Twelve McCathern Attorneys Selected to 2017 Texas Rising Stars List
Law firm McCathern, PLLC is pleased to announce that eleven attorneys from the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named to the 2017 Texas Rising Stars list of exceptional young lawyers. McCathern’s 2017 Texas “Rising Stars” include: McCathern Dallas: Arnold Shokouhi, Commercial Litigation & Banking Stephanie M. Almeter, Civil Litigation Brett M. Chisum, Business Litigation Farbod […]
Levi McCathern represents bullied black student
White students dragged a 12-year-old black girl by the neck with a rope, lawsuit claims Charles Pulliam-Moore 6/22/16 11:27am Live Oak Classical School in Waco, Tex., is facing a $3 million lawsuit from the family of one of its only black students after a 12-year-old girl returned from a class trip with lacerations around her neck. […]
California Case Write Up: New SB800 Case Law
California Fifth Appellate District Court Rules to Return to Strict Enforcement of the SB800 Functionality Standards in Construction Litigation On August 26, 2015, the California Fifth Appellate District ruled in MCMILLIN ALBANY LLC et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Kern County, Respondent, that SB800 (Civil Code, Section 895, et seq.) is, in fact, […]
The Texas Supreme Court Issues Landmark Premises-Liability Opinion
The Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Austin v. Kroger1 marks a significant change in the court’s premises-liability and non-subscriber jurisprudence. In one opinion, the Court clarified these areas of the law, created new exceptions, abrogated a previous landmark decision, and breathed life into non-subscriber theories of liability once thought dead. The impact of this case […]
The No-Comfort Zone
McCathern business lawyer Jesse Hoffman likes to tackle questions that haven’t already been answered. PUBLISHED IN: 2015 TEXAS RISING STARS — APRIL 2015 – By: Beth Taylor Q: You went to the state AG’s Office straight from law school. Any surprises? A: Everything. Law school teaches you a lot about how to think like a […]