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He later served as Dallas County chair for Senator Lloyd Bentsen's campaign in 1988 and Governor Ann Richards' campaign from 1989 to 1990. [ 5 ] Stanley is founder of the Stanley Law Group, [ 6 ] a Dallas-based firm that focuses on national class actions and litigation.
Craig Marcus Watkins (November 16, 1967 – December 12, 2023) was an American lawyer who was the district attorney for Dallas County, Texas from 2007 to 2015. He became the first elected African-American district attorney in Texas when he was elected in 2006.
The current oath, based on the United States Oath of Allegiance, was first enshrined in Commonwealth Act No. 473, the Revised Naturalization Law of 1939, with the modern version enshrined in Republic Act No. 9225, the Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003.
Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. was a Dallas-based law firm, founded in 1951 as Jenkens & Bowens to service the various businesses controlled by Clint Murchison Jr. The Dallas Morning News was an early client. As a result of the extent of Murchison family holdings, the firm soon developed expertise in corporate transactions.
In 2014, a Dallas County jury awarded a mesothelioma sufferer $18.6 million in damages, including $15 million in punitive damages. [5] In April 2016 an Arizona federal jury awarded $17 million in a wrongful death action, [ 6 ] the largest jury verdict in Arizona in 2016.
Nachawati Law Group (formerly Fears Nachawati) is an American plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in Dallas. The law firm was founded in 2006 by Bryan Fears and Majed Nachawati. [ 1 ] The firm rebranded in October 2022 following the departure of Bryan Fears, who formed Fears Law. [ 2 ]
When Dallas County was hit by an outbreak of West Nile virus in 2012, Jenkins declared a state of emergency for the county and led efforts to spray for mosquitoes. [ 9 ] In 2014, amid a child migrant crisis , Jenkins offered to house as many as two thousand immigrant children who cross the Mexico–United States border in Dallas County. [ 10 ]
The Dallas County District Attorney is the elected, or appointed by the Texas Governor in the event of a vacancy, district attorney (DA) of Dallas County, Texas. Currently, this position is held by John Creuzot , a Democrat who defeated Faith Johnson, appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott , after Susan Hawk resigned in 2016.