WASHINGTON - A recently filed petition for writ of certiorari is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.
The Texas Bar Foundation recently awarded Baylor Law a grant of $6,500 to implement comprehensive and consistent mental health and wellness programming at the Law School, a press release states.
AUSTIN – The State Bar of Texas released its latest disciplinary actions today, among which is a judgment of disbarment for an Austin attorney who represented her roommate after bringing charges against him.
AUSTIN—The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors voted September 24 to approve Joe Escobedo Jr. of Edinburg and Cindy V. Tisdale of Granbury as candidates for 2022-2023 president-elect.
Jeff Wurzburg, a well-known and respected health care lawyer previously with the HHS Office of the General Counsel, has joined Locke Lord in the Austin and Washington, D.C., offices.
Bradley is pleased to announce that Stephanie G. Gaston, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been elected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
AUSTIN – Lone Star attorneys who object to how the Texas Bar spends the mandatory dues it collects are left “on the hook to fund ideological activities” they do not support, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday.
HOUSTON – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Saira S. Siddiqui, an associate in the firm’s Houston office, has been named to the board for the South Asian Bar Association of Houston (SABA Houston) as the Vice President of Community Outreach, a press release states. Her term began June 12.
Bradley is pleased to announce that Jon Paul Hoelscher, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been elected to serve as a council member for the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He will serve a three-year term on the council.
International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced on June 16 that Richard Tye has joined the firm as Of Counsel and Matthew Lovell has joined as Senior Attorney, both in the Tax & Estate Planning practice in Clark Hill’s San Antonio office.
HOUSTON – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Jon Paul Hoelscher, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been elected to serve as a council member for the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, a press release states. He will serve a three-year term on the council.