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Rusty Hardin Featured in “Trial Ace” Profile by National Legal News Service Law360

Rusty Hardin was named a national "Trial Ace" and featured in a laudatory profile by the national legal news service Law 360. The profile is here: Trial Ace: Hardin & Associates' Rusty Hardin (subscription required). The article mentions some of…


Former Cancer Agency Official Found Not Guilty

Jerry Cobbs , a former high-ranking official with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), was acquitted by an Austin jury. He was accused of improperly  securing an $11 million grant for a biotechnology firm by misleading his…


Testimony begins in trial for Ex-CPRIT official Jerry Cobbs

Firm lawyers Rusty Hardin and Jennifer Brevorka, representing ex-cancer agency officer Jerry Cobbs in an Austin trial, told jurors in opening statements that their client became a scapegoat for his embattled employer that faced allegations of corruption over how it…


HCC Settles With Ousted Chancellor For $850,000

Rusty Hardin and firm lawyer Jennifer Brevorka represented former Houston Community College chancellor and general counsel Renee Byas and successfully negotiated an $850,000 payout for her, including attorneys fees. Ms. Byas worked to update policies at the community college  but…


Attorney Hollingsworth: Doctor convicted of poisoning lover deserves new trial

Attorney Derek Hollingsworth, who defended Dr. Ana Gonzalez at trial, is featured on a KPRC NBC-TV 2 story discussing new evidence that has led to a request for a new  trial for the doctor convicted of aggravated assault and sent…


ETP Cut Pipeline Pressure To Run Off Enterprise, Jury Told

Rusty Hardin, along with other lawyers from the firm, represents Enterprise Products Partners LP in its lawsuit against Energy Transfer Partners LP alleging ETP unnecessarily and purposefully lowered pressure to an oil and gas pipeline and cost Enterprise more than …


Houston Energy Co. Wins $8.5M In Ex-Employee Fraud Dispute

A Texas jury awarded Houston-based Smith Energy Co. $8.5 million on Monday, finding that a former employee committed fraud and theft in connection with oil and gas leases in several counties in West Texas. A Judicial District Court jury in…


Judge denies HCC protective order request

Houston Community College, which fired its lawyer Renee Byas and then sued her, won't get the protective order it sought last week to seal HCC documents in the court case. Rusty Hardin told the court that HCC sought to fire…


Attorney Derek Hollingsworth Defends Clients in a Variety of Interesting and High Profile Cases

Derek Hollingsworth is profiled here on a legal website. A partner at Rusty Hardin & Associates, he is fortunate enough to represent clients in a wide variety of interesting cases all over the United States. He has a lot of…


Kurt Busch attorney Rusty Hardin rips congresswoman for NASCAR letter

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kurt Busch's attorney lashed out in response to a California congresswoman lobbying NASCAR and Stewart-Haas Racing to suspend Busch for the season finale Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., wrote a letter to NASCAR and the race team…


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