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More on Mark Sandoval

Mark Bennett | December 19, 2008

Rick Casey researched Mark Sandoval’s disciplinary record back in October of last year (when he was representing Elizabeth Shelton’s mother).
Sandoval has been sanctioned four times by the State Bar of Texas. The least serious was failing to show up for four successive trial settings for a client.
The most serious involved submitting a voucher to an [...]

Frivolous Conflicted Representation. Where Else but Harris County?

Mark Bennett | December 18, 2008

From Social Services for Feral Children comes this story, which the Houston Chronicle seems to have flat-out missed.
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Elizabeth Shelton has a car crash. She rear-ends Lance Bennett (no relation AFAIK; I have a cousin Lance who went to LSU, but I don’t think he’s a truck driver). Her boyfriend, Matthew McNeice (the Chronicle [...]