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Interview with Justice Sidney Farrar

April 17th, 2017
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Perry J. Cockerell
Catch my interview of former Justice Sidney Farrar, Second Court of Appeals in the latest Texas Appellate Advocate here. Read More
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Interviewing Former Justices on the 2nd and 5th Court of Appeals

April 21st, 2015
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Perry J. Cockerell
It wasn’t long ago that I joined the Oral History Section of the Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas and became Co-Chair along with JoAnn Story of Houston. She had been tirelessly working the committee’s state wide effort to interview all… Read More
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Reflections on Former Justice Sidney Farrar – Second Court of Appeals

April 16th, 2015
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Perry J. Cockerell
Retired Senior District Judge Sydney Farrar’s long distinguished career as a practicing attorney, trial judge and Associate Justice on the Second Court of Appeals exemplifies his love of the law and hard work. His oral interview at Texas A&M La… Read More
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Retired Senior Judge Mary Ellen Hicks

March 9th, 2015
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Perry J. Cockerell
At age five Senior Retired Judge Mary Ellen Hicks knew that one day she would be lawyer but she never thought she would be an appellate court justice. Her time as a Justice on the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth from 1994 – 1996 was just one… Read More
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Lender Strikes Back – But Appeals Court Reverses In Personum Legal Fee Award Against Borrowers on Non-Recourse Home Equity Note

February 13th, 2013
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Perry J. Cockerell
Murphy v Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. , 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 1283 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, no pet. history) When a home equity loan goes into default and must be enforced, the best thing a lender can hope for is enforcement of the note and… Read More
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Categories: Court of Appeals, Real Estate Litigation