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04/27/2022

They say the best compliments are those that come from your peers. When D Magazine honors the Best Lawyers in Dallas, they ask current Texas lawyers to nominate the best lawyers in their field whose work they have witnessed firsthand. Candidates who receive the most nominations are then vetted by D Magazine’s editors before a second review by a panel of the area’s leading lawyers.

We are thrilled to announce that THREE Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC attorneys have been named to D Magazine’s 2022 Best Lawyers in Dallas list. Meagan Martin Powers was named for a fourth year in a row in the business and commercial litigation category. Katherine McGinnis Anand was honored for the second year in a row in the business and commercial litigation category. And MP&C’s newest partner Terah Moxley was honored for the second time for her exceptional work in the Labor & Employment category.

Congratulations Meagan, Katie and Terah for the well-deserved honor!

04/22/2022

We are BEYOND EXCITED to announce that Terah Moxley has joined the Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC team as a PARTNER!

When MP&C Partner Katherine McGinnis Anand joined the firm last year, Meagan Martin Powers asked her who is our next partner. Terah was at the top of her list. And why?

Because Terah is a top notch litigator and advocate for employers of all sizes. She is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and also has a growing commercial and appellate practice. Welcome to the firm Terah Moxley! We are so excited to call you are newest partner and teammate.

04/08/2022

Celebrating our Third Year in Business!!!! [April 8, 2019 -- April 8, 2022]

Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC was born out of a desire to provide practical, strategic counsel for the business community and to empower women.

What started as four lawyers in sublet space is now a team of six lawyers and two dynamite paralegals. Over the past 12 months, we’ve had the privilege of serving more than 80 different clients ranging from small businesses and entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 companies. We’ve added attorneys Katherine McGinnis Anand, Meredith 'Dibert' Lindaman, and Dilcia Jones to our team along with Joanne Dixon, a senior trial paralegal. And next week, we are excited to announce another new arrival.

But the thing founder Meagan Martin Powers is most proud of over the past year has been opportunities to give back to our community. MP&C’s mission is to empower women and we do that beyond our workplace and client service. We devote time and a portion of profits to support causes empowering women and girls. This year—among our causes—one project left us feeling vulnerable but blessed to give, connect and hopefully grow something amazing. And we want to use this anniversary post to tell you that story. Forgive us, but its not a short, easy story.

The statistics are that between 1 in 3 and 1 in 6 women are victims of sexual assault over their lifetime in this country. Its hard to be certain because less than 20% of sexual assaults are ever reported to law enforcement. It is estimated that 91% of sexual assault victims are women. This law firm doesn't practice criminal law nor do we represent victims of sexual assault. But this law firm employs 9 women. . . statistically speaking, you do the math.

Last fall founder Meagan Martin Powers read a Dallas Morning News article about a non-profit called Project Beloved: The Molly Jane Mission. [Article linked in comments below] Did you know that interviews for human trafficking, sexual assault and r**e victims are often conducted in the same rooms that are used to interrogate suspects in police departments? Think Law & Order metal chairs and tables, cold, uninviting, scary. Not at all conducive to sharing the worst details about what was likely the worst experience of your life.

Project Beloved’s mission is for survivors to be in a comforting space after undergoing such unimaginable trauma, to empower them as they start their next chapter. Project Beloved—among other things—partners with police departments to install soft interview rooms to provide victims (and oftentimes their children with them) with a safe space in which to tell their stories. Project Beloved believes that when victims feel safe, they will talk and that will result in more successful criminal prosecutions. That belief has been backed up with data and reports from police departments that have received soft interview room installations.

