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Angela Morris is ALM Media's Texas litigation reporter. She covers lawsuits in all levels of Texas state and federal courts. Based in Austin, Morris earned journalism and government degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and since then, has worked primarily as a reporter and writer, but also has skills in videography, photography and podcasts. Follow her on Twitter at @AMorrisReports.
January 6, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
"There will be a backlog of criminal cases that need to go, and then even on the civil side, in Houston at least, I perceive a giant backlog of automobile accident cases," said Houston litigator Pat Mizell. "The commercial cases that are going to take two to three weeks to try, I could see them pushed off until 2022," Mizell said.
By Angela Morris
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January 5, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Supreme Court justices decided 100 cases through opinions in 2020, a 16% jump compared to 2019.
By Angela Morris
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January 5, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Which judicial selection reforms in a new report have the best chance of passing the Texas Legislature? We talked to Chairman David Beck for his opinion.
By Angela Morris
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January 4, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Doing away with partisan elections of judges and moving to an appointment and retention election system were the main recommendations by the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection.
By Angela Morris
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January 4, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
The disbarment of the attorney, who fabricated and forged court orders, and unlawfully appropriated nearly $327,000 from clients, is one of 39 sanctions that the State Bar of Texas announced Monday.
By Angela Morris
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January 1, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
A handful of Texas attorneys faced legal-malpractice litigation in 2020 because they missed deadlines to file court documents or appear in court.
By Angela Morris
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December 31, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
News about the impact of COVID-19 on the courts, lawyers and law firms dominated the top 10 most popular stories on Texas Lawyer's website during 2020.
By Angela Morris
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December 30, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Some appellate justices disagreed with colleagues, and would have reinstated a woman's appeal even though the litigant's attorney's work-from-home arrangement during the pandemic made him miss the deadline to file the client's appeal.
By Angela Morris
1 minute read
December 30, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
"Attorneys must conduct their business with their clients with inveterate honesty and loyalty and they must always keep the client's best interest in mind," wrote Justice Jerry Zimmerer in dissent. "The question of ... fees must be viewed through that prism."
By Angela Morris
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December 29, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
With a background as a prosecutor and criminal-defense solo practitioner in Odessa, the new judge has maintained an active criminal law practice in the Ector County district courts.
By Angela Morris
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