Simmons v. Barr et al

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Case Number:

3:15-cv-00674

Court:

Texas Northern

Nature of Suit:

Torts/Pers Inj: Other Personal Injury

Judge:

Sam A Lindsay

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  1. April 23, 2018

    Burt Barr Gets $3M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed

    A Texas federal judge on Monday granted Burt Barr & Associates LLP's bid to toss the remaining claims in a $3 million malpractice suit brought by a former client, writing in a brief order that the woman had dropped her fight for the funds in a filing with the court earlier this month.

  2. March 13, 2018

    Burt Barr Says No Way Ex-Client Could Collect $3M Judgment

    Texas litigation firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP on Tuesday told a Texas federal judge that without proof a former client could have collected on a sexual harassment judgment, it can't be held liable for allegedly failing to protect the judgment from being discharged in a bankruptcy.

  3. March 30, 2017

    Burt Barr Can't Dodge Ex-Client's Texas Malpractice Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday said Dallas-based law firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP cannot escape a malpractice lawsuit over the loss of a $3 million judgment from a sexual assault suit during a bankruptcy proceeding, finding that its former client met the bare minimum requirement for collectability on the award.

  4. June 06, 2016

    Dallas Firm Burt Barr Fights Client's Malpractice Suit

    Dallas law firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP continued its push on Friday to get a judge to dismiss the malpractice case of a former client who alleges the firm allowed her $3 million judgment in a sexual assault suit to disappear in a bankruptcy proceeding, telling the court she hadn't proven the defendant could pay the debt.

  5. May 23, 2016

    Ex-Client Says Texas Law Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Claims

    A former Burt Barr & Associates LLP client asked a Texas federal judge Friday to uphold malpractice claims stemming from her inability to collect on a $3 million sexual harassment judgment against her onetime employer, saying she has sufficiently pleaded her allegations.

  6. April 29, 2016

    Texas Law Firm Says Ex-Client Can't Show Malpractice

    Texas firm Burt Barr & Associates LLP asked a federal judge on Friday to permanently dismiss a former client's malpractice suit accusing the firm of failing to take the necessary steps for her to collect on a $3 million sexual harassment suit judgment, saying she has failed to show the ability to collect.

  7. March 17, 2016

    Ex-Client Given Another Try At Malpractice Suit In Texas

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed most claims brought by a former client accusing Burt Barr & Associates LLP of malpractice after she was unable to collect on a $3 million civil judgment, but allowed the malpractice claim to stay and the woman to replead her associated allegations.

  8. March 02, 2015

    Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout

    A Mississippi woman who says she missed out on a multimillion-dollar judgment payout from the doctor who previously employed her because her Texas lawyers failed to file a claim in a bankruptcy proceeding sued those lawyers on Monday for malpractice.