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Texas disciplinary rules referendum

By Michael C. Smith

State Bar of Texas members will begin voting on proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary rules on Tuesday, January 18. I couldn't pass up this chance to share this excerpt from an interview with Thomas H. Watkins (not in the picture to the left), who served as chair of the Supreme Court of Texas Task Force on the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.  If you're not from Texas you might find it amusing.  If you're from Texas uoi won't notice anything unusual about the language at all.

Q: How did you become an authority on the Texas disciplinary rules?

A: The Supreme Court of Texas called and asked if I would chair the Task Force on the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. I puffed up like a toad. I was so proud. It wasn?t until seven years later that I realized this is what a Republican Supreme Court does to punish a Democrat.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).