Judge removed from eight more cases

by | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized

December 18, 2013 (http://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/Judge-removed-from-eight-more-cases-5076662.php) By Kiah Collier A Harris County family court judge under investigation for allegedly backdating court records was removed from eight more cases by a visiting judge Wednesday. Judge Don Ritter granted the requests to recuse District Judge Denise Pratt all at once, bringing the number of cases from which the freshman Republican judge has been removed to nine. The requests to recuse Pratt were among 16 filed in recent weeks by lawyers hoping to have the family court judge removed from their cases after the district attorney began an investigation into accusations that Pratt had backdated court documents to cover up her tardy rulings. The accusations were made in a criminal complaint filed by Webster family lawyer Greg Enos, who also publicized them in his online monthly newsletter, The Mongoose. Enos filed the complaint, now under review by a Harris County grand jury, with the district attorney’s office and the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Denies wrongdoing The accusations first sparked an investigation by the Harris County District Clerk and led to the resignation of Pratt’s lead clerk. District Clerk Chris Daniel said he found backdated documents came out of Pratt’s court in at least two cases before asking the district attorney’s office to take over the investigation. Pratt, through her lawyer, has denied any wrongdoing. Houston lawyers Matthew Waldrop and David Brown, who filed the eight motions granted Wednesday, argued that Pratt, by repeatedly making tardy rulings and then backdating orders, is biased and could not rule impartially as she has a demonstrated history of antagonizing lawyers and their clients. “In so many cases she didn’t make a ruling until weeks and months after the case was...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht Files for Re-election

by | Nov 18, 2013 | Uncategorized

November 18, 2013 Contact: Susan Lilly at 512-477-7722 Nathan Hecht Press Release Campaign Address: Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht Campaign P.O. Box 776 Austin, TX 78767 http://www.justicenathanhecht.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chief-Justice-Nathan-Hecht/203968376332519...

Gov. Perry Appoints Johnson as Justice of the Ninth Court of Appeals

by | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

November 13, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/19087/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Leanne Johnson of Beaumont as justice of the Ninth Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the next general election. Johnson is senior partner with Orgain, Bell and Tucker LLP. She is admitted to practice law in Texas and Arkansas, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District courts for the Eastern and Southern districts of Texas, and is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Arkansas Bar Association and the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. She is a member and past board member of the Jefferson County Bar Association, and a past member of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. She is also a board member of the Boy Scouts of America Three Rivers Council and the Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program, and a volunteer for the Beaumont Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Johnson received a bachelor’s degree from Southern Arkansas University and a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of...

Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd (R) Files for Re-election

by | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

November 12, 2013 Contact: Ted Delisi 512-536-1334 Justice Jeff Boyd (R) Files for Re-election to the Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 Jeff Boyd Press Release Campaign Address: Texans for Jeff Boyd 815-A Brazos Street, #694 Austin, TX 78701 http://justicejeffboyd.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-Jeff-Boyd/355534184543520?ref=ts&fref=ts...

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