The latest from Texas Lawyer
- Commentary: Planning the Orderly Succession of Firm Management
- Litigators of the Week: Risky Business?
- Discipline
| Commentary: Planning the Orderly Succession of Firm Management | Top |
| Succession planning of lawyer managers is frequently not given adequate attention until senior partners or other influential members of the firm announce their plans to retire, reduce their active involvement in the firm or leave, writes Joel A. Rose. Lawyer managers, like those in all other jobs or positions, should acknowledge timeframes for the effective performance of their duties. And if they don't, their firms must. | |
| Litigators of the Week: Risky Business? | Top |
| Title VII suits involving retaliation allegations can be risky business for lawyers, but two Houston lawyers took a chance that recently paid off for their client and for them. On June 9, U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. of Houston signed a final judgment and an order on equitable relief and other post-trial issues awarding plaintiff Corina T. Allen $306,000 in damages and her lawyers $332,652 in attorneys' fees. | |
| Discipline | Top |
| Two lawyers have been suspended, the State Bar of Texas reported recently. | |
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