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The securities fraud charges that have dogged Attorney General Ken Paxton for nearly a decade were more akin to the financial sins of Kim Kardashian than Bernie Madoff, legal experts said Tuesday as a deal was announced to drop the charges against Paxton. Read the full article on Texas Tribune

The Texas Attorney General reached an agreement on Tuesday for a dismissal of the charges. Read the full article.

In this captivating episode of The Dirty Verdict Podcast, hosts Peter Taaffe, Kyle Herbert, and Bill Ogden delve into the compelling world of high-stakes criminal defense with legendary lawyer Dan Cogdell. With a career spanning decades, Cogdell shares his journey into law, underlining the profound impact of mentors like Racehorse Haynes and the philosophy that […]

A Texas father was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting his wife in the head on camera after learning about her alleged affair. Carey Birmingham, 60, told his wife Patricia she was going to “meet Jesus” right before he shot her three times outside the Spring, Texas home in December […]

Carey Birmingham, 60, will be eligible for parole in Texas in just five years, after he was convicted of shooting his wife multiple times. The victim, Patricia “Rici” Birmingham, was recording on her cell phone when she was killed in 2021. Birmingham says he shot her in the heat of passion after he found out […]

A US court has dropped sexual assault charges against ExxonMobil’s former senior vice president in charge of unconventionals, who had worked at the supermajor since 1997. After his arrest near Houston last October, which generated widespread publicity as the company was pursuing its acquisition of shale… Read the full story on Upstream.

Catherine Herring set up hidden cameras in her home and captured the moment her husband mixed a substance into one of her drinks, handing the video over to police, the complaint said. While Catherine Herring said the punishment for her former husband was inadequate, Mason Herring’s defense attorney, Dan Cogdell, said the plea agreement and […]

Showtime premiered a new limited series this weekend, “Waco: The Aftermath,” about the 1993 siege of a compound controlled by the religious sect known as the Branch Davidians. While the 2018 limited series, “Waco,” told the story of the nearly two-month standoff between the sect members and law enforcement – which led to the deaths of […]

Paxton’s defense attorneys provide comments after Texas AG Ken Paxton was acquitted on all charges of impeachment.  

Today, a five-part series documenting the criminal trials of the surviving Branch Davidians, who were charged with conspiracy to murder federal agents, begins streaming on Showtime. Dan Cogdell, who won an acquittal for his client Clive Doyle, and who will be played by the actor Giovanni Ribisi, recently spoke to The Lawbook about the case, the show, […]