Rep. Terri Hodge and a host of other Dallas officials may have cut a deal with prosecutors. If so, that will certainly put the ... bribery; prosecutors say he accepted cash and a trip to Vegas from a local attorney allegedly "to rig bid specifications on a proposed $53 million county contract." One ...
June 27, 2009 11:48 am
"Facing impeachment trial, U.S. judge resigns," is Suzanne Gamboa's AP report, via the Dallas Morning News. An imprisoned federal judge who's facing an impeachment trial in the Senate in a sex-abuse case says he will resign from ... Gainer, the Senate sergeant-at-arms, said on Thursday. Kent said in the letter that he will resign effective June 30. His attorney, Dick DeGuerin, was in court and could not be reached for comment. Kent is serving a 33-month sentence in a Massachusetts federal prison for ...
June 26, 2009 09:47 am
Steve Kardell, an L&E attorney in Dallas, has a recent op-ed piece on the Gross case in the Dallas-Morning News (via USA Today). Among his points is one that I found particularly objectionable: the Court's willingness to reach far beyond...
June 25, 2009 09:19 pm
... -ordered DNA testing a year after the highest criminal appeals court in the state ordered that evidence be re-examined. Her attorney says the results could substantiate Routier's claims that an unidentified intruder murdered her two sons. Arrested for killing her ... to coordinate both sets of tests, and that is what slowed us up there for about six months," said Stephen Cooper, a Dallas attorney representing Routier. Cooper said state-ordered tests most likely will be conducted this summer. If ...
June 25, 2009 09:42 am
... . Another motorist stopped and pulled the truck driver out of the burning cab. Both of those men were rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and the big rig driver was reportedly in critical condition. Apparently three police officers were treated for heat exhaustion. If you have suffered serious injuries in a vehicle wreck, please contact Texas 18-Wheeler Accident Attorney Mark Anderson for a free consultation. Photograph from wfaa.com.
June 25, 2009 09:31 am
The following is an article from one of my firm's partners, Spencer P. Browne: A tragic fiery collision occurred today, June 24, 2009 in Carrollton, Texas on southbound I-35E near President George Bush Turnpike. According to television and Dallas Morning News reports, an 18-wheeler struck two cars that were parked on the shoulder. The big rig then struck a cement barrier, overturned and burst into flames. As the cab exploded and the fiery crash continued, another trucker helped the driver of one ...
June 25, 2009 08:49 am

Undergroud Energy Storage

(National Eminent Domain Blog)
... way to store some of the surplus electricity generated during nonpeak hours.The house and land just west of Dallas Center will be bought from Ray Keith. The Stored Energy Center also is negotiating a potential lease with another Dallas County landowner, John ... up to 1,400 pounds per square inch. "This will get us started on the first phase of the project," Stored Energy Park attorney Nicholas Critelli told the board before the vote. "In order to have some comfort level we need to do some invasive ...
June 24, 2009 03:50 pm

I Object!

(Houston Criminal Law Journal)
... a Middle East History class in college so the subject has always fascinated me. Last week, while in Dallas I had a conversation regarding this subject with a cab driver from Iran while on the way to the airport. I posed to him the question ... respectfully disagree and make sure that my objection and the legal basis for it are preserved on the record. As a Houston Criminal Defense Attorney, I am proud to have an opportunity everyday to practice law and ensure that my clients rights are protected. I ...
June 24, 2009 02:45 pm
... Relief USA is filing for bankruptcy. We talk sometimes about the differences between debt relief and bankruptcy, but ths news, as reported by the Dallas Morning News, makes the contrast stark. When you file for bankruptcy, all of rulings and work and efforts are protected by law. This means that ... will affect you and your debt. If you have questions, speak with someone you trust. If you want to ask questions from a bankruptcy lawyer in your state, we can put you in touch an attorney near you.
June 24, 2009 11:34 am
... Property Law Association's 2007 Report of the Economic Survey, the average billing rates for intellectual property attorneys at firms of greater than one hundred attorneys was more than 27% higher, on average, than at firms of less than twenty attorneys." Vincent J. Allen, Dallas, Texas at Carstens & Cahoon passed on this finding on his Lone Star IP Blog on June 3, 2009. Thanks to Greg Bufithis of the Posse List for pointing this post out ...
June 24, 2009 06:36 am
... case,” said Alan Bromberg, an expert in securities law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, to the Houston Chron. “It’s ironic you end up with one of the foreign regulators being a villain.” King couldn't be reached for comment by the WSJ, nor could an attorney who has represented him in other matters. The SEC alleges King shared documents with Stanford sent by U.S. investigators and allowed Stanford to craft the regulator ...
June 24, 2009 05:54 am
... goals, agreement on strategy. Students go on walkabout in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, in the Children's Medical Centre, Dallas. There's then a debrief, and reading of Raymond Carver's short story A Small Good Thing. The ... incorporates visual work in her teaching with the firm. 'Pillsbury University' is the over-arching organization for in-house development of 850 attorneys in 14 offices, as well as client development. She showed three videos of the Pillsbury Players - lawyers and others in ...
June 23, 2009 01:01 pm
... of his bike and was ejected off of it falling off the pass onto the westbound lanes of I-20. Trimm's bike skidded all the way down the overpass before coming to rest in the median. Trimm was rushed to Methodist Medical Center in Dallas where he died an hour later. This is one more of a handful of motorcycle-related accident fatalities this spring and brings Arlington's traffic fatality count to 18 this year. If you've been injured in a motorcycle wreck, contact Board Certified DFW Motorcycle ...
June 23, 2009 08:47 am
 
 

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