Publications
The attorneys of Beck, Redden & Secrest are dedicated to fostering dialogue about the emerging issues facing the legal profession. Accordingly, our attorneys have been invited to write articles for a variety of prestigious publications and to speak at numerous seminars and continuing legal education programs. The following is a sample of our attorneys' articles and presentations.
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| Document Title | Author | File |
| The Vitality of Barcelo After Ten Years: When Can an Attorney Be Sued for Negligence by Someone Other than His Client? | David J. Beck Geoff Gannaway |
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| The Many Challenges Presented by Electronic Discovery, State Bar Annual Meeting, June 23, 2005; Advanced Personal Injury Law Course 2005 (speech in July and Aug 2005); 28th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course (speech in Aug, Sept, Nov 2005) | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| House Bill 4, Class-Action Certification Requirements, and Res Judicata, Summer 2005 | Alistair B. Dawson Geoff Gannaway |
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| "Understanding Electronic Discovery and Solving its Problems" 56th Annual Program on Oil and Gas Law, Feb. 17-18, 2005 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| Harris County Judicial Conference, San Antonio, Texas July 28, 2004 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "The Future of Class Action Litigation After House Bill 4" State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section Seminar April 16, 2004 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Recent Developments and Changes in the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure" HLAA Seminar April 2, 2004 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Interlocutory Appeals in the 21st Century" State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course - Sept12-13-2002 | Russell Post | |
| "Inadequate Remediesand Interlocutory Appeals: The Changing Face of Non-Final Appellate Review and Its Implications for Appellate Practitioners" Dallas Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, Dallas Bar Association 2004 | Russell Post | |
| "Recent Developments In Summary Judgment" 2004 SBOT Litigation Update | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Attorney Liability and Legal Malpractice-Nuts, Bolts and Recent Updates" TADC Fall Meeting 2003 | Thomas E. Ganucheau | |
| "Recent Developments in Texas Legal Malpractice Law"-2003 Advanced Personal Injury Seminar | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "The Impact of Enron on the U.S. Judicial System | David J. Beck | |
| "The Maximum Record Rule: The Objectivity Dilemma in Reviewing Subjective Damages" Univ. of Texas School of Law 13th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals | Russell Post | |
| "Privileges Update" - Advanced Personal Injury Update 2003 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Discovery Building Blocks" - Advanced Personal Injury Update 2003 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Successful Strategies For Winning Commerical Cases in Federal Courts: Depositions" Houston Bar Association September 20, 2002 | Eric J.R. Nichols; David J. Beck | |
| "Technology That Even a Lawyer Can Use" - 2002 TADC Fall Meeting September 19-21,2002 | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence" Legal Assistant University, September 18, 2002 Houston, Texas | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Damages Evaluation and Proof of Business Litigation" TADC Summer Meeting July 2002 | Thomas E. Ganucheau | |
| "Texas Independence: The Lone Star State Serves as an Example to Other Jurisdictions as it rejects Mixed-Motive Defenses to Batson Challenges" - The Review of Litigation - Spring 2002 | Geoff A. Gannaway | |
| "When Does Zealous Advocacy Cross The Line and Become an Ethical Violation?" April 12, 2002 | David J. Beck | |
| "Damages - Evaluation
and Proof" Advanced Civil Litigation University of Houston Law School Foundation March 2002" |
B.D. Daniel | |
| "Legal Malpractice/3rd Party Liability" - 2002 Advanced Civil Trial Course | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Recent Developments in Texas Legal Malpractice Law"-Litigaton Update 2002 | Alistair B. Dawson | |
| "Voir Dire" 25th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course | David J. Beck; Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Arranging for the Joint Defense" - SBOT White Collar Crime for the Civil Practitioner | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Voir Dire for The Defendant" October 5, 2001 | David J. Beck | |
| "Updating the Summary Judgment Practice" Collections, Consumer Law and Ethics Institute, Stromar Educational Services, Houston Texas May 8, 2001 | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Deposing and Cross-Examining Expert Witnesses" | David J. Beck | |
| "Mandamus Relief in the Discovery Context" Texas Association of Defense Counsel 2000 Summer Meeting | Thomas E. Ganucheau | |
| "Summary Judgment Update" Creditor's Rights "So You Have A Judgment, Now What?" March 29, 2000 Houston | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Winning Motions in Federal Court" The Ruther Group | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Innovative Thinking In Jury Innovations" The Advocate Summer 1999 | Alistair B. Dawson; Jason Luong | |
| "Damages Update 1999" Texas Association of Defense Counsel 1999 Summer Meeting | Thomas E. Ganucheau | |
| "Jury Selection for Defendants" The Houston Bar Association- Inside Story-Great Texas Trial Lawyers Tell Their Secrets, January 15, 1999 | David J. Beck | |
| Chapter 29 "Jury Selection", Business and Commerical Litigation in Federal Courts. West Publishing 1998 as updated in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003 | Eric J.R. Nichols | |
| "Attacking the Numbers Expert" | David J. Beck | |
| "Preservation of Confidential Information in the Corporate Environment" | David J. Beck | |