April 23, 2018
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.
March 13, 2018
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.
March 30, 2017
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.
June 06, 2016
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.
May 23, 2016
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.
April 29, 2016
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.
March 17, 2016
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.
March 02, 2015
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.