A Fort Bend County Judge recently tossed a lawsuit against the Fort Bend Juvenile Board, represented by Rusty Hardin, and many others. The judge also fined the suing lawyer $340,000 in lawyers' fees and sanctions and ordered him to attend courses on the law. In the story "Lawyer... read more
HOUSTON – In recognition of its courtroom achievements last year, Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP, has been selected as a Litigation Department of the Year honoree in 2016 by the publishers of Texas Lawyer newspaper. In determining which Texas-based litigation firms should be recognized for the prestigious award, Texas... read more
HOUSTON – Four lawyers with Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP, are being recognized among the top attorneys in the country by earning selection to the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review lawyer guides. Firm founder Rusty Hardin, a... read more
Rusty Hardin, Andy Drumheller and Cathy Cochran helped lift the suspension of Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, the county’s top government official. The suspension was issued by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates allegations against judges. The legal team pointed out that in Montgomery County,... read more
Rusty Hardin was ranked as one of the top Texas lawyers in commercial litigation in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Published by London-based Chambers and Partners, Chambers USA is known worldwide for its thorough guides to the legal profession. Recognition is based on thousands... read more
Rusty Hardin, founder of Houston’s Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP, was featured in the national legal news service Law360's Trial Pros series in a Q and A about his trial experience. A copy of the story is available here and the story on Law360's site is here read more
The Williams Companies sued the chairman at Energy Transfer Equity LP, a proposed merger partner, in state court in Dallas saying he broke their agreement. Williams is represented in the case by firm lawyers Rusty Hardin, Jeremy Monthy, Derek Hollingsworth, Lara Hudgins Hollingsworth and Jenny Brevorka along with lawyers at Cravath... read more
An ABA Journal story on the value of private investigators for law firms focuses on Rusty Hardin & Associates investigator Jim Yarbrough, a former Houston Police Department homicide investigator. In the March 2016 magazine piece, “Some firms swear by the use of private investigators” writer Marc Davis invokes... read more
Former Pilot J President Mark Hazelwood was arraigned on charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud as well as witness tampering in a nearly three-year investigation. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton allowed Hazelwood to go free under standard conditions of release, restricting his travel to Knoxville... read more
Rusty Hardin, whose legal career continues to be one of the most interesting and successful in the nation, was profiled by Texas Lawyer as part of their series on the recipients of their 2015 Lifetime Achievement Awards(subscription required). The profile here (subscription required) hits some of the highlights of Hardin’s career... read more
