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On November 10, 2016, the Snell Law Firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Special Olympics against PR Nutrition and Travis Goodwin, former Vice President of PR Nutrition, in Harris County, Texas District Court seeking to recover $270,000 in unpaid sponsorship fees. PR Nutrition—headquartered in Dallas, Texas—sells nutritional products for athletes. In 2015, Special […]
Read MoreOn Friday, October 28, after a lengthy legal battle and a bench trial in Travis County District Court, the Snell Law Firm obtained a victory for clients David and Wendy Salazar, who were sued over a home they sold in 2013. Travis County District Court Judge Karin Crump also awarded the Salazars more than $33,000 […]
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Read MoreTell us a bit about your background and career path. What led you to pursue a career in law? I\’m a native Texan hailing from Aggieland. When I found out in the ninth grade that I wasn\’t good enough to make the soccer team, on a whim, I joined the debate team. I fell in […]
Read MoreOver 50% of Austin\’s population are renters and it is well known that Austin rents have skyrocketed. Over 50% of Austin renters are considered \”rent distressed,\” meaning they spend over 30% of their income just on rent. the Snell Law Firm along with two other law firms have filed a motion for class certification in […]
Read MoreAugust 8, 2016 – Austin, TX – the Snell Law Firm PLLC announced today that J.R. Skrabanek has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Mr. Skrabanek’s practice will focus on business and civil litigation including contract disputes; shareholder or partner disputes; business torts; unfair competition and other torts; real estate litigation; construction litigation and plaintiffs’ […]
Read MoreUntil recently, companies suing for trade secret theft ran a risk of having to disclose to their competitors in open court certain aspects of their trade secrets in order to prove their claim. The companies would argue that they should not have to divulge trade secrets in order to pursue their cases. On the other […]
Read MoreTexas Tech University School of Law won first place in the 2016 State Moot Court Competition at the Texas Young Lawyers Association. This is Texas Tech’s fifth championship since 1975. The event took place during the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Fort Worth in June. Participating law schools also included Baylor Law School, […]
Read MoreTexas Supreme Court Holds Media May Report on Official Proceedings Without Independent Investigation
The Texas Supreme Court recently sided with a local television news station in a significant defamation suit, finding that a doctor who sued the station over a media report about her did not meet her burden to move forward. ABC affiliate KBMT-TV had appealed a lower court’s decision that found for pediatrician Minda Lao Toledo, […]
Read More© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (May 2) – A Travis County judge on Monday awarded $1.3 million to two Santa Fe antique dealers who lost a significant amount of their jewelry collection to consignment fraud by a La Grange woman. The judgment follows a weeklong trial that occurred in February in which […]
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