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1 hour ago, TexasRenegade said:

Eltife is good but he's no Frank Erwin.  We can talk when he starts driving around campus in a burn orange caddy.

 

"Get those long haired dirty nothings out of there!"

Yeah, I don't mean to short change Erwin. Definitely a legend. I still think Eltife came along at a time that was critical for UT football. 

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13 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Yeah, I don't mean to short change Erwin. Definitely a legend. I still think Eltife came along at a time that was critical for UT football. 


Different times require different qualities from different men. As a wise philosopher once said, "Sometimes there's a man ... sometimes there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there."

 

1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


Different times require different qualities from different men. As a wise philosopher once said, "Sometimes there's a man ... sometimes there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there."

 

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1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


Different times require different qualities from different men. As a wise philosopher once said, "Sometimes there's a man ... sometimes there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there."

 

Is that some kind of Eastern thing?

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Frank Erwin had a couple of DUIs back in the day. Lawyer Roy Minton was a genius at getting the charges dropped.

At Texas baseball games when The Wild Bunch ruled, one of their traditions was to address Erwin when he was present. Before Texas would come to bat in the fifth inning, in unison, the bunch would say, "Hey Frank! It's the bottom of the fifth!" Of course, they followed by miming emptying a bottle.

Erwin was good natured about it.

The Wild Bunch was the kind of tradition I like. So Texas.

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24 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Frank Erwin had a couple of DUIs back in the day. Lawyer Roy Minton was a genius at getting the charges dropped.

At Texas baseball games when The Wild Bunch ruled, one of their traditions was to address Erwin when he was present. Before Texas would come to bat in the fifth inning, in unison, the bunch would say, "Hey Frank! It's the bottom of the fifth!" Of course, they followed by miming emptyin a bottle.

Erwin was good natured about it.

The Wild Bunch was the kind of tradition I like. So Texas.

Roy Minton was an interesting guy. Kind of an elder statesman in the Travis County criminal court world. I ran into him at the courthouse one time and he was kind of muttering to himself. I stopped him to say hi and see what had him pissed off. Apparently his client (arrested for a DUI) had a great video, made the client look completely sober. The client had refused to blow, however, and the DA wouldn't dismiss the charges. But what really pissed him off was she hadn't watched the video and didn't think she would any time soon. He was like "This DA is an unreasonable child. She's younger than my son and dumber to boot. I am not going to work with her." And I thought, good luck with that old man. Defense attorney don't get any say in which DA handles which case. Sure enough, a few days later she was off the case and the charges got reduced to "blocking a public way". 

I was always impressed by that degree of pull. Made me realize that if I ever got in minor criminal trouble, I am hiring the oldest, meanest, most storied defense attorney in the county and just pay whatever it costs. 

33 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Roy Minton was an interesting guy. Kind of an elder statesman in the Travis County criminal court world. I ran into him at the courthouse one time and he was kind of muttering to himself. I stopped him to say hi and see what had him pissed off. Apparently his client (arrested for a DUI) had a great video, made the client look completely sober. The client had refused to blow, however, and the DA wouldn't dismiss the charges. But what really pissed him off was she hadn't watched the video and didn't think she would any time soon. He was like "This DA is an unreasonable child. She's younger than my son and dumber to boot. I am not going to work with her." And I thought, good luck with that old man. Defense attorney don't get any say in which DA handles which case. Sure enough, a few days later she was off the case and the charges got reduced to "blocking a public way". 

I was always impressed by that degree of pull. Made me realize that if I ever got in minor criminal trouble, I am hiring the oldest, meanest, most storied defense attorney in the county and just pay whatever it costs. 

Yep. Roy Minton was a household word in that smaller Austin. Colorful character.

4 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Yep. Roy Minton was a household word in that smaller Austin. Colorful character.

He was a much older lawyer when I was a young lawyer, so I didn't get to know him that well. He had a pretty good rant about gay marriage one time that I always appreciated, especially coming from a guy his age. Reminded me of that old school Austinite style of libertarian, who just aggressively defended people's right to do whatever they want as long as they weren't hurting anyone. Late in his career he took a case that I happened to have a personal interest in and it never sat right with me. Kind of soured my memory of him. I really can't blame him for defending someone, but I also can't shake my personal feelings about it.

But he was definitely a character who epitomized a by-gone era in the city. 

Oh no, lawyer talk. With the number of lawyers on this site, I fear the site might be overwhelmed. Immamac better start the backup generators to power the internet tubes. 

13 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Oh no, lawyer talk. With the number of lawyers on this site, I fear the site might be overwhelmed. Immamac better start the backup generators to power the internet tubes. 

Yeah, it's like people constantly have to play "hold my beer" when it comes to attempting to plumb new depths of topic banalities here. 

56 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Yep. Roy Minton was a household word in that smaller Austin. Colorful character.

