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August 29, 2005 |

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September 12, 2000 |

Demand for Paralegals and Legal Secretaries Continues to Grow

Experienced legal secretaries and paralegals are hot commodities in today's legal industry. And they know it. "Staff shortages exist across the entire country," said David Lopater, of Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist. But according to the Department of Labor, that shortage may soon end. The paralegal profession is one of the fastest-growing occupations in the nation.
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November 14, 2002 |

Number of Women, Minorities at Texas Firms Flat

Women and minority lawyers aren't exactly taking over Texas firms, but female attorneys are holding their ground, and minority lawyers slightly increased their numbers in 2002. Women lawyers comprise 28 percent of the lawyers and 15 percent of the partners at 19 of the 21 Texas-based firms on this year's Texas Lawyer 25, a ranking of the state's highest-grossing firms. The percentages are virtually unchanged from a year ago.
7 minute read
April 01, 2008 |

Taming Texas

It took six years, but IP defense attorneys finally broke the runaway juries of the Lone Star State.
17 minute read
November 30, 2009 |

Former Legislator Says He Filed Complaint Against Justice Jan Patterson

In a complaint he says he filed with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Democratic activist Glen Maxey alleges 3rd Court Justice Jan Patterson made "substantive misstatements" concerning her seeking an appointment from Gov. Perry to the 353rd District Court. However, when told of the allegation Patterson says the governor's office approached her. She adds that she wants to review the complaint before commenting on it.
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October 21, 2002 |

Intel Loses a Second Patent Fight With Intergraph

Intel lost its second patent battle against Intergraph Corp. when a Texas federal court ruled that Intel's Itanium microprocessors infringe two Intergraph patents. In the first case, heard before an Alabama federal court, Intergraph claimed Intel's Pentium microprocessors infringed its so-called Clipper chip patents. That case settled when Intel agreed to pay $300 million in damages.
2 minute read
March 17, 2003 |

Conservative Juries, No Federal Court Pose Challenges

Attorneys looking to score a big payoff in litigation aren't likely to find it in Bryan-College Station, where the juries are renowned for being conservative. "It's tough in Brazos County; it's a defendant's jury pool primarily," says D. Brooks Cofer, who's still practicing law at the age of 80 and is a member of the firm of Cofer & Cofer in Bryan. The octogenarian's assessment is on target, according to other attorneys who practice in the county.
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January 16, 2006 |

Newsmakers

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February 06, 2006 |

Newsmakers

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January 19, 2006 |

Most Associate Bonuses at Large Texas Firms Mirror Last Year's

With some enviously high exceptions, bonuses paid at the end of 2005 to associates with large Texas firms were similar to bonuses paid at the end of 2004. Sure, Houston's Susman Godfrey paid out year-end bonuses ranging from $86,000 to $150,000 -- averaging 75 percent of each associate's base pay -- but most associates statewide received considerably less. George Lamb, chairman of Baker Botts' associate compensation committee, says its two-tier bonus is based on merit and on productivity.
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