Tuesday night, during another marathon session of Harris County Commissioners Court, Commissioners voted on party lines to appoint local attorney Christopher Hollins as interim county clerk. Hollins will take office on June 1, filling the vacancy left by Diane Trautman’s abrupt resignation. According to media reports, Hollins has pledged not to seek election to the office this November.
HOUSTON – When a partner withdraws from his firm, John Eddie Williams “has a history of arbitrarily and capriciously manipulating account balances,” alleges Steven Kherkher in a recently filed lawsuit.
SAN ANTONIO – Before a hearing to permanently seal could take place, attorney Martin Phipps dismissed his lawsuit against three former employees of his, court records show.
HOUSTON – It is said that an individual called for jury duty is performing a noble service to the community. However, a fresh high school graduate asserts that a car dealership in The Woodlands terminated him for serving on a jury in Harris County.
HOUSTON – The 14th Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s ruling against Worldwide Autotainment Inc., ruling the lawsuit was not served properly.
BEAUMONT – The Court of Appeals of the 9th District at Beaumont affirmed a trial court order dismissing Valentin Ayala-Gutierrez’s suit claiming Civil Rights Act violations, noting Ayala-Gutierrez failed to appear at the hearing that was scheduled to establish why his suit should not be dismissed and never requested any citations to be prepared.
GALVESTON – Galveston County was spared the so-called “Blue Wave” touted by the nation’s Democrats as a majority of voters from Kemah to Galveston continued to elect Republicans to key federal and state offices.
HOUSTON – In a ruling made on April 19, the 1st Court of Appeals of Texas said that a client did not have evidence to prevent an attorney from obtaining a summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit.
What do Dallas, Galveston, Harris and other Texas county courts have that Jefferson County's doesn't? Transparency.
Online transparency, that is. An easily accessible and navigable website that allows ordinary citizens to review court records of civil litigation from home, the office, cell phones, etc.
BEAUMONT – In an era where smartphones can order a pizza on voice command from the comfort of a sofa, individuals seeking public filings at the Jefferson County District Clerk’s Office are still required to physically venture to the courthouse and interact with terminals using software that was first created in the 1980s.
BEAUMONT – A fiery feud that extends far beyond litigants in a lawsuit has turned up the heat at the Jefferson County courthouse, as the presiding judge in the case must now decide on whether to permanently seal a controversial court document.
On November 30 2017 an "editorial" was published titled "Waging War on Women With No Ammunition" That editorial per The Record though it does not reference the original article was commentary on an article titled Appeals court affirms Houston attorney’s summary judgment win in malpractice suit.
Southeast Texas trial lawyers feasted on automobile collision lawsuits in 2015, filing several hundred in the Jefferson County District Clerk’s Office.
Attorney Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson Jr. has apparently resigned from Provost Umphrey and bestowed upon the Beaumont firm a going away present, a lawsuit currently concealed from public.
All across the vast state of Texas, civil filings continue to fade a little more each year in smaller counties, even in Jefferson County, a so called “judicial hellhole” in some circles.
There’s a saying that when one door closes another one opens, and that’s true for Jamie Smith, who today closed the door on his job in the county clerk’s office only to open the door to leadership of the district clerk’s office.
