by TCJL | May 19, 2016
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today warned Texans of the dangers of unscrupulous contractors who may be seeking to take advantage of property owners in the wake of severe hail storms that have recently swept across Texas. “Hail can cause tremendous damage to homes...
by TCJL | May 18, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, released Wednesday a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he’s elected to the White House. The list of...
by TCJL | May 11, 2016
HOUSTON – Spring has definitely come in like a lion in Texas so far, but no lamb is in sight yet as a torrent of storm lawsuits are currently flooding state courts. In Webb County alone, 113 storm lawsuits were filed in a four-day period, from May 3 – May 6, against a...
by TCJL | Apr 18, 2016
AUSTIN –Texas House Speaker Joe Straus made three new appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission on Monday and chose Rep. Larry Gonzales of Round Rock to serve as the Commission’s new Chairman. Speaker Straus appointed Reps. Dan Flynn of Van and Senfronia Thompson...
by TCJL | Apr 18, 2016
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lesli Ginn of Austin as Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), effective May 1, 2016. The Chief ALJ oversees SOAH, which is a forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings in the...
by TCJL | Apr 7, 2016
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Wes Tidwell of Paris as judge of the 6th Judicial District Court in Lamar and Red River Counties for a term set to expire at the next general election in November 2016. Wes Tidwell is managing partner of Ellis & Tidwell, LLP. He...
by TCJL | Apr 6, 2016
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Patty Maginnis of Conroe as judge of the 435th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County for a term set to expire at the next general election in November 2016. Patty Maginnis is a partner at Maginnis, Pullan & Young and...
by TCJL | Apr 6, 2016
Results from a recent study show Texas is a pretty great place to practice medicine. A WalletHub study ranking every state in the U.S., and the District of Columbia, named Texas the sixth best state in the country to be a doctor in 2016. The rankings are based on a...
by TCJL | Mar 28, 2016
Governor Abbott named nine men to the Technical Advisory Committee to the University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology — a group that will advise the governor on issues related to earthquakes, no longer a rarity in Texas, and possible connections...
by TCJL | Mar 22, 2016
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ryan Larson of Hutto as judge of the 395th Judicial District Court in Williamson County for a term set to expire at the next general election in November 2016. Ryan Larson is the head administrative law judge at the Railroad...
