 | Victory In Seventh Circuit Appeal
On March 13, 2008, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of our pro bono client, Mr. Arturo Escobar-Barraza, in an opinion written by Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook and joined by Judges Richard Posner and Diane Wood. Read >>
| | | Houston Office Builds Homes with Habitat for Humanity
In April and July of 2007, lawyers and staff from the Houston office donated time and money to Habitat for Humanity. Mayer Brown participated with the Houston Bar Association in constructing several homes in low-income areas of Houston in a development that particularly benefits former New Orleans residents who have been displaced following Hurricane Katrina. Read >>
| | | Fifth Circuit Rules That Constitution Requires Texas Courts to Give Full Consideration to Defendants' Mental Health Before Handing Down Death Penalty
Statement by William H. Knull, III, Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP, which filed several amicus briefs on the issue
14 December 2006 - "Today, in Nelson v. Quarterman, the full Fifth Circuit sitting en banc resolved a long-standing dispute under the Supreme Court's Penry decisions, over whether pre-1991 penalty-phase questions posed to Texas juries in capital cases allowed them to weigh the moral culpability of the defendant in light of mitigating evidence relating to mental health and experiences of abuse during childhood. Read >>
| | | End Hunger Network and Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw Produce First Meals at Mary Barden Keegan Hunger Relief Center
Law firm associates prepare first meals from End Hunger Network's new kitchen and storage facility
31 July 2006, Houston - Law students and attorneys from the Houston office of international law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw will prepare the first of nearly two million meals to be provided this year to Houston's hungry at End Hunger Network's Mary Barden Keegan Hunger Relief Center. A dozen summer associates will join twenty Houston Mayer Brown attorneys for the event, starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, 2006. Read >>
| | | Richard D. Deutsch was Appointed to Represent the Appellant
14 March 2006 - Richard D. Deutsch, an Associate in the Houston Office, has been appointed to represent appellant Clyde Williams in Williams v. Bartow, Docket No. 05-4736, an appeal with a claim of vindictive prosecution. Read >>
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