December 06, 2012
A Texas federal judge on Thursday sentenced an attorney convicted of six counts of public corruption for bribing a state trial court judge to 42 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced.
December 04, 2012
A Texas federal judge on Monday threw out a mail fraud conviction of a lawyer who was found guilty of bribing a former state judge to obtain decisions in his favor, finding a letter sent regarding a sanctions motion can't form the basis for that conviction.
August 22, 2012
Federal prosecutors told the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday that state law bribery convictions against a lawyer for paying kickbacks to a Texas judge are enough to uphold federal racketeering charges against him.
June 26, 2012
A Texas personal injury lawyer who was convicted of paying more than $11,000 in bribes to a former state judge to obtain decisions in his favor on Tuesday sought acquittal on charges he claimed came from a legally insufficient indictment that had accused him of extorting himself.
June 18, 2012
A Texas personal injury attorney was convicted Monday on charges that he paid more than $11,000 in bribes to a former state judge to obtain decisions in his favor in cases he was involved in.