Blog categorized as Perspectives

How Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell and Avvo ratings work, how they differ from client reviews, and what Texas and Alabama rules say about using them.

An opinion on how long character and fitness reviews and law school debt affect older, nontraditional bar applicants, and reforms that could help.

A Texas lawyer from a working-class background on why so many people distrust lawyers, and why communication and respect should be the baseline.

A fictional closing argument testing how Texas Penal Code party-liability rules might apply to unlicensed public adjusting under Insurance Code Chapter 4102.

Missed the deadline to answer a Texas lawsuit? Learn how default judgments work and the options that may remain: new trial, restricted appeal, bill of review.