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Foley Celebrates 20 Years in Austin: Honoring Long-Term Connections, A Collaborative Culture, and New Horizons
Foley Celebrates 20 Years in Austin: Honoring Long-Term Connections, A Collaborative Culture, and New Horizons. -
Tom Forbes Co-Authors First Exam in U.S. to Certify Specialists in Legislative and Campaign Law
Tom Forbes Co-Authors First Exam in U.S. to Certify Specialists in Legislative and Campaign Law. -
The bad penny that keeps coming back: tax breaks for trial lawyers
It’s been going on for more than a decade: the lobbying to let lawyers filing contingency-based lawsuits deduct fees and expenses immediately from tax returns. Such expenses have long been treated as loans to clients, recoverable at settlement – or, in case of a loss in court, deducted from tax returns at the conclusion of a case. -
Marshall A. Bowen Appointed to City of Austin’s Electric Utility Commission
Marshall A. Bowen Appointed to City of Austin’s Electric Utility Commission. -
Marshall Bowen joins Butler Snow’s Austin office, firm adds seven attorneys across four offices
AUSTIN – Marshall A. Bowen has joined Butler Snow’s Austin, Texas, office and will practice with the firm’s appellate and commercial litigation groups, in addition to governmental relations. -
Austin attorney: Fine-only offenses 'create potentially dangerous interactions' with citizens, officers
An Austin lawyer says fine-only offenses are simply ways to generate revenue for governments.