Bankruptcy

Gregory M. Gordon

Gregory M. Gordon is a partner in Jones Day, where he oversees the business restructuring and reorganization practice in the Dallas office.

6-15-2006

Impact of the Bankruptcy Overhaul's Limits on Key Employee Retention <<<

5-23-2006

Overseas Operations in Bankruptcy Proceedings

5-16-2006

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Anna Nicole Smith Case

3-13-2006

Anna Nicole Smith: Bankruptcy vs. Probate Jurisdiction

2-15-2006

Substantive Consolidation: An Important Tool

2-10-2006

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act<<<<

Criminal Law

Bruce Anton

Bruce Anton is a partner in Sorrels, Udashen & Anton in Dallas. He practices criminal and appellate law and is board certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

7-10-2006

Sentencing Departures in the Post-Booker Era

Gary A. Udashen

Gary A. Udashen is a partner in Sorrels, Udashen & Anton in Dallas, where he practices criminal and appellate law. He is board certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

5-11-2006

Kansas v. Marsh and the Presumption of Death

5-11-2006

Georgia v. Randolph and Warrantless Searches

3-8-2006

Polygraph Exams

2-17-2006

Actual Innocence

Election Law

Charles T. Frazier Jr.

Charles T. Frazier Jr. of Dallas is a shareholder in and chairman of the appellate practice of Cowles & Thompson. He has represented clients in appellate courts in more than 100 cases, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court and all 14 of Texas' intermediate appellate courts.

6-28-2006

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Texas Redistricting

The Enron Trial

Thomas R. Ajamie

Thomas R. Ajamie is the managing partner of Ajamie LLP in Houston. He represents investors seeking to recover losses in stock and insurance fraud cases, as well as corporations and officers and directors who have been sued in securities matters or are under investigation by regulatory or governmental agencies.

8-31-2006

Developments Since Enron

4-18-2006

Enron: Defense Witnesses Begin

4-12-2006

The Enron Trial: Final Prosecution Witnesses

3-6-2006

The Enron Trial: Witness Testimony

2-7-2006

The Enron Trial: An Introduction

Family Law

Brad M. LaMorgese

Brad M. LaMorgese is an attorney with the Dallas office of McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, where he practices family and appellate law. He is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

8-1-2006

Double-Dipping on Child Support

Polly Rea O'Toole

Polly Rea O'Toole is a founding partner in the family law firm Atkins & O'Toole in Dallas. O'Toole has practiced family law for more than 10 years. She is also on the board of directors of the Child and Family Guidance Center.

8-3-2006

How Courts Divide Community Property

4-20-2006

Characterizing Marital Property

2-28-2006

Prenuptial Agreements

2-6-2006

Grandparents' Visitation

Humor

Tom Alleman

Tom Alleman really is an attorney. A shareholder in the environmental and insurance industry practice groups at Winstead Sechrest & Minick in Dallas, Alleman also is the author of Texas Lawyer's monthly humor column, "Cert Denied," a regular participant in the Dallas Bar Association's "Bar None" comedy show, and a frequent contributor to ABC Satellite Radio's Hits and Favorites Network. In his spare time, he serves as president of the American Community College of Trial Lawyers and watches exercise videos on fast forward to get all the benefit of his workout in half the time.

6-13-2006

The Super Lawyers, Barry Bonds and Steroid Abuse

5-6-2006

The Super Lawyers Save Baseball

3-28-2006

News and Notes From Around the Bar

3-15-2006

Lawyer As Caped-Crusader: Part 3

2-24-2006

Lawyer As Caped-Crusader: Part 2

1-30-2006

Lawyer As Caped-Crusader

Insurance Law

Ernest Martin

Ernest Martin Jr. is a partner in and chairman of the insurance coverage practice group at Haynes and Boone in Dallas. He co-founded the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and serves as an adjunct professor of insurance law at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

9-28-2006

D&O Policies and Stock Options Backdating

8-31-2006

8-29-2006

Protecting the Privilege<<<

7-17-2006

Extrinsic Evidence and the Duty to Defend

6-22-2006

Handling Litigation Management Guidelines

4-21-2006

An Insured's Right to Choose Counsel

3-10-2006

Dallas and Houston Courts of Appeals Conflict on Issue Involving a Commercial General Liability Policy<<<

3-10-2006

Lamar Homes v. Mid-Continent Casualty

1-25-2006

Frank's Casing Revisited

Intellectual Property Law

David H. Judson

David H. Judson is a Dallas solo with an intellectual property law practice. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since 1981, he formerly served as assistant general counsel for intellectual property for Akamai Technologies Inc.

