Testimony Before Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee
I appreciated the opportunity to testify before the Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee yesterday morning on the pending “business courts” legislation on behalf of the Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (Tex-ABOTA) which consists of members from both sides of the Texas trial bar. Tex-ABOTA, The Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC) and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) all oppose the bills, and all three of us provided testimony to the committee on why that is the case. I was able to reference lessons learned in the EDTX patent docket, as well as mention the late EDTX U.S. District Judge William Steger, who Jurisprudence chair Sen. Bryan Hughes clerked for. Many thanks to Chairman Hughes for making a fellow East Texan welcome.