When signing Senate Bill 1611, Gov. Rick Perry said, “We are known as a law-and-order state, and as such, we have never been easy on those convicted of crime in our state. . . . With that tradition comes a very powerful responsibility: to make sure our judicial process is transparent.”

Contingent-fee contracts for environmental-enforcement actions, which Texas counties are filing against alleged polluters, face challenges at the Texas Legislature and in courthouses.

“This is a humbling experience, of which I regret. I take full responsibility and accept my punishment,” says Kathy Holder, the State Bar’s former membership director.

“People dump toxins; we sue them,” says Daniel W. “Tripp” Ray. Representing five local governments, Ray has filed more than 25 suits in the past two years seeking civil penalties against defendants that his clients claim are responsible for a wide range of violations of the Texas Water Code and the Texas Health & Safety … Read More »

“Dog bites man” is not a news story, the axiom goes. But when a pit bull took off part of Lonnie Burts’ finger, the injured man hired Mark Anderson and Robert Kisselburgh of The Anderson Law Firm in Fort Worth. The two lawyers helped him win a May 7 final judgment against the dog’s owners, … Read More »