State Bar of Texas Papers & Presentations
Continuing legal education
Rare Earth: Original Mandamus Jurisdiction in the Texas Supreme Court
On the narrow circumstances in which the Supreme Court of Texas will exercise original jurisdiction, and what a petitioner has to establish to get there.
Shawn A. Johnson. State Bar of Texas, Texas Supreme Court History & Current Practice (2021).
Post-Judgment Discovery and TUFTA: How to Get Paid
Collection is the part of a commercial case nobody plans for. On post-judgment discovery, turnover, receiverships, and fraudulent-transfer claims under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.
Shawn A. Johnson, author and presenter. State Bar of Texas, Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course (2020).
Harmless Error Rule Revisited: What the Trial Lawyer Needs to Know to Create Reversible Error
On preserving error in a criminal trial in a form an appellate court can act on.
Steven J. Lieberman (December 2002).
Initiating the Attorney-Client Relationship
Steven J. Lieberman. University of Houston, Advanced Criminal Law Course (2008).
Law Review Articles
Scholarship
“Make Whole”: The Need for Gross-Ups in Employment Discrimination Cases
On the tax consequences of lump-sum back-pay awards, and why a judgment that ignores them does not make a plaintiff whole.
Shawn A. Johnson, 17 Hous. Bus. & Tax L.J. 31 (2016).
A Law and Economics Approach to Privacy Policy Misstatements
On the case for a cost-benefit analysis within the Federal Trade Commission’s deception framework.
Shawn A. Johnson, 18 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 79 (2016).
Brookshire Brothers v. Aldridge: Making the Spoliation Instruction a Litigation Unicorn
On what remains of the spoliation instruction in Texas after Brookshire Brothers, and what a party must now show to obtain one.
Shawn A. Johnson, Note, 3 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 445 (2015).
Recognition
Selected honors
| Recognition | Lawyer | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chambers & Partners — Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Kent A. Schaffer | Ranked |
| The Best Lawyers in America | Kent A. Schaffer | Every year since 2003 |
| Texas Super Lawyers | Kent A. Schaffer | Every year since 2007 |
| AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell | Kent A. Schaffer | — |
| Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America — Commercial Litigation | Shawn A. Johnson | 2027 |
| Texas Rising Stars, Super Lawyers | Shawn A. Johnson | 2020–2026 |
| Top 20 Jury Verdicts, All Practice Areas — Texas; Top 50 — United States (Top Verdict) | Shawn A. Johnson | 2023 |
| Lawyer to Watch, Texas A&M Law Review | Shawn A. Johnson | 2023 |
| National Order of Scribes, American Society of Legal Writers | Shawn A. Johnson | 2016 |
| Board Certified — Criminal Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Steven J. Lieberman | — |
Recognitions are conferred by the organizations named. No organization certifies a lawyer as a specialist except the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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