The day before Christopher Dupuy was scheduled to stand before a state district judge to show cause why he shouldn’t be held in contempt for allegedly commenting publically about his removal proceedings from Galveston County’s County Court-at-Law No. 3, Houston’s 1st Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion filed by Dupuy that stays the contempt … Read More »

The ramifications of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s driving while intoxicated arrest and conviction continue to ripple outward. Two civil suits to remove her from office are plodding towards trial, and a criminal investigation will soon launch into Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of funding for the Travis County DA’s Public Integrity Unit.

A landlord and the former partners of a dissolved firm are fighting a court battle in two suits over who’s responsible for paying the rent on the office that housed the firm in its heyday.

An unexpected turn occurred during a Dallas firm’s multi-year search for the identity of a person who allegedly wrote a negative review about the firm. Lenahan Law first sued a “Ben Doe,” but now, the personal-injury firm alleges that an employee of a “competitor’s law firm” posted the “defamatory review.”

Panelists at a roundtable discussion, “Domestic Relations: How to Make Your Case in Family Court,” included 312th District Judge David Farr, 308th District Judge James Lombardino and 247th Associate Judge Meca Walker. The judges’ discussion covered e-filing, morality clauses, courtroom security and their mediation policies.