As most appellate lawyers around Dallas know, the Fifth Court of Appeals has a reputation (well-earned) for disposing of petitions for mandamus in, let’s say, a summary fashion. Specifically, the mandamus denials, with few exceptions, have consisted of three-sentences memorandum opinions, two of which were reserved for the standard introduction ("The facts are well known
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Summer CLE in the Windy City
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The DRI is sponsoring an Appellate Advocacy seminar in Chicago on July 18th and 19th.
Highlights of the seminar include a moot argument, discussions on embedded appellate counsel at trial, in-house perspectives on appellate practice, and building an appellate practice. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson and current Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman are…
Retirement News-Justice Jim Moseley
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We were saddened to receive news this week that Dallas Court of Appeals Justice Jim Moseley has announced that he will be retiring at the end of August. Justice Moseley has served on the court of appeals with great distinction for 18 years. He has been a contributor to various CLEs on important topics such…
Legal Writing CLE
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The Dallas Bar Association’s Appellate Law Section and Business Litigation Section are sponsoring a joint continuing education seminar on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at the Belo Mansion. The session will be led by Professor and best-selling author Paul Hendrickson. Professor Hendrickson presented a similar program last year that was…
New Fifth Circuit Judge Confirmed
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On Tuesday, March 20th, 2014, the United States Senate voted unanimously to confirm President Obama’s nomination of Greg Costa to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Costa previously was appointed as a federal district judge for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division, in April of 2012. Prior to his appointment to…
Appellate CLE: Supersedeas
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The Dallas Bar Association‘s Appellate Law Section will meet Thursday, May 15, 2014, at noon. This month’s speaker is Daniel Huckabay of Commercial Surety Bond Agency. Mr. Huckabay will be speaking on a topic near and dear to my heart, "Nuts and Bolts of Supersedeas Bonds." He will cover topics such as…
Appellate CLE on Privilege
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The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at noon at the Belo Mansion. The guest speaker this month is Jadd Masso of Strasburger & Price. He will be speaking on the subject of "Preserving, Proving, and Challenging Privilege." One hour of CLE credit is
Appellate CLE: Appeals in Removals and Remands
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The Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Law Section will have its monthly CLE lunch on Thursday, February 20th at noon at the Belo Mansion. Ken Carroll, of Carrington Coleman, will speak on the subject of "Appeals in Removals and Remands." The program is worth one hour of CLE credit.
Hecht Becomes Longest Serving Supreme Court Justice
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On Sunday, January 26th, 2014, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht became the longest serving justice on the Supreme Court of Texas in state history. Sunday marked his 9,157th day of service on the Texas Supreme Court. Hecht was first elected in November of 1988, and took his seat on the court on January 1, 1989.
Prior…
Appellate CLE Opportunity: Dallas Court of Appeals
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The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will have its monthly CLE at the Belo Mansion on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at noon. This month’s speaker is Richard Smith from Lynn, Tillotson, Pinker & Cox, LLP, and Mr. Smith will speak about developments at the Dallas Court of Appeals. One hour of CLE…