A Travis County grand jury has been convened by the judge overseeing an advocacy group’s criminal complaint that alleges Gov. Rick Perry threatened to veto funding for the district attorney’s Public Integrity Unit unless DA Rosemary Lehmberg resigned. When asked if he’s convening the grand jury for the Perry and Lehmberg complaints, the appointed grand … Read More »

A New York man who sued a Houston fertility clinic in 2011, alleging the clinic obtained his sperm without his consent or knowledge and impregnated his ex-girlfriend through in vitro fertilization, has now filed a negligence suit against his former lawyers.

Immigration officials have announced that same-sex binational couples may now petition for their foreign national spouse to obtain lawful permanent residency in the United States. Attorney Nicholas D. Gordon discusses the visa petition process with focus on how it affects same-sex couples that reside in Texas.

If something has already been invented, what’s the point of reinventing it? If things need to change, shouldn’t we focus our energies on inventing something new? Law’s already been invented. Let’s improve it, not reinvent it, says Marc Lauritsen.

Geoffrey Kolander envisioned himself as a home town lawyer when he took a job with an Amarillo-based law firm after graduating in 2001 from the University of Houston Law Center. Twelve years later he is the executive vice president, GC and secretary of Citizens Inc., a publicly traded insurance holding company.