Lawyers

Tony Buzbee Is More Famous Than Ever. So Why Is He Running for Houston City Council?

The wealthy trial lawyer just helped acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now he wants to fix potholes and broken water lines.

The DWI Lawyer Who Represented Cocaine Traffickers—and Paid the Price

Austin attorney Jamie Balagia, a.k.a. “the Dude,” thought that he’d finally hit the big time. Then everything fell apart.

How the Unchecked Power of Judges Is Hurting Poor Texans

Can’t afford a lawyer? Don’t expect justice.

The Drug Runners

The Tarahumara, of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, are the world’s greatest ultramarathoners. But in recent years, their legendary endurance has been put to a sinister use—in service of the narcos.

The Texas Law Hawk Is the Internet’s New Favorite Lawyer

Fort Worth defense attorney Bryan Wilson lands a body blow in his quest to claim the ”most ridiculous lawyer in Texas” crown.

The Lawsuit from Hell

How an East Texas attorney spawned the most massive products-liability case ever—one that has cost millions of dollars and involved thousands of plaintiffs and might never end.

I, the Juror

As a "recovering" attorney with a mixed record at picking juries, I always wondered what made them tick. After receiving a summons this year, I'm still deliberating.

Return to Padre

For years my relatives have claimed that they were robbed of oil and gas royalties on Padre Island. Last May a Brownsville jury agreed, vindicating—for now—the family’s proud heritage and proving that, sometimes, the little guy does win.

Smoke Detectors

Why the state’s tobacco settlement has ignited a controversy.

Fee Spree

JUSTICE IS BLIND. LAWYERS ARE NOTA team of lawyers led by John Cracken of Dallas sued Allstate and Farmers insurance companies over their method of rounding up the cost of automobile insurance premiums. The proposed settlement gives the lawyers $10 million while policyholders are entitled to apply for a refund

The Tort Tax

No high diving boards at public pools. No cameras in operating rooms. All this and more, thanks to lawyers.

The High Times of Gerry Goldstein

Texas’ top drug lawyer helps dope dealers and cocaine kingpins beat their raps—and he’s proud of it.

Low Talk

Ross Perot defends his wife.

Bar Hopper

Tainted Mexican pols sign up a Corpus Christi lawyer.

Texas Twenty: Tom Luce

Head of the class.

Tiger’s Beat

An Austin attorney tears into the government’s case against a suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Freedom Fighter

John O’Quinn

The untouchable plaintiff's lawyer.

The Great Defenders

Who cares if they dress differently, act differently, and spell their names differently? Brother Dick DeGuerin and Mike DeGeurin are two of the best attorneys in Texas, and for that they can thank their mentor, legal legend Percy Foreman.

Poetic Justice

A Dallas lawyer is urging his colleagues to put rhyme and reason back into legal writing—by using plain old English.

On the Defensive

Jim Wright’s attorney Steve Susman is living proof that clients may lose, but lawyers don’t.

The Man Who Crushed Texaco

Judges take his money. Juries buy his bull. And when clients like Pennzoil need a tiger in their tank, they hire Joe Jamail.

Heads, We Win, Tails, You Lose

Highly partisan justices are at the center of the Supreme Court scandal.

The Hustlers

The genteel practice of law is dead. Nowadays lawyers fight for clients, raid each other’s firms, and bill, bill, bill.

Oops!

Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes in the medical profession leave scars on everybody.

Howard Hughes Lives!

In pursuit of the elusive billionaire’­s final mystery: who’­ll get his money?