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Houston Partner Presents on Developing Probate Litigation Practice
JMEH Partner Joe Marrs, upon invitation from the Houston Bar Association, presented on developing a probate litigation practice on June 20, 2013 as part of the HBA’s CLE program.
University of Texas Law School Invites Two Partners to Speak at Houston Event
The University of Texas Law School invited partners Luke Ellis and Justin Hodge to speak at its 2013 Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute event held in Houston. The two presented a session titled “Supreme Court Landowner Condemnation—Landowner...
Four Partners Named Texas Monthly “Rising Stars” in Eminent Domain, Appellate, and Estate & Trust Litigation
Texas Super Lawyers Magazine, an annually-published list of attorneys chosen through a comprehensive selection process, featured four JMEH partners in its 2013 publication. The partners earned a “Rising Star” distinction in Eminent Domain, Appellate, and Estate and...
Land Battles Rise as U.S. Eyes 450,000 Miles of New Pipe
"Land owners increasingly are pit against private businesses in state legislatures and courts as the U.S. confronts the new transmission lines, pipelines and compressor stations needed to reduce oil imports and produce clean energy at home. Lines between pro-green...
5th Circ. Says Fresenius FCA Suit Not Supported By Evidence
The Fifth Circuit said Monday there’s insufficient evidence Fresenius Medical Care North America retaliated against a worker alleging illegal kickbacks involving Medicare patients, and also found that a district court's sanctions against an attorney in the False...
Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexican President-Elect, Files Brief With U.S. Supreme Court On Behalf Of Rosa Estela Olvera Jimenez, Convicted Undocumented Immigrant
Mexico's president-elect asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to evaluate the murder case of a Mexican woman who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the death of a Texas boy. Enrique Peña Nieto filed a brief in his personal capacity supporting the appeal of Rosa...
Donated Money Goes Up in Smoke in the Years After Dallas Girl Saved Seven from House Fire
Mary Moore was in the living room combing her little sister’s hair when she smelled the smoke. The 10-year-old knew right away that it meant trouble. She had been left to baby-sit her five younger siblings and two cousins as her mother worked grinding eyeglass lenses....
Four UT Classmates Launch Litigation Boutique in Austin, Houston
By Natalie Posgate Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge isn’t just a new litigation boutique with offices in Houston and Austin. It’s a reunion for four law school classmates, who always dreamed about working together. Chris Johns remembers...
4 Texas Attorneys Partner in Litigation Boutique
Jess Davis, Law360 Four former law school classmates have opened a Texas-based civil litigation boutique that has offices in Houston and Austin with an emphasis on eminent domain, complex commercial disputes, and probate and fiduciary matters, the firm said Wednesday....
Air Liquide in $23 Million Arbitration Over Hydrogen Plant
Deon Daugherty, Reporter- Houston Business Journal Air Liquide Process & Construction Inc., a Houston division of the French industrial and medical gas provider Air Liquide, is engaged in private arbitration to resolve a $23 million dispute with Turner Industries...