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It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the northern and central parts of the U.S. state of Texas. The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of December 10, 2022, the United States attorney is Leigha Simonton.
The Dallas Bar Association (DBA) was founded by 40 lawyers in 1873, during an era that witnessed remarkable growth in the city of Dallas. As stated in its first charter - signed in 1916 by 100 members - the purpose of "the Bar Association of Dallas" was "for support of a literary undertaking and maintenance of a library."
Baron & Budd was named to "The Plaintiffs' Hot List" of the National Law Journal from 2003 to 2006, in 2008, and again in 2011 and 2012, and attorneys from the firm have repeatedly been named to the "Best Lawyers in America" list, receiving this honor for four years in a row, from 2013 to 2017.
The firm was founded as Simon, Eddins & Greenstone in 2005 by three lawyers from Waters & Kraus. [1] Jeffrey Simon is one of the firm's founding partners. As of December 2015, Simon was head of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. [2] [3] Simon holds an undergraduate degree from Colgate University and a law degree from the University of Texas. [4]
The Dallas County District Attorney is the elected, or appointed by the Texas Governor in the event of a vacancy, district attorney (DA) of Dallas County, Texas. Currently, this position is held by John Creuzot , a Democrat who defeated Faith Johnson, appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott , after Susan Hawk resigned in 2016.
Jenkens settled a number of malpractice lawsuits in 1987 for $18 million. In the 1990s, Jenkens saw intense growth and added offices outside Texas for the first time to expand from a regional into a national law firm. Opening a Chicago office with a tax attorney team from Altheimer & Gray in 1998 would become the most fateful act for the firm. [1]
The State Bar of Texas is composed of those persons licensed to practice law in Texas and is an "integrated" or "mandatory" bar. The State Bar Act, adopted by the Legislature in 1939, mandates that all attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas be members of the State Bar. [4] [5] As of 2023, membership in the Texas Bar stood at 113,771. [6]
Patrick served as a political director for the Harris County Republican Party from 2002 to 2004 and as an assistant district attorney for Harris County from 2006 to 2012. [7] [2] In 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Patrick to be a judge at the 177th state district court, and Patrick was elected to the position in 2012, [8] though he lost the seat in 2016 in an election sweep by ...