JMEH's appellate win in November 2015, Burks v. XL Specialty Insurance Company, __ S.W.3d __ Tex. App.--Houston [14th. Dist.] 2015, no pet.), has been cited in Texas and in Utah in the past year in cases concerning Directors' and Officers' coverage. See Allstate...
Texas Super Lawyers has recognized three JMEH partners as "Super Lawyers" in their fields in its annual listing of top Texas attorneys. The Super Lawyers report, published by Thompson Reuters, is based on peer recognition and editorial research. View the attorneys and...
The University of Texas School of Law is offering the state's first law school course devoted solely to eminent domain law, and the University of Houston Law Center will be starting a similar course later this year. At UT, Austin-based attorneys Luke Ellis and Chris...
Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International told a Texas appellate court Thursday that a trial court wrongly awarded a “windfall” in interest on attorneys' fees to a lawyer who represented the company in its suit alleging two rivals is closed confidential information, after...
On Thursday, January 28 JMEH attorneys Joe Marrs and Leah Lanier spoke to Bank of Texas/BOK Financial about their paper, How Not to Invest a Trust: Pitfalls for Trustees and Brokers. The talk, which focused on the hazards of investing trust funds and avoiding common...
A Texas appeals court ruled Tuesday, September 15th, that the former CFO of Superior Offshore International Inc. can proceed with his claim that XL Specialty Insurance Co. wrongly refused to defend or indemnify him in underlying bankruptcy litigation, holding there...
(Sept. 16) – A Houston appeals court ruled Tuesday that a lower trial court must consider whether an insurance company breached its duty to a former Superior Offshore International executive when it refused to provide certain coverage the executive claimed was...
College Station has been a hub for growth in recent years, and this growth has triggered the development of several large-scale infrastructure projects that will require the use of eminent-domain to reach fruition. In an effort to help educate local landowners of...
H-Magazine named Joseph Marrs one of Houston’s top lawyers in commercial litigation in 2015. The magazine uses peer and client nominations as well as background checks to compile its annual list of top Houston attorneys.
Texas Super Lawyers Magazine selected JMEH Partners Luke Ellis, Joseph Marrs, and Yusuf Bajwa as "Rising Stars" in eminent domain, plaintiff civil litigation, and securities litigation, respectively, in its 2015 publication. The magazine annually publishes a list of...