• July 28, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Lawyer Life After Lawrence

    Like any proud parent, Mitchell Katine likes to show off his family, as evidenced by the photo he displays prominently on the credenza in his office. It's a common portrait of Americana: a sna

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  • September 5, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    How Can Anyone Be Right If Everyone Is Wrong?

    Plaintiffs lawyers decry tort reform as an unprecedented assault on Americans' constitutional right to a jury trial. Reformers claim that runaway juries and partisan judges threaten the surviv

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  • July 18, 2007 | Legal Times

    At the High Court, Sometimes It's Personal

    The timbre of Donald Verrilli Jr.'s voice changes when he argues a pro bono case to the U.S. Supreme Court. For his paying clients at Jenner & Block, Verrilli, always soft-spoken and measured,

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  • March 26, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Plaintiffs' Lawyer Plans to Depose Defense Attorney in Baron Suit

    Messy litigation pitting former shareholder Fred Baron against Baron & Budd, the plaintiffs firm he founded, just got a lot more complicated for Vinson & Elkins partner Bill Sims, who

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  • November 16, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    Speakers Michael V. Tinari, a partner with Leonard & Sciolla, recently spoke at the meeting of the Southwest Parking Association in Reno, Nev., and at the M

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  • May 29, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    DeKalb Prosecutor Strikes Out On His Own

    DeKalb prosecutor Tunde Akinyele has left the DeKalb County district attorney's office for private practice.Akinyele has started his own firm handling

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  • August 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers Create New Blog Targeting Young Lawyers

    Lately, the legal blogosphere has been swamped with upstart practice group blogs touting expertise and focusing on case reviews, summaries and new court rules. Among the legal blogs that have speck

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  • August 21, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    The Basics for Holding a Better Beauty Contest

    More often these days, businesses select firms to handle specific assignments by holding "beauty contests" with contestants from several firms. Perhaps I bristle at the expression because thos

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  • Thomas v. Piorkowski

    Publication Date: 2009-06-12
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-11
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 13
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-07-00372-CV

    OPINIONBefore Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Benavides.This case involves clarification of a final decree of divorce. By three issues, appellant William A. Thomas challenges the trial

  • September 27, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Christianne Edlund has joined Dallas-based Mullin Law as an attorney. . . . Aida Wondwessen has joined Wi

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