Austin Stories

"...the firm of Scanlan, Buckle & Young, specializing in civil litigation on behalf of municipalities trying to fend off..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...nationwide for all offices could become routinely subject to civil litigation concerning things like the legality of ballots preapproved..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Naked City

Nice Girls Finish Last

"...he will take over a position focused heavily on civil litigation, which also makes up the bulk of his..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Rebel With Many Causes

A Philosophical Divide

"...Valley, he with the Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, at a salary of $5,000 a year...."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Balancing the Scales of Justice on Texas’ Most Important Courts

Dems run en masse for statewide judicial seats

"...for the last 18 years doing estate planning, probate litigation, commercial litigation, and other kinds of law...."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...making money as trampling on every worker's rights, every civil right, and trampling on the planet. They are not..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dan Morales v. Harry Potter

Louis Dubose examines Dan Morales' "Rule 202" filing against a former colleague in the Texas tobacco litigation.

"...has to the complex aftermath of the state's tobacco litigation, won on Morales' watch as attorney general. Locally, the..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...the Legislature, the Texas state office of the American Civil Liberties Union is enjoying something of a progressive lobbying..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Capitol Chronicle

The State Policy Committee Politically Purges the State Employees' Charitable Campaign

"...groups cannot use the SECC money for "lobbying or litigation" and must provide "direct or indirect" health or human..."

April 13, 2001 News Column by Michael King

TCRP Honors Rwandan Hero

Subject of 'Hotel Rwanda' comes to Texas

"...of human rights receiving an award at the Texas Civil Rights Project's 15th annual Bill of Rights Dinner on..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...grassroots law firms, whose tactics resemble those of the civil rights activists of the Sixties, but whose politics lean..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

Judge vs. Judge in the 419th District Court Primary

This time it's personal

"...Such is the current Dem choice for the 419th..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

Block the Vote

If you can't beat 'em, disenfranchise 'em

"...but declined to prevent it from taking effect while litigation is ongoing. In the end, Voter ID may be..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...elected officials, and Democratic interests in the 2001 redistricting litigation. During the pretrial stages of that litigation, Jan Soifer..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he taught civil and environmental engineering. Now that he's at the Sierra..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 2065

Anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws piling up at the Lege

"...The bill also shields any group or person from civil or criminal action, or from losing tax exempt status..."

May 8, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

Soifer Helps Lead Abortion Fight

With more than 30 years of legal experience, Soifer is no stranger to social justice cases

"...why I went to law school – to do litigation that really makes an impact," she says during a..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dr. Smith's Patented Tort Reform

Putting the claim that limiting medical liability will save health care

"...Answer: Marcus noted that there is medical malpractice litigation in the UK, but having universal care and having..."

Sept. 21, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Landmark Prison Oversight Case Ends

"...On June 17, after nearly 30 years of litigation and judicial wrangling, U.S. District Court Judge William Wayne..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anti-Immigration Lawsuit on Shaky Ground

Anti-immigrant lawyers file Brownsville lawsuit against Obama order

"...order, seeking to prevent it from taking effect as litigation meanders through the court system: DACA is scheduled to..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Punch-Bug Politics

Candidates weigh influence of partisanship

"...who is running for judge in Travis County's 353rd Civil District Court, was ready to make his last big..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...very serious equal-protection problem," said James Esseks, director of litigation for the American Civil Liberties Union's lesbian and gay..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Nearly a Dozen Contested Races on the Election Docket

Judging the judges

"...Twenty in all: countywide contests for half of the civil and criminal district courts (10), most of the courts..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Supreme Attention

Four candidates and only two open seats in play in high court race

"...and reserved historical namesake from Houston, has been practicing civil law – including malpractice, business litigation, and general liability..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...be an important step toward rebalancing the state's highest civil court after too many years of reflexive domination by..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...be an important step toward rebalancing the state's highest civil court after too many years of reflexive domination by..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...be an important step toward rebalancing the state's highest civil court after too many years of reflexive domination by..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Terry Keel is qualified to comment on the death penalty, and you're not

"...have at least five years of experience in criminal litigation and have tried "as lead defense counsel" a "significant"..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Doomed to Repeat It?

Former Students, Profs, and Lawyers Remember

"...taught at the UT Law School during the Sweatt litigation. He was one of a handful of UT professors..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Cristina Smith

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...in which he lauded those apprehended for engaging in civil disobedience without resorting to violence, evoking the spirit of..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

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