From horse thieves to corporate raiders, Texas legal legends pass on famous cases from the small towns of East Texas to the big cities like Dallas and across the state in Texas Justice.

Richard “Racehorse” Haynes
Legal Legend

– Foreword Excerpt: Texas Justice! Two words that reflect the rich and colorful history of courthouses, judges, lawyers and law officers that have shaped and influenced the quality of life under law in every community in the Lone Star State.

Chip Babcock
Jackson Walker- Excerpt from Famous Case

– Chip Babcock was on the front page of every newspaper in Texas and the world for representing media mogul Oprah Winfrey in a libel suit filed against her by two cattle feeders in 1996.

Benjamin Hall, III, J.D., PhD
The Hall Law Firm

– Where do you hang your hat? At my firm near the shores of the Buffalo Bayou (A.K.A. “The Houston Ship Channel”).  From this perch, I can almost hear the historical voices of the founders of this significant state. My specialty of law is personal injury and commercial litigation.

Diana Marshall
The Marshall Law Firm-

—Diana’s Favorite Texas Justice Saying: “ ‘Half of the greatest trial lawyers in America live in Texas and the other half are buried here.’ In saying this, I call for a moment of loving reflection to remember just a few of the magnificent lawyers who served with honor in the courthouses of Texas: Curtis Brown, Ralph Carrigan, Tom Stovall, Joe Tonahill, Jim Kronzer, Shirley Helm, Bill Blanton and Warren Burnett.”

Roy Barrera, Sr.
Nicholas and Barrera, P. C.

– What is the most famous case tried in Bexar County Courthouse: “La chansa de Apolinar” means “Not a chance in hell”. In 1921, Clemente Apolinar was a homeless 29-year-old Mexican American who escaped from an asylum and attacked a young boy herding cattle with his younger brother. Apolinar crushed 14-year-old Theodore Bernhard’s skull and gouged out his eyes. He was convicted by a white jury less than a month after the killing and ordered “hanged by the neck until dead.” A nine-day insanity hearing upheld the conviction. Judge S.G. Tayloe pronounced his first death sentence and Apolinar was the last man hanged in Bexar County in the jail house gallows!