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We want to announce some upcoming continuing education opportunities of interest to Appellate Practitioners. 

The Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Law Section will have its monthly noon CLE on Thursday, November 20, 2008.  The keynote speaker is David Horan of Jones Day who will speak about Federal Interlocutory appeals.  Casey Kaplan of the K&L Gates firm will be the introductory speaker.  The meeting will occur at the Belo Mansion in Dallas, Texas.

The Collin County Bar Association will meet at noon on Friday, November 21, 2008.  The speaker will be Greg Lensing, Staff Attorney for the Dallas Court of Appeals, who will speak on Special Appearances and Personal Jurisdiction in Texas.  The meeting will be held at Ralph & Kacoo’s on Central Expressway in Allen, Texas.

Other upcoming seminars for Appellate Practitioners are listed below:Continue Reading Continuing Education Opportunities

Texas voters elected (or re-elected) a slate of judges in the state on Tuesday.  Last week we posted a list of the appellate court races in the state. 

A list of the winners in those appellate court races is displayed below.  The final, official figures are not yet posted, but most of these outcomes are unlikely to change.

For additional statewide results, check with the Texas Secretary of State’s election’s webpage.

Continue Reading Election results from appellate court races

We elect our judges in Texas.  We can debate the pros and cons of selecting judges by election, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are in the middle of an election now.   Early voting goes through Friday, October 31st.  You can vote at any early voting location and all you need to vote is a valid driver’s license.  If you can’t vote early or don’t want to, Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th.  To find your polling place for election day, follow this link.

Under this system of judicial selection, the best way to ensure selection of quality judges is an informed electorate.  To that end, here’s a list of appellate candidates for judicial office with links to help you better educate yourselves.

Continue Reading Get Informed and VOTE!

Welcome to the Cowles & Thompson Appellate Blog.  We created this blog with the goal of providing useful information to civil appellate practitioners and to the public at large.  We anticipate that we will be posting information relating to significant appellate opinions from Texas appellate courts (inclusive of the Supreme Court of Texas).  Of course, we will also call attention to U.S. Supreme Court opinions…

The Texas Supreme Court will be holding oral arguments this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2008, in Dallas at the SMU Dedman School of Law.  The following three cases are set for oral argument beginning at 9:00am:

Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, No. 05-0272; from Jefferson County, Ninth Court of Appeals (09-04-00152-CV, __S.W.3d__…