Legal-Malpractice Lawsuit Revived in Part Against PI Firm

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Monday, May 20, 2013

A 14th Court of Appeals opinion on May 9 revived a legal-malpractice lawsuit that had been filed against Houston personal injury firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend. The 14th Court majority found that the statute of limitations did not bar consideration of all the ex-client's professional-negligence allegations.

Newsmakers

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Summer Associates - charts

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Phong Tran: Best Practices for Incoming 1L Summer Associates

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Phong Tran has completed his second year at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and is returning to Haynes and Boone for his second stint as a summer associate in the firm's Dallas office.

How to Get a Job

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Rather than a scattershot approach, a successful job search requires serious focus. There are far more effective ways to tackle a job search in today's market than email-blasting résumés to law firms and corporations. Emailing a résumé to strangers rarely yields positive results.

Paging Dr. Phil: Associates Need Psychology Insights

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Monday, May 20, 2013

A successful litigator needs the patience of Job, the cunning of Satan and the wisdom of Judge Judy. Most law schools can teach most law students enough of those qualities that graduates can survive even the most contentious of courtrooms. But there's something that the current system of legal education isn't equipped to pass on to the future lawyers of America: the insight of Dr. Phil.