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ATTORNEY-CLIENT DISPUTES & FEE LITIGATION
In re Tuam Pham (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] March 4, 2010)(Hedges)(arbitration mandamus granted in
lawyer-client dispute)
MOTION OR WRIT GRANTED: Opinion by Chief Justice Adele Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Seymore and Sullivan
14-09-00387-CV In Re Steven Tuam Pham
Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County
Dissenting Opinion by Justice Seymore In re Tuam Pham (public policy concerns regarding enforcement
of attorney-client arbitration agreements)
Samson v. Manley (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 6, 2009)(Anderson)
(client' suit against his lawyers and opposing counsel, summary judgment on multiple causes of actions
affirmed, underlying suit: workers compensation suit)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Anderson, Guzman and Boyce
14-07-01085-CV Fred Samson v. James Manley and Don Jackson
Appeal from 125th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: John A. Coselli
Cantu v. Dominguez (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist] Sep. 10, 2009)(Brown)
(vix lit declaration - no security posted, suit against attorney, jurisdictional limits of county court)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brown
Before Justices Seymore, Brown and Sullivan
14-08-00156-CV Tony Cantu and Elsa Cantu v. Ben Dominguez
Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 4 of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Roberta Anne Lloyd
Cobbs v. Stern, Miller & Higdon (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jul. 2, 2009)(Alcala)
(denial of special appearance reversed in interlocutory appeal, attorney-client disputes and litigation,
void or voidable contract, solicitation of clients contingency fee agreement as against public policy, affidavit
testimony by interested witness, interlocutory appeal-special appearance)
REVERSE TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT AND RENDER JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Alcala
Before Justices Jennings, Alcala and Higley
01-09-00112-CV John L. Cobbs v. Stern, Miller & Higdon
Appeal from 151st District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Michael Engelhart
Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International, Inc. v. Greenberg Peden, PC (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug 26,
2008)(Boyce) (attorney-client fee dispute, contingency fee agreement)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Boyce
Before Justices Hudson, Fowler and Boyce)
14-07-00343-CV Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International, Inc. and Anglo-Dutch (TENGE) L.L.C. v. Greenberg
Peden, P.C. and Gerard J. Swonke Appeal from 61st District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: John J. Donovan
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