According to my uncle, Frank tended to "raise a glass" to the wild bunch when they hollered at him.

 

As for colorful lawyer, Percy Foreman is the only man I have ever heard of that got a man "Pete Thomas Scamardo" off of a murder rap because the jury believed Sam Dagillia deserved killing.

"The verdict in Pete Scamardo's trial was practically unprecedented. Jurors had no trouble believing he was responsible for the Degelia killing but let him off scot-free with seven years probation."

 

He initially got Woody Harrellson's dad off in the same trial with a hung jury, but his star witness fled the country before the retrial.

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My older brother was obsessed with the Candace Mossler murder trial in Houston. That's were I heard Foreman's name the most. Definitely another legend.

4 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

My older brother was obsessed with the Candace Mossler murder trial in Houston. That's were I heard Foreman's name the most. Definitely another legend.

My father once was an alternate juror for a Percy Foreman trial.  He couldn't remember much of the trial because he was amazed at the length of the ash on Foreman's cigar and the fact it never fell off.  After the trial he bumped into him and asked about his cigar, apparently Mr. Foreman wound a wire in his cigar so the ash would hold together and only bothered handling it when the prosecution was speaking.

Percy Foreman lived down the street from us. He’s dead now.

31 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Percy Foreman lived down the street from us. He’s dead now.

holy shit that's one helluva new level of nimbyism. 

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5 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Yep. Roy Minton was a household word in that smaller Austin. Colorful character.

Perry Minton represented Chris Beard in the family violence case. I assume they’re related, but don’t know for sure. 

Yeah, it's like people constantly have to play "hold my beer" when it comes to attempting to plumb new depths of topic banalities here. 

Would you rather hear about my day at work? I promise it will make you beg for banal idiocy.
12 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

Perry Minton represented Chris Beard in the family violence case. I assume they’re related, but don’t know for sure. 

His son. Nice guy. Diehard Longhorn.

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Kinky Fredman said Roy Minton once got a charge of Sodomy reduced to Following Too Close.

39 minutes ago, Scholz said:

His son. Nice guy. Diehard Longhorn.

I’ve met him a few times, but never talked with him about his dad. I assumed it was his father, based on both of their reputations. 

Who can we get on the case?
We need Perry Minton
Someone to put you in place
Calling Perry Minton again

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2 hours ago, Chili dog said:

Perry Minton represented Chris Beard in the family violence case. I assume they’re related, but don’t know for sure. 

Kudos to a lawyer naming his kid Perry Minton. 

11 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

Roy Minton was an interesting guy. Kind of an elder statesman in the Travis County criminal court world. I ran into him at the courthouse one time and he was kind of muttering to himself. I stopped him to say hi and see what had him pissed off. Apparently his client (arrested for a DUI) had a great video, made the client look completely sober. The client had refused to blow, however, and the DA wouldn't dismiss the charges. But what really pissed him off was she hadn't watched the video and didn't think she would any time soon. He was like "This DA is an unreasonable child. She's younger than my son and dumber to boot. I am not going to work with her." And I thought, good luck with that old man. Defense attorney don't get any say in which DA handles which case. Sure enough, a few days later she was off the case and the charges got reduced to "blocking a public way". 

I was always impressed by that degree of pull. Made me realize that if I ever got in minor criminal trouble, I am hiring the oldest, meanest, most storied defense attorney in the county and just pay whatever it costs. 

Many moons ago, I clerked at Roy Minton's firm for two years while going through law school, and I still have a tremendous amount of respect for him & his legacy.  His death was a big loss to the legal community in Texas.  He got consistently great results by being genuine, insightful as what makes people tick, polite, sharp as a tack, well-prepared, and down-to-earth.  I still regard my two years there as the other half of my legal education.

His older son, David, was also at the firm at the time, and he's another good guy.  I got from David one of my favorite lines to use when someone screws up -- "he just shat in his messkit."  David probably got it from his dad.  Perry was still in undergrad at the time, but he used to stop by the office occasionally.   

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

I watched a lot of Suits.  That's as much as I can offer to the lawyer talk.  Mmmm....Donna....

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10 minutes ago, jeevsie said:

I watched a lot of Suits.  That's as much as I can offer to the lawyer talk.  Mmmm....Donna....

I thought s1 of Damages was the best TV legal drama I've seen. And young Rose Byrne as the lead is not bad not bad.

23 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

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25 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

No one here does that shit…because this thread is more than 10 minutes old, and we haven’t heard about it yet.

This is not quite on the same level, but I am about to start day three of an open plea where the phrase "pocket pussy" has been used more times than I ever thought would happen in court room. Just for clarification, I am the lawyer not the defendant.

30 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

Nobody does cross fit anymore. You can tell because they aren’t here telling us about how they do cross fit. 

