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State Bar of Texas

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    February 9, 2012

    Restaurant Scramble: The Answers, Please

    On Tuesday, we asked you to decipher a series of puzzles in which 20 well-known Houston restaurants had their names/logos chopped and screwed. We received a ton of correct answers from you, our clever readers, which means a lot of people went into the pool to win a set of cookbooks and food tomes fr ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2011

    Apology (?) for Anti-Gay Slur

    HISD trustee only kinda sorry for flyer

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Craig Seldin: Attorney Jailed After Temp Tapes Him Jacking Off

    Kittens died, apparently​One evening in the summer of last year, "Simone" was washing the dishes in her Memorial-area condo. When she glanced up, she was presented with a shocking sight: a man, one she'd often seen walking past her unit on his way to the pool, was standing on the other side of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    State Bar To Investigate City Attorney On Jolanda Jones' Complaint

    Jolanda Jones gets her investigation​The State Bar of Texas's disciplinary arm will investigate Houston City Attorney David Feldman, based on a complaint filed by embattled City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones. According to the July 22 letter obtained by Hair Balls, "the Office of the Chief Discip ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    Dead Center

    Bad things keep happening to people in Shawn Roberts's orbit.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Sex With Clients: Texas Lawyers Continue Their Brave Battle To Have It

    Still plenty of action at the State Bar of Texas​Texas lawyers have always been allowed to bone (or be boned by) their clients. No prohibitions, no scolding from the State Bar, no penalties.Everyone's happy, right? And it's not a barter system at all -- in all cases, it's true love between a heroi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    The Houston Culinary Awards Get a Facelift

    Photo courtesy of My TableThe steel awards themselves (no more glass!) weren't the only new things this year.​"You can't help but feel great when you're honored and respected by your peers and Houston diners," said Sean Beck today, after bringing home a stunning two awards at the annual My Tab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Nikki Araguz: Lawyer Representing Her Husband's Ex-Wife Faces State Bar Investigation

    Nikki Araguz's former lawyer publicized her history​The case of whether a fallen Wharton firefighter's benefits should go to his transgender widow< just gets exponentially weirder: Frank Mann, the lawyer representing Thomas Araguz's ex-wife, is facing investigation by the State Bar of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    William George Gammon, Attorney Known For Representing Homeowner's Associations, Arrested For Child Porn

    Deemed a threat to society​A lawyer who represents homeowners associations and has testified to the legislature and helped draft bills has been charged with possession of child porn.William George Gammon, 49, who has offices at Greenway Plaza, was arrested June 3 and was ordered held without bond ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 25, 2010

    Ohio Barbecue

    The art of smoke, ten years later, at Bobbie Que's Rib Shack.

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    Minority Report

    Discussion continues around Ask A Mexican and the Bronx Bar.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Fen-Phen Side Effects: Irritable Lawyers

    Discussion continues around Ask A Mexican and the Bronx Bar.

  • News

    May 29, 2008

    Pop Quiz with UH President Renu Khator

    New UH president, same commuter school

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Big Boobs

    Attorneys Arthur Schechter and Gary Pitts are in a nasty fight over breast implant cases

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Spaced Out

    A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    Worker Benefits?

    Houston's NAACP faces a protest of its own when it takes sides in a divorce case

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Environmental Attorney

    Houston's NAACP faces a protest of its own when it takes sides in a divorce case

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Six Feet Blunder

    Bring out your dead -- and wait

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Strings Attached

    Will Linden move on to become a music mecca or fall beneath the weight of a racist past?

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Head Ways

    Dillard's may dominate advertising -- and be all but absent from news headlines

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Without Warrant

    Some traffic court offenders find horror in their junk mail

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Getting Lonely at the Top

    A recycled city official comes home to roost

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2001

    Courtroom Antics Upstaged

    The already wild Texas legal system gets a little crazier

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Lawyerly Liaisons

    According to the state bar, attorney privilege apparently extends beyond clients' briefs

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Subpoena Envy

    A legislative panel summons local GOP leaders to a show-and-tell

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Scouting a Smear

    Culberson accuses a former GOP congressman of campaign dirty tricks

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Letters

    From the week of January 27, 2000

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Love Hurts

    Six of her ex-lovers or associates are wounded or dead. Authorities wonder if old ways die hard for former Houston attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton.

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Strong Convictions

    Hard-line leaders such as loopy Stephen Mansfield have taken their agenda to the Court of Criminal Appeals, where legal precedents--not prosecutions--get overturned

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Good News

    Hard-line leaders such as loopy Stephen Mansfield have taken their agenda to the Court of Criminal Appeals, where legal precedents--not prosecutions--get overturned

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Business As Usual

    The State Bar of Texas tries again to KAYO John O'Quinn but can't lay a glove on him

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Slipping Under the Bar Radar

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    No State Bar to Intimacy

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Letters

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    A Last Bite of '97

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    Letters

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Letters

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    The Insider

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    Letters

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Letters

    Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

  • News

    January 23, 1997

    What Did He Do To Deserve This?

    Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    The Insider

    Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    The Insider

    Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Letters

    Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    The Insider

    Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    Female Troubles

    A dumb cartoon illustrates women lawyers' problems with the State Bar

  • News

    November 3, 1994

    Turkeys (and Other Creatures) On the Ballot

    Quick! It's almost Election Day!! Do you know who your candidates are? Check this guide to the mother of all ballots!

  • News

    August 11, 1994

    Taking a Bite Out of...

    Revealed: Castratin' Mike's youthful indiscretion

  • News

    July 21, 1994

    The Watchman of the Electronic Frontier

    As the cyber-future creeps toward Houston, one group stands guard: EFH

  • News

    February 10, 1994

    Defending the Indefensible

    Do court-appointed attorneys serve their clients or the courts?

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