January/February 2011

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS

How will the 'Doomsday' Budget and Legislation Impact Houston?
By Val Perkins

A Preview of the 82nd Texas Legislature

Discover the Harris County Law Library
By Stanley Santire


The Return of the "Death Tax"
By Mellany L. McDonald


Proposed Changes to Oil and Gas Taxation
By Chris Wolfe


61st Harvest Party Raises $527,500 for Houston Bar Foundation

 

President’s Message
By T. Mark Kelly

From the Editor
By John S. Gray

Committee Spotlight
Law and the Media Committee
By Joy Sanders

Off The Record
The Provenance of Andrius Kontrimas
By Julie Barry

At The Bar

Media Review
Boomtown DA
Reviewed by Don Rogers

Matches in the Gas Tank:
Trial by Fire in the Armstrong Cult
Reviewed by N. Jill Yaziji

Legal Trends
The Supreme Court Offers Jeffrey Skilling a Mixed Result
By Jim Zucker

Texas Law's Interpretation on a Valid Marriage: An Analysis of the Marriage of Nikki and Thomas Araguz in the State of Texas
By Lisa Brindle Talbot and David Arlington Talbot, III

A Profile in Professionalism:
Randall O. Sorrels
Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend

Placement Service