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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls.
Nachawati Law Group (formerly Fears Nachawati) is an American plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in Dallas. The law firm was founded in 2006 by Bryan Fears and Majed Nachawati. [1] The firm rebranded in October 2022 following the departure of Bryan Fears, who formed Fears Law. [2] The firm is active in mass tort and multidistrict litigation on ...
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...
The Texas Supreme Court Building. Texas is the only state besides Oklahoma to have a bifurcated appellate system at the highest level. [4] The Texas Supreme Court hears appeals involving civil matters (which include juvenile cases), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals involving criminal matters. [4]
The firm's first major case involved a lead smelter adjacent to one of the largest public housing projects in Dallas. Baron & Budd represented more than 200 families in a lawsuit that eventually closed the smelter and provided sizable damage awards for court-supervised trusts that benefited several hundred children. [2]
A former security guard is suing the Dallas Police Department over an arrest during which he was beaten and tasered, after being mistaken for a violent criminal with a similar name.. Silvester ...
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.
Some of the computers were used by the Sheriff’s Department and contained criminal justice information. Dallas County personal, criminal information compromised due to computers sold at auction ...