Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Senior reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys covers the business of law in Texas. Contact her at [email protected] On Twitter: @BrendaSJeffreys

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  • June 9, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Out on a Limb

    In the spring of 2000, Amarillo solo practitioner Jeff Blackburn started looking into drug charges lodged against 46 residents of the small Panhandle town of Tulia. theBlackburn, a criminal-de

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • July 12, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Ken Lay's Defense Strategy: Come Out Fighting, Seek Speedy Trial

    An hour after pleading not guilty on July 8 to 11 charges in a criminal indictment accusing him of, among other things, conspiring to conceal losses at Enron Corp., former Enron chairman Kenne

    By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • November 1, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    GC Puts a Lot of Energy Into Lukoil Equity Buy

    Stephen Gates has been senior vice president and general counsel at ConocoPhillips Inc. of Houston for only 18 months, and he has spent much of his time on the job working on an energy deal th

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • April 10, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    More Pay for Associates at Winstead, Fulbright, Baker & McKenzie

    The roster of firms giving raises to associates in Texas expanded within the past few days, with salary moves at Dallas-based Winstead Sechrest & Minick, Houston-based Fulbright & Jawo

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Anne K. McMillan

    1 minute read

  • September 17, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Defamation Suit Filed Over Alleged Facebook Posting

    Houston attorney Robert S. Bennett has sued a former legal assistant at his firm, alleging she made defamatory statements about him on Facebook. Bennett, managing partner of Bob Bennet

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • August 19, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Lottery Winner Not So Lucky After All, 5th Circuit Says

    Jose Luis Betancourt, a resident alien from Mexico who lived in Brownsville before being convicted on drug charges in 2003, could have had a good time spending about $2.7 million he won from t

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • August 12, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Deal of the Week: Energy Abounds

    Vinson & Elkins and Bracewell & Giuliani represent Spectra Energy Corp. of Houston in transactions valued at about $12 billion to drop down U.S. transmission, storage, and liquids as

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • April 12, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Skilling: No Conspiracy to Manipulate Enron Earnings

    Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling, testifying for the second day at his criminal trial, said on April 11 that he and co-defendant Kenneth Lay, Enron's one-time chairm

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • October 24, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Separate Trials For Enron Broadband Defendants

    The five former Enron Broadband Services (EBS) defendants who went to trial together this year in the so-called Enron Broadband trial won't all sit at the same defense table next year during a

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

  • January 25, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Man Who Settled Vioxx Suit Sues Three Firms and Three Lawyers

    An Ohio man who accepted an approximately $100,000 settlement for his Vioxx personal-injury claim has filed a negligence suit against three Houston firms and three Houston lawyers, alleging the def

    By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

    1 minute read

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