Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP

06/13/2024

Excited to hear Rachel Maddow speak tonight. Should be interesting to hear her views after the recent guilty verdicts in both the Donald Trump and Hunter Biden cases. We will see.

06/11/2024

06/05/2024

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP Partner John Nechman appeared on the Deborah Duncan Great Day Houston show this morning, speaking on Pride and the monumental Supreme Court case of Lawrence v Texas, on which Partner Mitchell Katine served as local counsel.

Lawyer John A. Nechman takes us down memory lane on the Supreme Court Case Lawrence V. Texas, which laid the legal groundwork for marriage equality.

06/05/2024

John will be on Debra Duncan at 9:00 this morning!!

If you need a break from the same-o, same-o on TV this morning, flip to Great Day Houston at 9 am. I'll be the first guest up, chattin' Pride with Deborah Duncan!

06/05/2024

If you need a break from the same-o, same-o on TV this morning, flip to Great Day Houston at 9 am. I'll be the first guest up, chattin' Pride with Deborah Duncan!

12/13/2023

Celebrating another fabulous year with the best legal team in Texas and our families and loved ones at Molina's Molina's Cantina). Serving Houston since 1941, Molina's put out a feast of their iconic José's Dip, chicken and beef fajitas with homemade tortillas, superb tamales, 4 different kinds of enchiladas, every kind of side and salsa, pralines, cheesecake, flan, and cookies, and free-flowing booze, together with the kind of service that made us all feel like family. Molina's was a perfect choice for our holiday party and the chance to celebrate all our team who do so much to make our clients happy and Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP, for nearly 15 years now, a bigger and better success with every passing year. Mitchell, John, and Neil salute and appreciate you!

11/15/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP Partner John Nechman was a panelist at the Consulado General de México en Houston today: “A Dialogue with Law Enforcement and Allied Lawyers: Anti-Immigrant Bills in Texas.” The panel featured cooperating attorneys with the Consulate (Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP is a cooperating firm) and members of Houston area law enforcement, and it covered the rash of laws passed recently by the Texas House and Senate, such as S.B. 4, which would allow local and state law enforcement to arrest and prosecute those suspected of violating immigration laws and allow Texas judges to order a person’s deportation without due process. Immigration attorney Ruby Lichte Powers led a discussion on the bills, and also present and providing important commentary was newly-appointed Mexican Consul General María Elena Orantes.
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Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP socio John Nechman fue panelista en el Consulado General de México en Houston hoy: “Un diálogo con autoridades y abogados aliados: iniciativas de ley anti-inmigrantes en Texas”. El panel contó con abogados que cooperaron con el Consulado (Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP es una firma cooperante) y miembros de la policía del área de Houston, y cubrió la serie de leyes aprobadas recientemente por la Cámara y el Senado de Texas, como la S.B. 4, que permitiría a las autoridades locales y estatales arrestar y procesar a aquellos sospechosos de violar las leyes de inmigración y permitiría a los jueces de Texas ordenar la deportación de una persona sin el debido proceso. La abogada de inmigración Ruby Powers dirigió una discusión sobre las leyes, y también estuvo presente y brindando comentarios importantes la recién nombrada Cónsul General de México, María Elena Orantes.

10/31/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partner John Nechman was a speaker at South Texas College of Law-Houston to a joint meeting of the Immigration Law Students Association and the Amicus LGBT Law Students Association. John spoke on his career as an immigration attorney.

10/31/2023

The Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP paralegal and legal assistant team is usually only frightening to those who stand in the way of the firm's victories for our clients. But Halloween has a way of bringing out the ghoulish in all of us.

10/26/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP Partner Mitchell Katine was a featured panel speaker at an event of the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas, on which Mitchell served as local counsel. The event, emceed by Channel 11 News Anchor Cheryl Mercedes, was held at the Downtown Aquarium and featured a reception and unveiling of a new banner honoring Emmett Schelling, Jr., Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), as part of The Banner Project.

10/19/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partner Mitchell Katine appeared on Great Day Houston with host Deborah Duncan, along with Lane Lewis, to mark the 20th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v Texas, on which Mitchell served as local counsel. The case is generally regarded as the most important in LGBT legal history in the US--the Supreme Court found the Texas “Homosexual Conduct” law unconstitutional and established, for the first time, that le****ns and gay men share the same fundamental liberty right to private sexual intimacy with another adult that heterosexuals have.

The segment can be viewed here:

https://www.khou.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/great-day-houston/help-greater-houston-lgbt-chamber-of-commerce-celebrate-the-20th-anniversary-of-lawrence-v-texas/285-e4fe90c6-a7de-45c2-a1aa-6f131b0540d6

10/18/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP is a proud supporter of many Houston organizations, and this year, we are again enthusiastic supporters of the work of Archway Academy, a 501c3 non-profit school in Houston that provides a sober learning environment for high school students in recovery from alcohol and substance use disorder. Today, Archway held its 16th annual luncheon at River Oaks Country Club, and KNM partners Mitchell Katine, Neil McLaurin, and John Nechman and a table of their family and guests attended the event.

