July 06, 2017
The Texas Legislature's decision to revoke a statute requiring the State Bar of Texas to include four minority members on its board and replace it with rules for hiring at-large directors has mooted a complaint brought by a white lawyer claiming discrimination, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
January 03, 2017
The Texas attorney general has jumped into a lawsuit in federal court targeting a state law that reserves four seats on the State Bar of Texas' board of directors for minority members, supporting a white male lawyer's claim he's being discriminated against.
December 05, 2016
A family law attorney sued the Texas bar in federal court Monday, alleging he is unconstitutionally being discriminated against as a white male because he is excluded from consideration for any of four board seats designated for minority members.