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The publisher of Texas Lawyer, has announced the launch of the only statewide business publication in Texas, Executive Legal Adviser, a new quarterly magazine exploring legal issues affecting Lone Star business executives. Written and edited by the staff of Texas Lawyer, with contributions from some of the top business attorneys in the state, Executive Legal Adviser analyzes key legal issues in layman's terms. The premier issue addresses topics including management of high-profile corporate lawsuits, corporate obligations when employees in the military return to work and tips for hiring outside counsel.
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Texas Lawyer magazine recently cited Robin Gibbs as the No. 1 "Go-To Lawyer" for Securities Litigation. After a seven-month investigation, the magazine designated one "Go-To Lawyer" and four top-notch lawyers for each of 27 practice areas. The investigation included interviews with hundreds of lawyers across Texas who were asked "who they would turn to if they needed representation in a particular practice area." The Texas Lawyer noted that "when the stakes are high in securities litigation, whether for plaintiffs or defendants, Robin Gibbs often gets called."
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AUSTIN –– Like a vast majority of inmates on Texas's death row, Calvin Jerold Burdine could not afford a lawyer for his trial. So the court paid a lawyer named Joe Frank Cannon to represent him. Today, 16 years after Burdine was convicted of murder and sentenced to die, no one disputes that Cannon did a lackadaisical job. In fact, during important stretches of testimony, he was asleep at the defense table.
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The Austin Lawyer Referral Service of Central Texas, Inc. is a non-profit public service of the Austin Bar Association. Lawyer Referral refers about 12,000 callers to Travis County attorneys each year. The program was designed to assist persons who are able to pay normal attorney fees but whose ability to locate legal representation is frustrated by a lack of experience with the legal system, a lack of information about the type of services needed, or a fear of the potential costs of seeing an Austin lawyer.
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New York injury lawyer Michael Kaplan reported in his blog last week on a new study from the Army that up to 20 percent of the troops returning from combat have undiagnosed brain injuries. As a result, the Army is alerting returning troops about the symptoms of brain injury and encouraging those with symptoms to get treatment.
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Before you hire a lawyer to represent you in a personal injury claim, please get the free book offered at right. Read Seven Fatal Mistakes Accident Victims Make, and you can avoid doing the wrong thing after an injury, and possibly doing fatal damage to your claim.
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