January 2011 | Texas Appellate Law Blog

Rare Vacatur in Arbitration Appeal

By D. Todd Smith on January 16, 2011 Posted in Appellate Practice, Opinions & Judgments

I’ve been involved in a number of arbitrations in my career, both as lead counsel at the hearing stage and in post-hearing proceedings challenging the award. I’ve learned to tell clients that the time to win the case is at the arbitration hearing, because the chances of getting a trial judge or an appellate panel… Continue Reading

CCA Overrules Clewis‘s Factual Sufficiency Review

By Brandy M. Wingate on January 9, 2011 Posted in Appellate Practice, Opinions & Judgments, Standards of Review

Publisher’s Note: The following is Brandy Wingate‘s first post on this blog. Please join me in welcoming Brandy to the blogosphere! In a splintered decision in Brooks v. State, 323 S.W.3d 893 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled Clewis v. State, 922 S.W.2d 126 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996), which provided for… Continue Reading

Exciting Announcements to Begin 2011

By D. Todd Smith on January 1, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Appellate Practice

These are exciting times for my firm, the Smith Law Group. As we ring in the new year and celebrate this blog’s fourth anniversary today, I am pleased to announce that Brandy Wingate (pictured) has joined the practice. With this addition, the firm has established a second office in the Rio Grande Valley. Brandy joins… Continue Reading