Showing posts with label State Bar of Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State Bar of Texas. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Robert Bennett speaks up

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Back on April 1, I wrote about the disbarment of Robert Bennett (see " On irony and ethics "). The State Bar initiated disciplinar...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A little cognitive dissonance on the side, please

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One thing you can't accuse the State Bar of Texas of is having a post-modern sensibility. There's little sense of self-awareness and...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

A million dollar flat fee? Why not?

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If you're a criminal defense attorney you know by now that the State Bar of Texas is none too happy that you charge your clients a flat ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Buck Files to head the State Bar

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Congratulations are in order for the new President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas Buck Files of Tyler. Mr. Files will be the first criminal...
Friday, April 8, 2011

It's time to stand up again

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Once again it's time for the criminal defense bar to work together to give the State Bar of Texas a message. Votes for the next presiden...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Sticking it to the solos

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State Representative Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton) has authored a bill ( HB1072 ) that would exempt attorneys employed by the State of Texas ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

I'm taking my ball and going home

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After a referendum in which the State Bar's proposed disciplinary rules changes were defeated by about an 4-1 margin across the board, t...
Friday, February 18, 2011

State Bar proposals go down in flames

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The results are in and the leadership of the State Bar is still trying to wipe the egg off their faces after suffering a humiliating defeat...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Today is your last chance to vote

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Cindy Owens and Michael Villasana and their colleagues with the Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas urge you to tell the State Bar yo...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

An appeal to the other side of the well

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I'm addressing this post to my colleagues "across the well" who work as prosecutors in the State of Texas. The proposed change...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Time's running out to vote on rule changes

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At 5:00 p.m. on February 17, voting on the proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary rules will come to an end. I'm fairly certain that...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Does the State Bar even care about us?

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I sat through three hours of CLE yesterday listening to the pros and cons of the State Bar's proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary ...
Monday, January 24, 2011

The opposition grows

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The number of organizations coming out against the State Bar's proposed changes to the disciplinary rules continues to grow: Texas Cri...

Political propaganda disguised as education?

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Not to be outdone by those opposing the proposed changes to the disciplinary rules , the State Bar of Texas has decided to bring out of reti...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Your state bar dues money in action

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While killing time at the Galveston County Law Library, I came across this pamphlet on the proposed ethics rule changes. The pamphlet was pr...
Friday, January 21, 2011

UT Law offers free CLE on proposed rule changes

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For those of you who want more information on the State Bar's proposed disciplinary rules changes, the University of Texas is offering a...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Just follow the money

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What exactly is the impetus for changing the disciplinary rules in Texas? According to the State Bar, not approving the referendum would emb...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Let our voices be heard

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Fellow counsel, It's time to cast your vote on the proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary rules. You may vote online at the State ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

It it ain't broke, fix it!

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One of the purported rationales for the State Bar's decision to rewrite the disciplinary rules is that the ABA model rules have been mod...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

The State Bar strikes back

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Earlier today I received the following e-mail from Frederick Moss, a law professor at SMU and a member of the State Bar's ethics rules c...
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