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Texas Bar releases latest disciplinary actions report

Southeast Texas Record, June 2, 2022

The State Bar of Texas has handed down disciplinary actions for attorneys who were non-responsive and neglected their clients’ legal matters, among other issues.

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Harris Co. judges granting bonds to ex-cons charged with felon in possession of weapon at an alarming rate

FOX 26 Houston, May 31, 2022

Some judges from the Harris County Criminal Court frequently grant bonds to defendants charged with felons in possession of a weapon. Oftentimes, these quickly released felons continue on to commit subsequent crimes while they are out on bail.

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Texas judge admonished after he erupts in anger, curses at lawyer, concludes: ‘I may not be suitable for this’

ABA Journal, May 19, 2022

A Houston judge was reprimanded for losing his temper during a trial, cursing at a lawyer in his chambers, and then insinuating that he should jump out of the window when he became aware of his improper behavior.

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Tarrant County’s newest district court was formed in January. It’s still without a judge

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 17, 2022

It’s been more than four months since Tarrant County got a new court to help handle criminal cases, but it’s unclear when a full-time judge will take over the bench.

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Harris County civil judges sanctioned for shackling lawyers, irate courtroom outbursts

The Houston Chronicle, May 7, 2022

Judges in Harris County’s civil court have been sanctioned for behavior in courtrooms. During a trial, one allowed attorneys to be shackled while the other erupted into fits of rage.

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Court cases backlog: Dallas County commissioners at odds with judges over disposition rate

FOX 4 KDFW, May 3, 2022

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price presented local judges with data highlighting underperforming case records from local felony and misdemeanor judges. Price claims the underperforming case disposition rates could result in a $50 million loss of criminal justice grants from the state.

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‘Do your job,’ victim tells judge in Harris County’s slowest court

ABC 13, May 1, 2022

Fifteen Harris County judges resolved fewer felony cases during the pandemic, and all 23 courts have more pending cases now than when the COVID epidemic began. As of March, there were over 48,000 pending active cases in Criminal District Court.

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Nuclear Verdicts Create Litigation “Vortex” for Trucking Industry

Institute for Legal Reform, April 26, 2022

Texans for Lawsuit Reform’s General Counsel Lee Parsley joined the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform’s podcast to discuss nuclear verdicts in the trucking industry and what legislators can do to ensure that excessive lawsuits don’t shut down this vital industry.

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DA Point Fingers Over Dallas Criminal Courts Backlog

Texas Metro News, April 25, 2022

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price blames DA John Creuzot’s office and local judges for the record backlog of criminal court cases. Dallas County criminal trials didn’t resume until April 2021, and cases still face a slow process with fewer cases each month.

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Harris DA’s office wants to suspend a self-described socialist judge accused of ‘indefensible bias’

MSN, April 20, 2022

The District Attorney’s Office in Harris County is seeking to suspend self-described socialist Judge Franklin Bynum after a nearly two-year-long feud over allegations he is prejudiced against prosecutors and gives too much leniency to defendants based on political ideology.

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The federal judge who supervises multidistrict opioid litigation had ordered a certain percentage of future opioid settlements to be set aside for plaintiffs’ lawyers who have similar cases outside the MDL, diverting more settlement money away from the victims. Read & share: bit.ly/3NqcDQP ... See MoreSee Less

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A month passed before Harris County courts brought in 18-year-old Corey Hodges, who violated his bond conditions 37 times. Crime Stoppers’ Andy Kahan blames the initial judge's lack of enforcement on his first bond violation back in 2015. Read and share: bit.ly/3A6vLjC ... See MoreSee Less

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – 18-year-old Corey Hodge could be a poster guy for Breaking Bond. “This is clearly you are breaking your bond conditions,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. On April 17,...
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