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Class Certification Motion Filed By the Snell Law Firm & Others for Over 13,000 Tenants

August 26, 2016

Over 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 […]

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East Austin Rail Station to Be Transformed Into Mixed-Use Project to Be Called Cityline at MLK Station

August 18, 2016

Through an affiliate, Cityline Companies LLC purchased the four-acre site at East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Alexander Avenue in June. The plan is to build a three-story complex with 134,000 square feet of office space and 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 22 townhomes. Cityline has filed a site development permit […]

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J.R. Skrabanek Joins the Snell Law Firm as Senior Litigation Counsel

August 8, 2016

August 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’ […]

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Texas Supreme Court’s First Opinion Interpreting TUTSA in Misappropriation Case

July 28, 2016

Until 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 […]

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Texas Tech Law Wins First Place in 2016 State Moot Court Competition

July 25, 2016

Texas 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, […]

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Texas Supreme Court Holds Media May Report on Official Proceedings Without Independent Investigation

July 11, 2016

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, […]

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Austin Judge Hits Former La Grange Antiques Dealer with $1.3M Judgment

May 2, 2016

© 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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Our New Office Location

March 28, 2016

We moved! the Snell Law Firm is now located in the Chase Tower at 221 W. 6th Street, Suite 900, Austin, Texas 78701. Situated in the heart of downtown Austin, the new location offers our clients a panoramic, more modern facility with accessible and convenient on-site parking. We could not be more excited about the […]

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Jason W. Snell Presents at 2015 National Lawyer Referral Workshop

November 1, 2015

On October 29, 2015, Jason Snell together with Milwaukee attorney Jonathan Safran of Samster, Konkel & Safran gave a presentation at this year’s National Lawyer Referral Workshop held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The presentation, entitled “Selling Your Bar Association Leadership on LRIS a/k/a How to Talk to Your Bar Leadership,” offered attendees insight into the […]

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Jason W. Snell Named to 2015 Texas Super Lawyers List

April 1, 2015

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