Multimedia Journalist | Austin, Texas
I am an Austin, Texas-based multimedia journalist with 10 years of experience writing for trade publications for professional audiences. Since 2006 as a professional journalist, I’ve primarily been a reporter and writer, but I also have skills in podcast hosting, videography, photography and web production.
February 5, 2021
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Statistics show that incumbent judges across Texas enjoy an advantage when they run for reelection. Nearly 70% of the incumbent judges running for reelection this year sailed to another term with absolutely no contest in their primaries or the general election. This year in Texas, 145 of 341 total judicial candidates, or 43%, had no opponent …
February 5, 2021
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The whistleblowers who have accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimes in office have raised serious allegations, but any prosecution based on their complaint is likely to face an uphill battle, according to criminal law experts. Pages and pages of details of the criminal allegations became public last week when four of the seven …
Continue reading “Bribery, Coercion, Abuse: Look Inside the Allegations Against Ken Paxton”
February 5, 2021
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Brides and grooms whose festivities were sidelined by the coronavirus are mad about not getting refunds from their wedding venues, and they’re not going to take it. Across Texas and other states, the unhappy couples or their parents have been filing lawsuits against wedding venues, seeking refunds of their deposits. This wedding litigation is a …
February 5, 2021
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Using Google Forms, I designed a survey that asked questions about how the pandemic had impacted attorneys’ ability to attract clients, file new cases, and earn money. We sent the survey out nationally and received over 300 responses. I used a spreadsheet, pivot tables and pie chart graphics to analyze the results. Here is the …
Continue reading “COVID-19 has hit lawyers in the pocketbook”
February 5, 2021
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I created a system using Google Forms to email out an online questionnaire to all of the candidates who were running in contested races in the Texas primary in March, primary runoffs in July and in November’s general election. Texas Lawyer published hundreds of Q&A articles with the candidates, organized them into voter guides, and …
February 5, 2021
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During the summer of 2020, Texas attorneys became enraged over comments that State Bar of Texas President Larry McDougal made on Facebook about Black Lives Matter and other topics. The fiasco launched a wide discussion about ongoing issues of racism, sexism and discrimination in the legal profession. Lawyers pushed for reform, and the Texas Bar …
Continue reading “Racism and discrimination in the Texas legal profession”