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Judgment entered in alleged Ponzi scheme
sec-logo.jpg DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - A final judgment against Ilya Drapkin was entered July 6 in Texas federal court that permanently enjoins him from violating federal securities laws and orders...
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Petition seeks testimony related to sexual assault charges against former PA...
A petition for pre-suit investigatory depositions seeks testimony from the assistant principal at Port Arthur Memorial High School regarding the alleged sexual assault of a minor. Under the...
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TV lawyer indicted for stealing clients’ money
A Dallas attorney was indicted recently for allegedly stealing money from his clients. Thomas Corea faces four first degree felonies after he was indicted Aug. 27 by a Dallas County grand jury. He is...
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Woman accused of cheating dismisses case against Delta Downs
Connie Sue Broussard and Delta Downs Racetrack Casino Hotel have filed a joint a motion to dismiss a lawsuit centered on a malfunctioning slot machine. As previously reported, Broussard filed suit...
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Man claims he lost PA Housing Authority job for reporting financial abuses
A former employee of the Port Arthur Housing Authority has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after reporting alleged misappropriations by the director and board members. Joseph Ray Guillory...
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Beaumont electrician sentenced for overbilling BISD, failing to pay federal...
After pleading guilty for failing to pay federal income taxes, Beaumont electrician Calvin Gary Walker was sentenced to five years of probation by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark. Following the original...
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State Bar files second suit against Beaumont attorney Kip Lamb
The Commission for Lawyer Discipline, an arm of the State Bar of Texas, has filed a second petition to suspend the practice of Beaumont attorney Kip Lamb. The first petition was filed July 10 in...
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Marathon purchases BP facility with history in the courts
GALVESTON – After a decade of legal battles and safety violations, BP has finally rid itself of its Texas City refinery. On Feb. 1, ownership of the refinery changed hands between the petrochemical...
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Watts investigated for falsifying client list to get on BP plaintiffs...
WattsSAN ANTONIO – The federal government is investigating whether one of the high-profile attorneys involved in BP oil spill litigation falsified his client list in order to qualify for the...
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Legally Speaking: The lighter side of the law
BrowningSometimes, it seems as though the cases that move through the criminal and the civil sides of the legal system run from the sublime to the ridiculous. As strange as a lawsuit or a criminal...
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Wortham praises Galveston Co.’s security measures as Granger capital murder...
The Galveston County Justice CenterGALVESTON – The fact jurors in the Bartholomew Granger capital murder trial would have to walk through the crime scene at the Jefferson County Courthouse to get to...
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Arrest warrant issued for Granger’s brother in Jefferson Co.
handcuffedGALVESTON – As court bailiffs in Galveston County kept a watchful eye on Bartholomew Granger, law enforcement officials in Jefferson County are looking for his brother. Jury selection into...
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Beaumont attorney sentenced to 15 years for swindling $1M from clients
LambOn Monday Beaumont attorney Kip Lamb, 57, was sentenced to 15 years for swindling more than a million dollars from two separate clients. Court records show that on April 14, 2008, Lamb received...
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Federal lawsuit accuses Harris Co. of assessing ‘unlawful’ court costs
Gavel-judgeHOUSTON – Two Harris County men are suing the county over what they consider “unlawful court costs,” recent court documents say. In a class action lawsuit filed April 4 in Houston federal...
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Port Arthur pastor using donations toward private retirement account, suit...
steeple-cross-churchThe members of a Port Arthur church have filed suit against the man who they claim is stealing money that rightfully belongs to the church and who is threatening to have suspicious...
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Scruggs’ conviction upheld by federal appeals panel
scruggsNEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the corruption conviction of disgraced attorney Dickie Scruggs. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Testimony begins in capital murder trial against accused courthouse shooter
GrangerGALVESTON – After nearly three weeks of jury selection, testimony in the capital murder trial of Bartholomew Granger got underway in a Galveston County courtroom Monday. The jury of three men,...
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Legally Speaking: Who’s teaching your children? You might be shocked
BrowningThe recently-released movie “The Company You Keep,” directed by and starring Robert Redford, examines what happens when an investigative journalist reveals the hidden Weather Underground past...
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Granger jurors hear from woman who accompanied victim to courthouse
SeboltGALVESTON – The last person to see Deweyville resident Minnie Ray Sebolt alive during the Jefferson County Courthouse shootings took the stand Tuesday. Prosecutors brought Vicky Hollingsworth of...
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Granger’s daughter: Courthouse shooting left her in ‘tremendous’ pain
Southeast Texas Record file photo. The area in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse remains blocked off March 14, 2012, following a shooting rampage that morning that left one dead. GALVESTON –...
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