AUSTIN –Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the departure of Murtaza Sutarwalla as deputy attorney general for legal counsel. Sutarwalla will return to private practice in Houston. He will also serve as outside counsel for the Ken Paxton for Texas Campaign, a press release states.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals today reversed a ruling denying the University of Houston-Downtown governmental immunity from a slip and fall lawsuit.
SAN ANTONIO – Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has welcomed Leticia (Letty) P. Aguilar to its San Antonio office as Shareholder, a press release states.
AUSTIN – In the span of more than 15 years, the Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans has raised more than $4.8 million for the provision of civil legal aid for low- income Texas veterans, a press release states.
HOUSTON – Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of L. Michael Kennington to its Commercial Litigation Practice Group as Senior Counsel in the firm’s recently opened Houston office, a press release states.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 22, 2022 – Butler Snow attorney Karson K. Thompson has been recognized as a Rising Star in the 2022 edition of Texas Super Lawyers®. Thompson has been recognized as a Rising Star in business litigation since 2020, a press release states.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ill-informed comments and questions at the recent oral argument in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccination mandate case (National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor) provide a timely reminder that the hyper-elite legal talent on the nation’s High Court is not always what it is cracked up to be.
