Consequences of the scandal surrounding former 404th District Judge Abel Limas of Brownsville continue to reverberate, with another lawyer convicted and one attorney taking his own life.
A South Texas federal jury on Feb. 28 convicted Austin plaintiff attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal on 13 criminal counts, including that he bribed a state district judge in exchange for favorable rulings and persuaded witnesses to give perjured testimony in state and federal civil suits. [See "Austin Lawyer Denies Allegations in 13-Count Federal Indictment," Texas Lawyer, Aug. 29, 2011, page 4.]