09/24/2023

South Texas College of Law Houston celebrated its centennial gala last night at the spectacular Corinthian in Downtown Houston, and Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP was a major sponsor. Partners Mitchell Katine and John Nechman, Associate Stephany Alvarez, and Associate-to-be Ricky Dettemore, and their significant others, friends, and family attended. Award-winning Motown supergroup the Spinners performed.

09/21/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partners Mitchell Katine and John Nechman are graduates of South Texas College of Law Houston, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this weekend. Today, the School hosted a spectacular alumni lunch at the Hobby Center in Downtown, which Katine and Nechman attended. Katine is a past winner of one of the School's highest awards and is a member of the School's Board of Directors.

Winning this year's Young Alumni Award is Samantha Torres '13, and José S. Lopez '03 is the winner of this year's Public Service Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to an incredibly deserving Benny Agosto Jr., whose work on enhancing diversity in the legal profession is unmatched.

09/17/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP has unwaveringly supported our trans employees, the trans community, and Houston’s Transgender Unity Banquet every year we’ve been in business. This year’s event took place last night at the Hilton Westchase Hotel, and our firm was proud to be a platinum sponsor of the event. Congratulations to the evening’s award winners and the Houston Transgender Unity Committee on another wonderful and important event.

08/24/2023

08/24/2023

Houston is the site of the National Legal Education Conference this month, hosted by the National Association for Legal Support Professionals (NALP) and the Houston Association of Legal Professionals (HALP). Legal support professionals from around the country have converged on the Hotel Derek in the Galleria area. Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partners Mitchell Katine and John Nechman were presenters. Mitchell spoke on "HOA Practice and the Legal Assistant's Role" and John spoke on "The Critical Role of Legal Support Professionals in Immigration Law Practices."

08/14/2023

Thank you Lambda Legal for all you do! I was honored to be part of your team.

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08/14/2023

A wonderful video tribute to Lambda Legal, the national legal organization working for the civil rights of LGBTQ+/HIV+ individuals. The video covers the most important LGBTQ legal decision of our time, Lawrence v. Texas, and features words from Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partner Mitchell Katine, who was local counsel in this case.

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07/14/2023

Remembering the 1990s. Thank you South Texas College of Law Houston for supporting our efforts to educate and protect the community! We will never forget those days. I have memorialized some of the CLE seminar brochures as a reminder of that period of history.

06/28/2023

The founders of Houston law firm Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP want to balance the scales for members of the LGBTQ community.

04/17/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partners Mitchell Katine and John Nechman and new attorney Michael Garbarino attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration-LGBT Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, held this weekend at the Arts District Mansion in Dallas. The weekend's festivities featured a day of Continuing Legal Education, with Mitchell appearing on 2 panels, one discussing the monumental Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas, on which he was local counsel, and another recounting the tumultuous but ultimately successful efforts to found the LGBT Law Section. Mitchell is one of the attorneys who founded the Section, and both he and John are past recipients of the Section's highest award, the Judge Norman Black Award.

The culmination of the celebration was a sold out black tie dinner, attended by attorney, judges, and politicians from around the state, as well as the President of the Dallas Bar Association, Cheryl Camin-Murray, and the Dean of Texas Tech's Law School (there to celebrate Texas Tech being the first law school to establish a permanently endowed scholarship for students who demonstrate outstanding leadership in the LGBTQIA community. Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem John Loza, an influential and outspoken lawyer who passed away in 2018, was posthumously awarded the Judge Norman Black Award. And Judge Christopher Walter received a special lifetime award for all that he has done for the Section. At the conclusion of the event, former chairs of the Section, including Mitchell and John, appeared together for a picture.

A jubilant evening celebrating 25 years of history. Special thanks to Derek Mergele-Rust, Section Chair Brian Klosterboer, Judge Christopher Walter, and everyone who worked tirelessly to make this event such a tremendous success.

04/12/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP attorneys were out in force yesterday at South Texas College of Law-Houston. Partner Mitchell Katine and associate Stephany Alvarez spoke to students of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification class taught by partner John Nechman. Stephany, who handles the firm’s family law cases, discussed the complexities of gestational agreements and other family law-related issues affecting LGBTQ+ Texans. Mitchell talked about his work on behalf of HIV-positive people and representation of John Lawrence and Tyron Garner in the monumental Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas.

Afterwards, the students and attorneys enjoyed an after-class dinner at Guadalajara Restaurant in the Green Street complex next to the law school.

03/30/2023

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP partner John Nechman was a Career Fair speaker today at Southmayd Elementary School. He and Deputies Perez and Macias of Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 6 spoke about their jobs with 6 different 4th and 5th grade classes. The law firm has a long history with Southmayd (and several other area schools)--over 10 years of Career Fairs, judging Spelling Bees, and reading to students of every grade.