Houston legal malpractice lawyer Lance Kassab says he’s a regular customer at Texas’ courts of appeal for one big reason: Trial court judges tend to toss his clients’ cases on summary judgment.

“We do a lot of appeals because we get poured out—a lot of judges don’t like legal malpractice,’’ Kassab said. “I just think as a general perception that judges will err on the side of lawyers, and I’m not saying that’s across the board.”