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Simmons v. Barr et al
Case Number:
3:15-cv-00674
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April 23, 2018
Burt Barr Gets $3M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed
A Texas federal judge on Monday granted Burt Barr & Associates LLP's bid to toss the remaining claims in a $3 million malpractice suit brought by a former client, writing in a brief order that the woman had dropped her fight for the funds in a filing with the court earlier this month.
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March 13, 2018
Burt Barr Says No Way Ex-Client Could Collect $3M Judgment
Texas litigation firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP on Tuesday told a Texas federal judge that without proof a former client could have collected on a sexual harassment judgment, it can't be held liable for allegedly failing to protect the judgment from being discharged in a bankruptcy.
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March 30, 2017
Burt Barr Can't Dodge Ex-Client's Texas Malpractice Suit
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday said Dallas-based law firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP cannot escape a malpractice lawsuit over the loss of a $3 million judgment from a sexual assault suit during a bankruptcy proceeding, finding that its former client met the bare minimum requirement for collectability on the award.
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June 06, 2016
Dallas Firm Burt Barr Fights Client's Malpractice Suit
Dallas law firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP continued its push on Friday to get a judge to dismiss the malpractice case of a former client who alleges the firm allowed her $3 million judgment in a sexual assault suit to disappear in a bankruptcy proceeding, telling the court she hadn't proven the defendant could pay the debt.
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May 23, 2016
Ex-Client Says Texas Law Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Claims
A former Burt Barr & Associates LLP client asked a Texas federal judge Friday to uphold malpractice claims stemming from her inability to collect on a $3 million sexual harassment judgment against her onetime employer, saying she has sufficiently pleaded her allegations.
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April 29, 2016
Texas Law Firm Says Ex-Client Can't Show Malpractice
Texas firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP asked a federal judge on Friday to permanently dismiss a former client's malpractice suit accusing the firm of failing to take the necessary steps for her to collect on a $3 million sexual harassment suit judgment, saying she has failed to show the ability to collect.
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March 17, 2016
Ex-Client Given Another Try At Malpractice Suit In Texas
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed most claims brought by a former client accusing Burt Barr & Associates LLP of malpractice after she was unable to collect on a $3 million civil judgment, but allowed the malpractice claim to stay and the woman to replead her associated allegations.
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March 02, 2015
Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout
A Mississippi woman who says she missed out on a multimillion-dollar judgment payout from the doctor who previously employed her because her Texas lawyers failed to file a claim in a bankruptcy proceeding sued those lawyers on Monday for malpractice.