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Jan 13, 2025 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Will Korn
The Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) received a $45,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to create a website aimed at educating prospective law students on the law school process from start to finish, according to a press release.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Will Korn
Ahead of his retirement in December 2024, Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht heard the final three oral arguments of his 36-year tenure on the state’s highest bench, on December 5 in the Supreme Court of Texas courtroom. On his final day in service, Hecht and the court heard the cases Leibman v. Waldroup, Kensington Title-Nev., LLC v. Texas Department of State Health Services, and Seward v. Santander.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
texasbar.com | Will Korn
State Bar Director Spotlight • October
2024
Hometown:: San Antonio
Position: Partner in the Morales
Firm in San Antonio
Board Member: District 10, Place 2
Since 2022
Interview By Will Korn
Photo courtesy of Lawrence Morales II
MY ATTORNEY DAD WILL TELL YOU I WAS DESTINED TO BE AN
ATTORNEY FROM BIRTH, BUT I WASN’T SO SURE. Indeed, after
my
major league baseball dream fizzled out, I was convinced I was
headed for a career in finance.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
texasbar.com | Will Korn
State Bar Director Spotlight • September
2024
Hometown: Casper, Wyoming
Position: Partner in the Eggleston
Law Firm in Spicewood
Board Member: District 15 since
2022
Interview By Will Korn
Photo courtesy of Matthew J. Hill
MY FAMILY RELOCATED OFTEN IN MY YOUTH DUE TO MY
FATHER’SOIL AND GAS JOB.
So, while I was born in Wyoming, I did most of my growing up
in Midland.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
texasbar.com | Will Korn
Texas Bar Journal • July/August
2024
Texas’ newest lawyers join the profession.
Written by Will Korn
ABOVE: Kathryn Strickland (center), the high scorer on the February
2024 Texas Bar Examination and a graduate of Harvard Law School, with
(from left) Texas Board of Law Examiners Director of Admissions Michael
Sullivan, Supreme Court of Texas Justice Brett Busby, Supreme Court of
Texas Chief Justice Nathan L.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
texasbar.com | Will Korn
State Bar Director Spotlight • July/August
2024
Hometown: Austin
Position: Senior Associate of Turner
Mcdowell Rowan in Dallas
Board Member: District 6, Place 3
since 2023
Interview By Will Korn
Photo courtesy of Britney E. Harrison
SURPRISINGLY, BEING A LAWYER WAS MY SECOND CAREER
CHOICE.
Since the age of 8, I wanted to be Clarice Starling from
Silence of the Lambs and work for the FBI.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
texasbar.com | Will Korn
State Bar Director Spotlight • June
2024
Hometown: Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Position: Shareholder in Quadros, Migl & Crosby in
Houston
Board Member: District 4, Place 6 Since 2023
Interview By Will Korn
Photo Courtesy of Shannon A.S. Quadros
I NEVER REALLY SET OUT TO BE A LAWYER. GROWING UP,
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN THE SCIENCES. I went
to school for and became an electrical engineer working on
semiconductors.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Will Korn
The Texas Access to Justice Commission, along with its co-sponsor, the State Bar of Texas, raised $565,850 to help provide civil legal services to low-income Texas veterans during the Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans on April 25 at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center in Austin. Proceeds from the gala will be distributed by the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. Supreme Court of Texas Justice Brett Busby, who serves as liaison to the TAJC, acted as master of ceremonies for the evening.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Will Korn
The SMU Dedman School of Law team of Matthew Mussalli (3L), Jordon B.V. Smith (3L), and Johanna Pang (2L) won the American Bar Association’s 2024 National Appellate Advocacy Competition held April 7 in Philadelphia. The team, coached by SMU Adjunct Professor Lance Caughfield and Haleigh Jones, a 2015 graduate of SMU Law and former student of Caughfield’s, captured the regional title out of a field of 31 teams in February in Brooklyn, New York, to advance to the championship round.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Will Korn
The State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee announced its 2024 Pro Bono Excellence award winners. Retired Judge Lora J. Livingston, of Austin, received the Judge Merrill Hartman Pro Bono Judge Award; Nathaniel Peter Holzer, of Corpus Christi, received the Frank J. Scurlock Award; Lauren Joyner, of Edinburg, received the J.
