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The attorneys general of the Republic of Texas and the first four attorneys general under the 1845 state constitution were appointed by the governor. The office was made elective in 1850 by constitutional amendment. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term. In 2013, former Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he would not seek ...
He served as the 48th Attorney General of Texas from January 15, 1991, through January 13, 1999, during the administrations of Governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush. As Attorney General, Morales reached a $17 billion settlement with big tobacco companies. He also authored the controversial state interpretation of the Hopwood v.
The judicial system of Texas has a reputation as one of the most complex in the United States, [10] with many layers and many overlapping jurisdictions. [11] Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County officials Wednesday morning over their plan to mail voter registration forms to unregistered residents en masse, asking a state District Court ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against VA Claims Insider, LLC For allegedly attempting to deceive and defraud veterans seeking disability benefits from the U.S. Department of ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said on Thursday it had sued insulin makers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. The office had also sued PBMs, including CVS' Caremark, Cigna's Express ...
Colmenero is a Hispanic-American. [1] She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. [2] She earned a J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School. [2]Colmenero worked in the office of the Texas Attorney General for almost ten years where she held a number of positions including chief of the general litigation division and deputy chief of the special litigation division. [2]
Later, he served as general counsel to Governor Rick Perry from 2011 to 2014. After that position, Morales was Deputy General Counsel to the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Immediately before becoming a judge, he was a partner at Kelly, Hart & Hallman, where he specialized in education and administrative law. [1] [2]