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  • News

    February 26, 1998

    How to Beat City Hall

    Just get the help of some City of Houston attorneys who can show you how to anger a judge, enrage a jury and (maybe) stick the taxpayers with a bill for $148 million

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Bar Tabs

    The D.A. and county attorney dip into office funds to up the influence in judicial polls

  • News

    June 23, 1994

    Rockets Mania

    As the Rockets fought for the title, Houstonians fought -- and failed -- to keep their sanity

  • News

    August 25, 1994

    Letters

    As the Rockets fought for the title, Houstonians fought -- and failed -- to keep their sanity

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    What's It Gonna Take To Get A No-Kill Expert To Look At The City's Animal Shelter?

    More bad news for advocates who want the city's animal shelter to go no-kill: a proposed contract between the city and national no-kill consultant Nathan Winograd appears to be stuck in limbo....sorta like a puppy in a pound, come to think of it.Bett Sundemeyer of No Kill Houston tells Hair Balls th ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    Pro Bono Publico

    A Vinson & Elkins lawyer wins a big one for a death row inmate

  • News

    March 16, 1995

    Never Mind!

    Don't you wish the Legislature could forgive your screwups?

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    The Insider

    Don't you wish the Legislature could forgive your screwups?

  • News

    July 6, 1995

    King Benjamin's Mine

    Save the politics for later Boss Hall's going for the gold right now!

  • News

    August 31, 1995

    The Worst Judge in Harris County?

    That's what the bar poll said about Betty Brock Bell. Betty Brock Bell says the poll was rigged.

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Having outlived the good ol' boy era, when it had a hand in every deal, houston legal giant

    Vinson & Elkins is entangled in a legacy of litigation from its past.

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Into the Mystic (Book)

    Vinson & Elkins is entangled in a legacy of litigation from its past.

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    The Insider

    Vinson & Elkins is entangled in a legacy of litigation from its past.

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Opposing Counsel

    County attorney candidate Mike Fleming brands his opponent a traffic-court jockey. Sylvia Garcia labels him a special-interest pawn. You be the judge.

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Good Work If You Can Get It

    A New Orleans law firm paid $250,000 to a Houston topless dancer. Now it wants the money back.

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Letters

    A New Orleans law firm paid $250,000 to a Houston topless dancer. Now it wants the money back.

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Letters

    A New Orleans law firm paid $250,000 to a Houston topless dancer. Now it wants the money back.

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    The Insider

    A New Orleans law firm paid $250,000 to a Houston topless dancer. Now it wants the money back.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Biological Disaster

    Zonagen Inc. took its name from Bonnie Dunbar's groundbreaking research into contraceptive vaccines. Then, when she wasn't looking, the company took her research.

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Crushing the Opposition

    Baylor and Fulbright & Jaworski -- with the help of a lame duck judge -- see to it that Bonnie Dunbar won't get a chance to tell all in court

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Getting Out the Vote

    Baylor and Fulbright & Jaworski -- with the help of a lame duck judge -- see to it that Bonnie Dunbar won't get a chance to tell all in court

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    V&E Gets a Dressing-down

    Big law firms begin to go casual, filing the suits away

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Letters

    Big law firms begin to go casual, filing the suits away

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Mail Call

    Under His Skin

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Taking Care

    Margie Hill goes home and CPS learns about directory assistance

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    On Second Thought

    HISD isn't laughing now about a breakfast program

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Lots of Problems

    Twelve Oaks' expansion ignites a turf war with neighbors

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Is This Guy Too Smart to Be Mayor?

    Bill White hopes brains and big bucks will get him elected

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2003

    Comic Confidence

    Michael Colyar will make you laugh

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    MUD-Slinging Breakaway

    A kingmaker leads an exodus from legal giant V&E

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Some Very Reliant Directors

    Board members on gilded strings

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Catching a Big One

    Moody hooks a $75 million verdict against a fish farm and a law firm

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Political Flights of Fancy

    Dem Hispanic stars collide while a resigning judge targets the county attorney

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    The Law and the Lord

    A two-year legal battle leaves the church coffers a whole lot smaller

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    It's Joe B.'s World

    In the Kingdom of Bob, lawyer Joe B. Allen is the prime minister of vested interests

  • News

    August 11, 1994

    The Private Life and Public Death of Frank Koury

    Frank Koury wanted to keep his gay life at home and his legal life at Fulbright & Jaworski separated. But when he died, everything was revealed.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Houston Companies Don't Do Too Badly In Survey Of Gay-Friendly Workplaces

    ​The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has issued its latest rankings of how businesses treat their gay and lesbian employees, and things look a little better than last year.The report gave 305 businesses a top score of 100 this year; that's an increase from last year's 260. Eleven of the top 20 Fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    The "Other" Candidate In Congressional District 18

    The Houston Press will be interviewing each of the main contenders in the 18th Congressional District race. First up: Sean Roberts. One of the few local Congressional primary races generating excitement this election season is the 18th Congressional District race. The incumbent, Sheila Jackson Lee, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Things Get A Little Testy At Commissioners Court

    "Am not!!" "Are too!!" ​Harris County Commissioners Court met this week, and the subject of which law firms get hired to handle bond business came up.County Judge Ed Emmett tried to ask about spreading the business around or getting a discount. Things didn't go all that well.EMMETT: Okay, I just ... More >>

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