The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will be hosting its monthly luncheon at the Belo Mansion on Thursday, February 21st at noon. Jerry Bullard from Adams, Lynch & Loftin, P.C. will present "2013 Legislative Preview," which will give us a look at topics of interest to the appellate practitioner that may be taken up
Appellate CLE Opportunity, with ethics credit
The Dallas Bar Association’s Appellate Law Section will have its final meeting of the year on Thursday, December 20, 2012, at noon at the Belo Mansion. The speaker will be Dallas Court of Appeals Justice Doug Lang, who will speak on "Civility: Ethics, Professionalism, or Both?" One hour of CLE credit is available.
Dallas Bar Association Appellate CLE
The Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Law Section will have its monthly section meeting on Thursday, November 15th, at noon at the Belo Mansion. This month’s speaker will be Bryan Garner, who will be speaking about "Fresh Pointers on Appellate Persuasion." One hour of CLE credit is available.
Continuing Education: the Executive Branch
The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will have its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, October 18th, 2012, at noon at the Belo Mansion. The speaker this month is Stacy Obenhaus of the Gardere law firm. Stacy will be speaking on "The Role of the U.S. Courts of Appeals in Shielding the Executive Branch
Should Clients Attend Oral Argument?
Often clients will ask me whether they should attend an oral argument. I usually tell clients that it’s not expected and may even be distracting to the court and the lawyers, but I never tell clients that they simply cannot attend oral argument.
An appellate colleague, Andy Korn, recently sent me a discussion of
Dallas Bar Appellate Section Continuing Education
The Dallas Bar Appellate Law Section will not meet at its regularly-scheduled time this month. Instead, there is a special meeting this month to hear from author and Supreme Court advocate David O. Stewart. Mr. Stewart will be speaking on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at noon at the Belo Mansion. He will be discussing
Formation of the Attorney-Client Relationship
How and when does an attorney-client relationship form? The Dallas Court of Appeals says that the attorney-client relationship is contractual in nature and may be either express or implied. But the relationship must be based upon an intent by BOTH parties to create such a relationship and it is insufficient to create an attorney-client relationship
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Begins Accepting E-filings
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals will begin accepting electronically-filed documents in appeals and original proceedings through the texas.gov portal on Monday, August 6, 2012. Electronic filing is voluntary at this time. The court previously adopted local rules addressing electronic filing. In addition, further information about e-filing may be found on the court’s website.
Mandatory Trial Amendment
The Dallas Court of Appeals recently decided a case in which it held that it was mandatory for the trial court to grant a trial amendment. The opinion is interesting because its procedural facts suggest other scenarios in which a mandatory trial amendment might be required.
The basic dispute was a contract dispute between Dallas City
Run-off election
Lest anyone forget, today is the start of early voting for the run-off elections and there are a few judicial positions still up for grabs.
- State-wide on the Republican side, there’s the race for Texas Supreme Court, Place 4, which features incumbent David Medina and his challenger, John Devine.
- In the Dallas area,