As an attorney, I have presented many hundreds of witnesses for deposition over the past thirty plus years. I thought it would be helpful to share some tips I’ve learned along the way. Here are seven instructional videos that can help a witness get prepared for his or her deposition. Disclaimer: These videos are intended as […]
Why are Traumatic Brain Injuries Called the “Silent Epidemic”? Traumatic brain injuries are often called the “silent epidemic” because so many people have suffered brain injuries and because so many of the victims look perfectly normal even though their lives have been changed forever by their injury. Brain injury is suffered by someone in America every 15 seconds; Approximately […]
Double Board Certified Attorney Richard LaGarde explains what you should bring to your first attorney meeting. Allow a few moments after clicking the play icon for video to load.
Double Board Certified Attorney Richard LaGarde talks about how social media can affect your lawsuit. Allow a few moments after clicking the play icon for video to load.
GTECH Corporation, the operator of the Texas Lottery, has disclosed that it may designate the Texas Lottery Commission as a “Responsible Third Party” in the $504 million lawsuit filed against GTECH by nearly 1,000 lottery players in Austin, Texas. The disclosure was contained at the end of GTECH’s recent Response to Request for Disclosures. Background of […]
GTECH Corporation, the operator of the Texas Lottery, has been accused of fraud by nearly 1,000 lottery players. The players, all of whom purchased Texas Lottery Fun 5’s scratch-off tickets, have sued GTECH in state district court in Austin. The instructions printed by GTECH on each Fun 5’s ticket indicated that if the ticket revealed a Money Bag […]
Mary Pat and I attended the American Board of Advocates’ national meeting in Naples, Florida. Our organization is developing new plans to teach students the importance of the 7th Amendment right to trial by jury.
In September of 2013, while driving a city-issued SUV, Houston Chief of Police Charles McClelland struck and injured a pedestrian who was legally crossing in a crosswalk in downtown Houston. The pedestrian, James Harris, spent a year negotiating with the city for a settlement. But Harris says that the city has yet to make a […]
The Houston Business Journal reports that top economists believe Houston is headed for a recession as a result of declining oil prices. The report cites the last major drop in oil prices in 1986 which led to a regional recession in Texas. Read the full article here. >>
Four hundred and nineteen lottery players joined an existing lawsuit filed by 520 plaintiffs against GTECH Corporation. In their First Amended Petition filed on January 23rd, the lottery players sued to collect their winnings from the controversial Texas Lottery’s Fun 5’s scratch-off game. The suit alleges that GTECH programmed its computers to reject winning tickets […]