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On the DeGeurin-DeGuerin brothers and Houston's G-man
A couple of interesting stories have popped up over the past several days regarding Houston lawyers. First, there was Mary Flood's profile of the DeGuerin (or was that DeGeurin?) brothers, Mike and Dick, two of the best in Houston's formidable...
The political implications of the NatWest Three case
This earlier post focused on the political controversy that arose in the UK over the case of the NatWest Three, the three former London-based National Westminster Bank PLC bankers who are charged in Houston with bilking their former employer of...
The spokesman for the NatWest Three
What do you do when you can't hang out and chat with your blokes? Well, in the case of David Bermingham -- one of the three former London-based National Westminster Bank PLC bankers dubbed the "NatWest Three" in the lexicon...
While Sheila Kahanek tells her story, William Fuhs sits in prison
During its four year existence, the Enron Task Force has always been better at bludgeoning plea bargains and villifying former executives in the media than actually obtaining convictions in court. One of the former Enron executives who stood up to...
Finessing witness intimidation
When Don Corleone wanted to intimidate someone, he would "make them an offer that they could not refuse." Taking a page from the Don's book, when the Enron Task Force wants to intimidate a favorable defense witness from testifying in...
Dan Cogdell profiled
After winning the only acquittal for any of the defendants in the Enron-related Nigerian Barge trial, Houston-based defense attorney Dan Cogdell is profiled in this Houston Chronicle article. Cogdell did a magnificent job in the trial and clearly was the...
Nigerian Barge Jury convicts five out of six defendants
The federal jury in the Enron-related criminal case known as the Nigerian Barge case acquitted a former Enron accountant today and found her five co-defendants guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy charges. The jury cleared former Enron accountant Sheila Kahanek...
WSJ on Mike Ramsey
This Wall Street Journal ($) article profiles Houston criminal defense attorney, Mike Ramsey, who is heading up the criminal defense team that is defending former Enron Chairman and CEO, Kenneth Lay. The article captures Mr. Ramsey's homespun wit in the...
Enron Nigerian Barge case gets teed up
This Chronicle article reports on the pre-trial conference yeseterday in the Enron-related criminal case commonly known as the "Nigerian Barge case," which appears to be the first Enron-related criminal case that will actually go to trial. As noted in previous...
Isn't This an Interesting Way to Become Friends?
Based on this Houston Chronicle story, a budding friendship appears to be one of the results of the recent well-publicized murder trial of Robert Durst in Galveston. Dick DeGuerin, Durst's attorney, is another of the unusual number of excellent Houston-based...
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