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Walston wins seat on 58th District Court bench
Jefferson County has a new civil court judge with the election of local attorney Kent Walston to the 58th District Court. -
Candidates for 58th District Court put varying spins on experience
Each of the candidates for Jefferson County’s 58th District Court are campaigning on their experience: one for his lifelong service as a civil trial attorney; the other for his life experience before becoming a trial attorney. -
Three nominated for federal judgeships in Texas
Three Texas men have been named to fill judicial vacancies in the federal courts of the Lone Star State. -
Judge Wortham announces candidacy for district attorney
Surrounded by family, public officials and “high-dollar attorneys,” Jefferson County 58th District Court Judge Bob Wortham announced his candidacy for Jefferson County District Attorney on Wednesday. -
Wortham, Crenshaw join U.S. Attorney's Office in Beaumont
Photo by Marilyn Tennissen.U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas John Malcolm Bales, center, stands with his two new hires, Cory Crenshaw, left, and Baylor Wortham, right, shortly after the young men were sworn in as assistant prosecutors. -
Walter Umphrey honored with Legends Scholarship at Lamar University
"Superlawyer," "legend," "humanitarian," "business man," "philanthropist" -- these were the words Lamar University President James Simmons used to describe Beaumont attorney Walter Umphrey at a ceremony honoring Umphrey with an endowed scholarship in his name. -
Walter Umphrey honored by JCBA during Law Day ceremony
Walter Umphrey accepts the Blackstone Award from the Jefferson County Bar Association during Law Day ceremonies May 7. Eager to honor their colleagues and elect new leaders, dozens of area attorneys turned out for Law Day 2010. -
Best of Legally Speaking: I Can't Make This Stuff Up
Editor's Note: Following is a "Best Of" Legally Speaking column which first appeared in the Southeast Texas Record on Nov. 25, 2008. -
Record columnist elected to American Law Institute
Browning John G. Browning, whose column "Legally Speaking" regularly appears in the Southeast Texas Record, was recently named among the 63 newly-elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute. -
Legally Speaking: The Greatest Gift
Previously in this column, I've written about lawyers as organ donors. -
Ward at center of flight-plan change in Texas 'rocket docket'
Judge T. John Ward After thousands of patent infringement cases have passed through the federal court in Marshall, Texas, it may take only two recent court rulings to undo the district's docket. -
Legally Speaking: I Can't Make This Stuff Up
As readers of "Legally Speaking" know, I have a fondness for chronicling some of the oddities that pervade the legal system, to the point of recognizing some of the strangest moments in a year-end wrapup. -
Wortham honored with Legends Scholarship at Lamar
Judge Bob Wortham Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the eighth of nine Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships � this one honoring Judge Bob Wortham, who, throughout his distinguished career as a federal prosecutor, district judge and private attorney, has been known as an innovator and legal pioneer whose landmark cases have had national impact.
