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Appellate Award of $47,000 in Fees "Unreasonable," Supremes Say
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed an intermediate appellate court's award of attorney's fees equaling 70 percent of the total damages awarded in a suit over the breach of a lease agreement. The unanimous court issued its opinion Oct. 23 in Smith, et al. v. Patrick W.Y. Tam Trust.
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Appellate Boutique to Ring in New Year By Cutting Billing Rates
Texas Lawyer
Monday, December 22, 2008
With clients facing hard times in today's uncertain economy, Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend is taking the unusual step of reducing its billing rates in current hourly-fee cases by 10 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2009. Douglas Alexander, a partner in the firm, said his firm is aware of the economic downturn's impact on clients.
Ask and You Shall Receive: Some Intermediate Appellate Courts Expand Oral Argument Opportunities
Texas Lawyer
Monday, December 15, 2008
A frequently heard complaint from the Texas appellate bar in recent years focused on the infrequency with which some of the state's 14 intermediate appellate courts granted requests for oral arguments. But some attorneys say things are looking up. A suggestion from 1st Court of Appeals Justice Jane Bland led a Supreme Court Advisory Committee to draft proposed appellate changes.
Filing Suggests CCA Sua Sponte Reconsider Habeas Claims
Texas Lawyer
Monday, May 5, 2008
Austin criminal-defense solos David Schulman and John Jasuta contend Texas death row inmate Karl Chamberlain did not receive a fair hearing when he sought a state writ of habeas corpus, and they're trying to persuade the Court of Criminal Appeals to act on its own initiative to revisit his case.
Yarbrough v. State
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 24, 2008
John Byron Yarbrough failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that that he would not have been convicted if exculpatory results were obtained.
Texas Supreme Court Drafts Appellate Rules On Transfers, Deadlines
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 17, 2008
When the Texas Supreme Court transfers a case from one court of appeals to another to equalize the courts' workload, the receiving court often must choose whether to decide the appeal according to its own precedent or that of the transferring court. That issue could be resolved under a rule proposed by the high court March 10. Sarah Duncan is a member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee that recommended many of the proposed rule changes.
