• March 28, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    CCA Appointment Elsa Alcala has spent the last nine years on Houston's 1st Court of Appeals and the previous three-and-a-half years presiding over a Houston cri

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  • June 2, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Starring Stodghill, Part Deux Dallas litigator Steve Stodghill has landed himself on the silver screen, with a speaking role in the thriller "Karma Pol

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  • December 24, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Lawyer's 2007 Impact Players

    Prayer for Relief � Kelly ShackelfordWhile still a high school student in Nashville, Tenn., Kelly Shackelford began trying to decide what he wanted to

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  • December 20, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    The Best and Worst of 2000

    It was another fun-filled year for the Texas legal community. TV aired a new courtroom drama: "Don't Count Me Out," shot on location in Florida courtrooms and the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices

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  • November 24, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Plan for Change: Possible Contenders for Texas' U.S. Attorney Posts

    Names of lawyers who may be considered to become one of Texas' four U.S. attorneys when Barack Obama becomes president are being discussed in the state's legal community. Competition for th

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  • Smith v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2011-02-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-02-02
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Keasler, J.,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: NO. PD-0298-09

    Keasler, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., Meyers, Price, Womack, Hervey, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Johnson, J., concurred.OPINIONContrary to the court of appeals,

  • January 31, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Dramatic Ending "To (waive), or not to (waive): that is the question," Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O'Neill wrote for the court in a 6-0 decision reversing a $250,000 jud

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  • January 16, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Donald E. Hill of Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo has been promoted to partner. His practice focuses on litigation and insurance law. William D. Cramer, a registere

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