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Houston Chronicle features Local Legal Icons Racehorse Haynes, Joe Jamail
The Houston Chronicle’s Mary Flood did a great story about local lawyers Richard “Racehorse” Haynes and Joe Jamail in Legendary lawyers show no signs of slowing downThe conversation is worthy of her subjects:
Haynes, the witty and gentlemanly criminal defense lawyer, recalls the prior generation’s legal master Percy Foreman warning him that the law is a […]
Coming Up, Constitution Day
Indeed, it has a day. The website breathlessly refers to it as “Celebrating the Birthday of your Government!” but I think the more appropriate analogy might be as our nation’s bar mitzvah, a coming of age a dozen or so years after independence.
In late 2004, Senator Byrd passed a legislation requiring that all schools, colleges […]
Racehorse Haynes
Legendary trial lawyer and Houston Law alumnus Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes was in action at the Williamson County courthouse outside of Austin last week defending a 41-year-old mother of two accused of sexual contact with a minor, a 16-year old boy who has already testified that they had a sexual relationship.
There’s some video from local station […]
Avoiding the Debt Trap, Starting Salaries for Law Grads Not What You’ve Been Led to Believe
While some Texas firms are raising starting salaries to match the Coasts, the reality of starting out is much less lucrative than many law students have been led to believe. For the jobless JDs in a tough legal market, finding a job is hard enough. As noted in National Law Journal article About That […]
Houston Alum John O’Quinn Making News Again…
Houston Law alum John O’Quinn is Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Day today. OK, so maybe it’s not for the reasons we might hope, but any publicity is good publicity right? Well….
According to the Houston Chronicle:
Houston plaintiff lawyer John O’Quinn has been ordered to refund at least $35.7 million to more than 3,000 former […]
Intellectual Property at University of Houston Law Center builds on Houston’s Engineering Stronghold
The University of Houston Law Center has a long history of success in Intellectual Property, currently ranked #8 and seemingly full to the gills of engineers-turning-lawyers.
Richard Florida whose Rise of the Creative Class and Flight of the Creative Class are considered seminal works in theories of urban renewal, offers an explanation - Houston is Engineering-ville, […]
Top Law Student Blawgs
I’m pretty sure this has to be a typo….
Source: Justia BlawgSearch: May 2007 Law Student Top Blawgs
I was a film major
I was. It’s true. A film major. It’s not the kind of thing I bring up when lawyers or professors ask me about my undergrad. I honestly don’t know how in the hell I ended up in law school. Neither does any one else. I think my father is still sort of hoping I’ll […]
Tenants’ Council of Houston, founded by UHLC alum David Sadegh, helps resolve tenant disputes
An article in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle features David Sadegh, a recent graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, who started the Tenants’ Council of Houston, an organization that helps tenants resolve disputes with landlords.
The council is a clearinghouse of information about tenant and landlord rights. The staff — eventually to include several law student […]
17-year old student at University of Houston goes after Loan Servicer
Fascinating. Houston Press: UH student investigates ORIX, Goes after loan servicer