March 29, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $175,000 sanction against an attorney accusing several small businesses of Americans With Disabilities Act violations, agreeing with a magistrate judge who classified his actions, which included false and abusive statements about opposing counsel, as "serious and pervasive misconduct."
December 08, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ordered an attorney to pay $175,000 in legal fees as a sanction for "pervasive misconduct" in litigation over alleged Americans With Disabilities Act violations, including false, abusive statements about opposing counsel, who he accused of making racist slurs.
August 24, 2016
A civil rights attorney on Tuesday told a Texas federal court that opposing counsel's arguments against sanctions for skipping a deposition are simply "confusing," the latest in a battle that has included accusations of racial slurs and false statements on the sidelines of a set of Americans with Disabilities Act suits.
August 12, 2016
A Texas federal magistrate on Thursday dismissed a request for sanctions against a civil rights attorney who used an alleged racial slur in a battle over Americans with Disabilities Act suits, days after the attorney who filed the sanctions bid asked for it to be tossed.
July 27, 2016
Attorney Omar Rosales pushed back in Texas federal court Tuesday against a sanctions bid from James C. Harrington, the opposing counsel in an Americans with Disabilities Act suit, saying the effort was baseless and a continuation of Harrington's "extreme behavior" which has also included the use of a racial slur.
July 12, 2016
Plaintiffs attorney Omar Rosales reasserted on Monday to a federal judge in Texas that the comments directed at him by opposing counsel in an Americans with Disabilities Act compliance suit were racial slurs, despite attorney Jim Harrington's claims otherwise, and that the conduct merits sanctions, including a yearlong suspension.
June 29, 2016
A civil rights defense attorney accused of directing racist comments to his opposing counsel in one of several cases the two have sparred in over various Austin, Texas, businesses' compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act told a federal judge on Tuesday that the accusation is "outlandish and patently false."