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Nick Bacarisse Named Partner at Appellate Firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson

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Monday, January 8, 2024
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Those are skills that cannot be taught and are vital to being a successful appellate attorney,” said ADJ managing partner Marcy Hogan Greer .

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  • Those are skills that cannot be taught and are vital to being a successful appellate attorney,” said ADJ managing partner Marcy Hogan Greer .
  • “We are delighted to have Nick join our partner ranks.”
    Mr. Bacarisse has briefed legal issues of broad public importance at every level of Texas and federal courts, and has argued before the Supreme Court of Texas and other appellate courts throughout the state.
  • Recently, Mr. Bacarisse was the primary drafter of the appellate briefs resulting in the Supreme Court of Texas’s groundbreaking holding that Texas’s electric grid operator shared the state’s sovereign immunity.
  • A native Texan, Mr. Bacarisse is a graduate of the University of Texas and Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Navarro College and Coach Accused of Attempting to Cover up Sexual Assault

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Monday, May 1, 2023
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CORSICANA, Texas, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Lanier with the Lanier Law Firm has filed a Title IX lawsuit in federal court in Dallas on behalf of a woman who says she was urged not to report being sexually assaulted by a male cheerleader at Navarro College in Corsicana.

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  • Navarro College and their Title IX coordinator did nothing about reporting, writing up the report, investigating it or doing anything of the like," says Lanier.
  • The young woman says campus police and athletic director Michael Landers also urged her against reporting the assault.
  • The Navarro College Bulldogs Cheer Squad is considered one of the nation's elite junior college cheerleading programs, having won 15 national championships since 2000.
  • The case in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas is 3:23-cv-00883, Lane v. Navarro College et al.

Texas Vista Medical Center to Close Barring Take Over or Significant Government Relief 

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Steward Health Care today announced its decision to close Texas Vista Medical Center (TVMC) effective May 1, 2023.

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  • Steward Health Care today announced its decision to close Texas Vista Medical Center (TVMC) effective May 1, 2023.
  • Additionally, over half of TVMC patients are government pay patients, which means the hospital is paid less than the cost of patient care.
  • When Steward Health Care assumed operations of Texas Vista Medical Center in 2017, the facility was struggling financially, as it was choked out by the well-heeled “public” hospital competitor across town.
  • Jon Turton, President of Texas Vista Medical Center, said, “TVMC does not want to close, and the consequences of our closure will cause an immediate public health crisis for the city’s most vulnerable patients.

PVAMU, TAMU awarded $12M to recruit, prepare, develop and support a strong and diverse educator workforce

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Friday, October 21, 2022
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new $12.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will soon help support P-12 teachers and school leaders across the U.S.

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  • The grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help support P-12 teachers and school leaders across the nation.
  • PRAIRIE VIEW,Texas, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new $12.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will soon help support P-12 teachers and school leaders across the U.S.
  • Our unique programs prepare graduates to support the educational development and well-being of culturally diverse children and youth."
  • PVAMU and TAMU are members of The Texas A&M University System.Click here to learn more about the new grant.

PVAMU launches Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly 150 years, Prairie View A&M University has produced top leaders in the arts and sciences, education, agriculture, engineering and nursing. Now, thanks to a $1 million initiative, Enhancing the Humanities at PVAMU, students have the option to major or minor in African American studies.

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  • PRAIRIE VIEW,Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly 150 years, Prairie View A&M University has produced top leaders in the arts and sciences, education, agriculture, engineering and nursing.
  • Now, thanks to a $1 million initiative, Enhancing the Humanities at PVAMU, students have the option to major or minor in African American studies.
  • African American Studies is a relatively new major for college campuses.
  • For more information about PVAMU's new BA in African American Studies Program, visit www.pvamu.edu/bcas/departments/swbps/programs/aastudies .

POET, JOURNALIST, TV PERSONALITY AND AUTHOR KEVIN POWELL NAMED WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

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Friday, September 9, 2022
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M University announced today the appointment of the highly-regarded poet, journalist, TV personality and author Kevin Powell to serve as its second writer-in-residence of the Toni Morrison Writing Program.

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  • PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Prairie View A&M University announced today the appointment of the highly-regarded poet, journalist, TV personality and author Kevin Powell to serve as its second writer-in-residence of the Toni Morrison Writing Program .
  • "Kevin Powell meets the objective: He studies; he thinks deeply; and he takes a stance on a cornucopia of issues."
  • Powell worked atVibe Magazineas a senior writer for many years, interviewing such diverse public figures as Tupac Shakur and General Colin Powell.
  • "The Toni Morrison Writing Program's selection of Kevin Powell as writer-in-residence meets the objective: Powell studies; Powell thinks deeply.

Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Accused of Religious Discrimination, 'Retaliatory' Investigation

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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The agency's action violated Gautreaux's First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

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  • The agency's action violated Gautreaux's First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
  • Gautreaux is represented by Mike Schneider, Geoffrey Berg, and Kathryn E. Nelson of Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP in Houston.
  • The case is, "Jenna Gautreaux v. Jamie Masters and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services," Case No.
  • CONTACT: Erin Powers, Powers MediaWorks LLC, for Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP, 281.703.6000, [email protected] .

Pvamu Announces Melina Abdullah As Its Inaugural Activist-in- Residence

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Thursday, October 7, 2021
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has announced thatscholar and co-founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of Black Lives Matter, Melina Abdullah, will be theuniversity'sinauguralActivist-In-Residenceforthe2021-2022academicyear.TheActivist-in-Residencewillbecharged with teachingstudentsmoreabout theirpoweraschangeagentsin society.

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  • PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has announced thatscholar and co-founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of Black Lives Matter, Melina Abdullah, will be theuniversity'sinauguralActivist-In-Residenceforthe2021-2022academicyear.TheActivist-in-Residencewillbecharged with teachingstudentsmoreabout theirpoweraschangeagentsin society.
  • "I look forward to grounding students in a tradition that ties intellectual work to justice struggle," said Abdullah, who also serves as a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
  • PVAMU students are no strangers to having their voices heard.
  • With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses, and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degree programs through eight colleges and schools.

Writer Nikki Giovanni Named PVAMU's 2021-2022 Toni Morrison Writer-in-Residence

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --One of the most celebrated and revered African American poets, Nikki Giovanni, has been named the PVAMU 2021-2022 Writer-in-Residence in the Toni Morrison Writing Program.

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  • PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --One of the most celebrated and revered African American poets, Nikki Giovanni, has been named the PVAMU 2021-2022 Writer-in-Residence in the Toni Morrison Writing Program.
  • Ms. Giovanni has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP Image Award.
  • Named a "Living Legend" by Oprah Winfrey, her diverse body of work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, nonfiction essays, and children's literature.
  • Established by PVAMU President Ruth Simmons, The Toni Morrison Writing Program seeks to bring visibility to African American writing in the literary canon.