8-22-2006

Senate Targets Patent Litigation<<<

6-21-2006

Patent Infringement: eBay Inc., et al. v. MercExchange LLC

5-1-2006

Claim Construction in Patent Law

2-20-2006

Blackberry Blackout

2-8-2006

Patent Law Changes

Labor & Employment

Michael P. Maslanka

Michael P. Maslanka is managing partner of the Dallas office of Ford & Harrison. He is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He writes the Texas Employment Law Letter and writes the monthly "Work Matters" column in In-House Texas, a publication of Texas Lawyer. His e-mail address is mmaslanka@fordharrison.com.

6-22-2006

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Employer Retaliation

5-25-2006

Responding Effectively to Ethical Challenges

5-5-2006

ADR

3-17-2006

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers<<<

3-2-2006

Money Cases at the U.S. and Texas Supreme Courts<<<

2-22-2006

Lessons on 20 Years of Practice

1-25-2006

At-Will Employment

Legal Malpractice

Randy Johnston

Randy Johnston is a partner in Johnston Tobey in Dallas. He handles cases involving professional malpractice, in addition to business disputes. He is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

8-15-2006

Running Afoul of the Honesty Obligation<<

7-17-2006

The Legal Profession's Dirty Little Secret: Sex With Clients<<<

5-9-2006

Conflicts of Interest: Adverse Interests

2-13-2006

Motion for Continuance As Exhibit No. 1 in Legal Malpractice Trial<<<

Robert Tobey

Robert L. Tobey is a shareholder in Dallas' Johnston Tobey, which handles litigation involving legal and accounting malpractice, professional liability, stockbroker fraud, insurance bad faith and business litigation. He is board certified in consumer and commercial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. After he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, he earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1980.

4-6-2006

Conflicts of Interest

Personal Injury and Civil Trial

Ralph C. "Red Dog" Jones

Ralph C. "Red Dog" Jones, a partner in Jones Geisler in Dallas, is board certified in personal-injury and civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

9-3-2006

Insurance Coverage, Jury Waivers, Taxation, and the Made-Whole Doctrine

8-10-2006

What Trial Lawyers Need to Know About Taxes<<<

7-19-2006

Supreme Court Weighs in on Sovereign Immunity and Contingent Fee Agreements

6-8-2006

Tort Reform by Federal Agency Pronouncement<<<

4-18-2006

Jury selection after Cortez and Vasquez

4-11-2006

California vs. Texas on Whether Jury Trial Rights Can Be Waived, Plus Why Lawyers Should Get Involved In Politics<<<

2-1-2006

Waiving Jury Trial Rights

Securities Law

David Clouston

David Clouston is a partner in Patton Boggs in Dallas, where he regularly represents clients in state and federal courts, and before the Texas State Securities Board, National Association of Securities Dealers Inc., the New York Stock Exchange, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

8-8-2006

SEC To Provide §404 Guidance

7-11-2006

Proposed Rules Governing Office and Director Compensation

7-13-2006

Court Strikes Down Hedge Fund Rules

4-4-2006

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Dabit: SLUSA Pre-emption

4-4-2006

Conducting an Internal Investigation<<<

3-20-2006

Responding to an SEC Raid

2-3-2006

Hedge Fund Manager Rules

White-Collar Criminal Law

Mark S. Werbner

Mark S. Werbner is a partner in Sayles | Werbner in Dallas. His practice focuses on complex litigation, including business torts and catastrophic personal-injury and wrongful-death cases.<<<

6-27-2006

SDNY Judge Declares Thompson Memorandum Unconstitutional