I have a customer that has no revs on gerbers, yet expected me to catch that they had changed internally, but never sent out to me.           Oh, I'm sorry i thought we were talking about work stuff that no one gives a shit about.

3 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

I have a customer that has no revs on gerbers, yet expected me to catch that they had changed internally, but never sent out to me.           Oh, I'm sorry i thought we were talking about work stuff that no one gives a shit about.

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37 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

I have a customer that has no revs on gerbers, yet expected me to catch that they had changed internally, but never sent out to me.           Oh, I'm sorry i thought we were talking about work stuff that no one gives a shit about.

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18 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Oh no, lawyer talk. With the number of lawyers on this site, I fear the site might be overwhelmed. Immamac better start the backup generators to power the internet tubes. 

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30 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

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He's dealing with some real retards.  I hope those boards aren't for something that goes on an airplane or is required for safety.

1 hour ago, kegman said:

This is not quite on the same level, but I am about to start day three of an open plea where the phrase "pocket pussy" has been used more times than I ever thought would happen in court room. Just for clarification, I am the lawyer not the defendant.

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4 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

He's dealing with some real retards.  I hope those boards aren't for something that goes on an airplane or is required for safety.

Just AI driver assistance. No biggie 

2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

I don't know about that but have you heard about Amway?

1 hour ago, kegman said:

Just for clarification, I am the lawyer not the defendant.

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Texas 2026 class season openers this week - Gerry

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Texas 2026 class season openers this week

 

Gerry Hamilton

By Gerry Hamilton

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Texas 2026 class season openers this week 

Outside of the state of Texas, the majority of the Texas 2026 class begins their final high school season this week. 

4-star+ DL Vodney Cleveland ...
Birmingham (Ala.) Parker plays at Birmingham (Ala.) Ramsey Thursday, August 21 at 7pm CT. Cleveland posted 50 tackles, 7.5 TFL's and 5.5 sacks in 2024. 

4-star+ DL Dylan Berymon ...
Monroe (La.) Ouachita plays at Bossier City (La.) Parkway Thursday, August 21 at 7pm CST at Preston Crownover Stadium. Berymon has 47 tackles, 19 TFL's and 9 sacks in 15 career games.

4-star++ CB Samari Matthews ...
Cornelius (N.C.) Hough plays host to South Pointe High at 4pm ET on Friday, August 22. Matthews has 77 tackles and 4 INT's in three seasons on varsity. 

5-star QB Dia Bell ...
American Heritage begins the season vs. St. Joe's (Philly) in Fort Lauderdale at St. Thomas Aquinas High Friday at 6pm ET as part of a kickoff classic. Bell enters his senior season with 4,348 yards passing and 53 TD's (12 INT's), plus 677 rushing yards and 8 TD's. 

Kicker Jake Collett ...
Ringgold (Ga.) Heritage High (1-0) takes on Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (1-0).  Heritage beat Christian Heritage 51-13 in last week's season opener. 

5-star EDGE Richard Wesley ...
Sierra Canyon High takes on JSerra Catholic on Friday, August 22 at 7pm WCT . Wesley enters his final season in high school with 94 tackles, 27.5 TFL's and 18.5 sacks in 24 games. 

OTF 5-star RB Derrek Cooper ...
Chaminade-Madonna's season opener against a loaded St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) Saturday, August 23 at St. Thomas Aquinas High at 7pm ET in part of a kickoff classic. Cooper rushed for 905 yards and posted more than 40 tackles in 2024. 

4-star++ DL James Johnson ...
Miami Northwestern plays host to Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) on Saturday, August 23 at 7pm ET at Traz Powell Stadium. Johnson has 111 tac kles, 42 TFL's and 12 sacks in 21 career games entering his senior season. 

 

2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next 

Crossfit is for washed up Gen Xers and Millenials. HYROX is the new cool trend

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1 hour ago, Llamadrama said:

Crossfit is for washed up Gen Xers and Millenials. HYROX is the new cool trend

I don’t care if they’re the original, I like Oreos better. 

4 hours ago, texifornia said:

I thought s1 of Damages was the best TV legal drama I've seen. And young Rose Byrne as the lead is not bad not bad.

ENDORSE. Seasons 2-3 worth a watch as well. Ted Danson is truly a national treasure. 

God fucking damnit, I didn't this site for fucking lawyer and weather talk.

2 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

God fucking damnit, I didn't this site for fucking lawyer and weather talk.

I worked in law firms as a yout and there was an attorney at one of the places named Rod Johnson which I thought was hilarious and awesome at the same time.  So I got that going for me.

6 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

God fucking damnit, I didn't this site for fucking lawyer and weather talk.

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God fucking damnit, I didn't this site for fucking lawyer and weather talk.

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God fucking damnit, I didn't this site for fucking lawyer and weather talk.

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