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November 01, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Announces Settlement against Cigarette Companies in Vaping Case
September 21, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Files Legal Brief Supporting Abortion Access
August 22, 2023
Texas Supreme Court Denies Harris County’s Request for Emergency Relief in Election Case
August 16, 2023
Harris County Seeks Emergency Order From Texas Supreme Court Over Election Law
August 15, 2023
Harris County Wins Court Order Temporarily Blocking Abolishment of Elections Office
August 07, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Announces Settlement in Volkswagen Lawsuit
July 13, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Developments Related to Union Pacific Railroad Site
July 11, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Supports EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan” in Amicus Brief Filing
July 06, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces Legal Challenge to New Texas Election Law
June 28, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces Consumer Fraud Investigation into Patriot Title
June 20, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Governor Abbott Signing Harris County Election Laws
June 08, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces Summer Legal Academy Students
June 07, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement Named Ally Grand Marshal for Houston Pride Parade
May 26, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Volkswagen Settlement
May 24, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces County Will Sue Texas Over Election Bills
May 23, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Texas Legislature’s Initial Approval of Voting Restrictions
May 19, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Unauthorized Release of Children’s Medical Information
May 04, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Bill To Overturn Harris County Election Results
April 11, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Files Legal Brief In Support of Texas Trans Youth
April 07, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Mifepristone Ruling
April 03, 2023
Texas Comptroller Rescinds His Defunding Determination Against Harris County
March 30, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Pushes for EPA to Strengthen Air Quality Standards
March 10, 2023
Court Temporarily Blocks Comptroller Hegar’s Erroneous Defunding Determination Against Harris County
March 07, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Federal Agreement Regarding NHHIP
March 01, 2023
City of Houston and Harris County Statements on EPA Order for Union Pacific Contamination Cleanup
February 28, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Responds to Texas Comptroller
February 23, 2023
Harris County Attorney Announces Legal Action Against Landfill Expansion
February 22, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces Settlement of JUUL Lawsuit
February 16, 2023
Harris County to Sue Texas Comptroller Over Erroneous Defunding Claims
January 30, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Opens Applications for 2nd High School Summer Legal Academy
January 16, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Appointed to EPA Local Government Advisory Committee
January 12, 2023
Harris County Attorney Menefee Files Student Debt Relief Brief in US Supreme Court
January 10, 2023
Harris County Adopts New Construction Worker Safety Policy
January 06, 2023
Additional Losing Candidates File Election Contests in Harris County
January 06, 2023
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Election Contest Announcement
December 19, 2022
Harris County Attorney Statement on North Houston Highway Improvement Project
December 14, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Appointment of Judge Dana Douglas to Fifth Circuit
December 13, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on District Judge Election Contest
December 02, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on District 135 Election Contest
October 28, 2022
Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library Celebrates National Adoption Month
October 20, 2022
County and City Leaders Request Federal Monitors for November 2022 Election in Harris County
August 25, 2022
Harris County Attorney Responds to Confidential Election Ballot Requests
August 15, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Win in 10% Bail Bond Rule Case
August 09, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Announces EPA Investigation Into TCEQ Concrete Plant Permitting
July 05, 2022
Harris County Attorney and City of Houston Take Action Against Union Pacific
July 02, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Texas Abortion Ban Ruling
June 28, 2022
Harris County Court Blocks Enforcement of Pre-Roe Laws
June 24, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe
June 23, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen
June 06, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Dismissal of Redistricting Lawsuit
June 02, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Secures Victory in Lawsuit Against Cement Facility
May 25, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D Menefee Statement on Uvalde Shooting
May 24, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Responds to Election Day Lawsuit
May 24, 2022
Harris County Attorney Introduces Regulations for Resale of Catalytic Converters
May 03, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Roe v Wade
April 22, 2022
Harris County Attorney Successfully Defends 10% Bail Bond Premium
April 05, 2022
Harris County Attorney Names New Director of the Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library
March 18, 2022
Nearly 300 Black Attorneys in Texas Announce Support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation to Supreme Court
March 10, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Parents of Transgender Children
March 08, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Introduces Harris County Women’s Commission
March 03, 2022
The Office of Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Opens Applications for Inaugural Summer Legal Academy
February 25, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee's Statement on Supreme Court Nomination
February 22, 2022
Harris County Attorney Menefee Responds to Governor Abbott’s and General Paxton’s New Policy Banning Healthcare For Transgender Children
February 17, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Fifth Circuit Ruling
February 11, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Wins Court Order Temporarily Banning Enforcement of Part of Texas Voting Restrictions Law
February 10, 2022
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Continues Legal Fight Against SB1
January 04, 2022
Harris County Adopts “Ban the Box” Policy Championed by County Attorney Christian D. Menefee
December 28, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Continues Fight Against Voting Bill SB 1
December 14, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Introduces First County Database Cataloguing Commissioners Court Orders & County Policies
December 10, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on U. S. Supreme Court’s Refusal to Halt Texas’s Abortion Ban
November 24, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on the Guilty Verdicts in the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
October 26, 2021
Texas Supreme Court Denies Texas Governor and Attorney General Injunction in Harris County Mask Mandate Case
October 26, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Settlement of Opioid Case Against Johnson & Johnson
October 22, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee files a lawsuit on behalf of Harris County against the TCEQ, challenging an amendment to the commission’s Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants
October 22, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee files a lawsuit on behalf of Harris County against the TCEQ, challenging an amendment to the commission’s Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants
October 19, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee and 80 Elected Attorneys and Law Enforcement Leaders Tell Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law in DOJ Lawsuit
October 12, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order Banning Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates
September 28, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Sends Demand for Documents to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office Regarding its “Audit” of the 2020 Election
September 24, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Texas Officials’ Audit of the 2020 Election
August 27, 2021
Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate Lawsuit
August 25, 2021
Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor’s Mask Mandate Prohibition
August 14, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Files Amicus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Cases Related to Local Mask Mandates
August 13, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Wins Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Governor Abbott’s Executive Order in Harris County
August 11, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Obtains Authorization to Challenge the Texas Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Order
August 10, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Appointment of Audrie Lawton-Evans for Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1
August 05, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement Supporting Local Leaders Heightened Safety Measures to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
August 03, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Urges Residents to Give TxDOT Feedback on I-45 Expansion and the Unified Transportation Project
July 21, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on La Porte Chemical Incident
July 12, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Advocates for EPA to Strengthen Chemical Disaster Regulations after Trump Administration Rollbacks
June 30, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on TxDOT Reopening NHHIP Public Comment
June 22, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Challenges Union Pacific’s Proposed Plan to Clean Up Contamination near 5th Ward Cancer Cluster
June 01, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Pride Month
May 19, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Abortion Bill Signed into Law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott
April 27, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Secures $900,000 Settlement from ITC Due to an Explosion at Its Deer Park Facility
April 20, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on the Guilty Verdict in the Trial for Derek Chauvin
April 06, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Files a Lawsuit to Stop E-Cigarette Company JUUL from Targeting Teens with Deceptive Marketing
March 11, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Files Lawsuit Demanding TxDOT Properly Consider How Expanding I-45 Will Impact Local Communities
March 09, 2021
Harris County Files Amicus Brief with the Texas Supreme Court Opposing Sovereign Immunity for ERCOT
March 02, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Testified to State Legislators, Advocating for More Local Autonomy to Hold Price Gougers Accountable
March 01, 2021
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Attorney General’s Lawsuit Against Griddy