by Will Houstoun | Mar 21, 2018 | Litigation
After a five-day jury trial, Jack Modesett obtained a $450,000 verdict against Senior Living Properties LLC d/b/a Jeffrey Place Rehabilitation Center based in Waco, Texas. Mr. Modesett was assisted by Vic Feazell. The jury found Jeffrey Place negligent and grossly...
by Will Houstoun | Mar 21, 2018 | Research
At our shop, we spend a lot of time thinking how to connect with juries. We constantly ask ourselves, how can we tell our client’s story in a way that resonates with the jury’s experience? As we all retreat into our smartphones and become less connected to...
by Will Houstoun | Mar 21, 2018 | Opinion
The Texas Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 932, the bill that would crack down on bad nursing homes, and now the House is deliberating on whether these bad nursing homes should be held accountable for their wrongdoings. Jack Modesett wrote a letter in February...
by Will Houstoun | Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
News, opinion, and analysis from some of the world’s most prominent think tanks We are on hiatus. While we are still dedicated to aggregating, synthesizing and producing high-quality foreign policy-related materials, work and personal obligations have left us...
by Will Houstoun | Mar 9, 2015 | Defense, East Asia, Economics
March 9, 2015 Speakers: Claudia Rosett, Journalist-in-Residence, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Shihoko Goto, Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Since the end of World War II, U.S. engagement in East Asia has been largely defined by...
by Will Houstoun | Feb 12, 2015 | Government, Middle East
February 10, 2015 Host: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Speakers: Ms. Nadwa Al-Dawsari, Executive Director, Sheba Center for International Development Ms. Laura Kasinof, Author of Don’t be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen...
by Will Houstoun | Jan 30, 2015 | Defense, East Asia, Europe, Technology
January 30, 2015 Host: Center for a New American Security Speakers: General Jean-Paul Palomeros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO Honorable Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense While the past decade has been largely defined...
by Will Houstoun | Jan 23, 2015 | Economics, South Asia
January 23, 2015 Host: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Speaker: Stephen P. Groff, Vice President, Asian Development Bank Endowed with a wealth of natural resources, surrounded by affluent neighbors, and now emerging from political and economic isolation,...
by Will Houstoun | Jan 9, 2015 | Economics, Energy, Europe
January 8, 2015 Host: The Atlantic Council Speaker: Amos Hochstein, Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State For the past several months, since October of 2014, global oil prices have been plummeting. With crude oil now trading at below...
by Will Houstoun | Dec 17, 2014 | Middle East
December 16, 2014 Host: The Stimson Center Speakers: Mr. Joseph Bahout, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Mr. Omar Al-Nidawi, Director for Iraq, Ggryphon Partners LLC When the Arab Spring began in 2011, leaders around the world hoped that...