So back to the Dallas News article. . . it explained that while there is high demand for soft interview rooms, there is a backlog to fulfill those requests. Meagan immediately called Project Beloved and found herself on the phone with Project Beloved’s founder—Tracy Matheson (and Molly Jane’s mom)—talking about the backlog and how we could help. Neither Molly Jane nor Megan Getrum would ever have the benefit of telling their story in a soft interview room (or any room). They were r**ed and murdered five days apart by the same perpetrator in 2017. Turning unimaginable pain into action, Tracy started Project Beloved. You can read more about Project Beloved here: https://www.projectbeloved.org/

During the call, Tracy explained that like many nonprofits, the bottleneck was mostly related to funding but also furniture procurement. She also shared that our Dallas Police Department’s human trafficking squad was on that waiting list. Immediately, Meagan committed the firm to fully funding the Dallas soft interview room and committed to helping further by connecting Project Beloved with our amazing clients in the interior design industry.

And this is where the magic really started. . .

The Dove Agency—one of MP&C’s first clients—is a women-owned organization providing procurement, marketing and accounting support services to many of the best interior design firms in Texas and beyond. The Dove Agency was founded by can-do women Beth Bender and Kenda Lister. If anyone can bust a procurement bottleneck, we knew these women would. Meagan explained that we were donating the funds for the Dallas PD soft interview room in honor of The Dove Agency and asked them to get involved so our joint impact could go beyond simply the Dallas PD soft interview room.

Of course, The Dove Agency jumped at the opportunity to help. The Dove Agency has shared Project Beloved’s needs with the ID industry and the response has been AHHMAZING. And beyond that, the Doves (as their employees are known) have worked on Beloved Bundles for hospitals to give sexual assault victims replacement clothes and hygiene kits since their clothes are taken as evidence.

The Dallas PD installation took place the first week of December and we got to help assemble furniture and learned about each element that goes into a successful soft interview space. After we finished, there was a short presentation/gathering of the officers in the division and DPD leadership but it was cut short because word came that officers were bringing in a victim and would need the space. It was simultaneously heartbreaking to know that space was being used but hopeful that the words said in that room would get a predator off our streets.

Meagan asked Tracy if room installations made her sad and she said no. That installing rooms was a blessing to honor her daughter and to support survivors. She also explained that the photos that adorn the walls of soft interview rooms were taken by Megan Getrum. Tracy’s strength amazes us. May we all turn heartbreak into action like Tracy.

Molly and Megan's ra**st was FINALLY convicted this March. . . almost FOUR years later. And while the timeline is appalling, it is also a "good" outcome as law enforcement estimates that only 4.6 ra**sts out of 1,000 are ever convicted for their crimes.

So while we could have limited this to a traditional "happy third anniversary" to our firm and team we wanted to share an example of the kinds of projects that our firm is committed too. We are excited about the opportunities that await us this year to serve clients, continue to do challenging work, try cases as our courtrooms have opened back up, and--most importantly--be a business that supports and empowers women--and not just as lawyers.

Photos: Our MP&C team during our leadership retreat in St. George, Utah. The plaque hanging in the Dallas PD soft interview room. And photos of the Dallas PD soft interview room.

09/18/2021

Today (September 18th), on the first anniversary of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing, we reflect on the importance of Justice Ginsburg's leadership and work, which, among many other things, helped make even the existence of a woman-owned firm possible and paved the way for our success. We also are reminded that we must take on the mantle of leadership and continue the work that needs to be done.

Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC was formed in 2019 with the intention of being a platform for women lawyers to build their practices, not judged based on gender but on the results of their work.

As Justice Ginsburg noted in 2006, "Remembering the past, I am heartened by the progress. Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession."

Later in her autobiography (My Own Words), Justice Ginsburg quoted her colleague, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the United States Supreme Court:

For both men and women the first step in getting power is to become visible to others, and then to put on an impressive show. . . . As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be the better off for it.

Justice Ginsburg concluded: “I heartily concur in that expectation.”

Thank you to Justice Ginsburg and count us as enlisted in the cause. We strive to follow your work ethic, professionalism, and excellence in all we do. Most importantly, we strive to help our clients, community, and the next generation of women lawyers.

08/19/2021

We are thrilled to share that the newest member of our team is already shining. Please join us in congratulating Katherine McGinnis Anand for her inclusion in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2022) for her work in Commercial Litigation. Katie has been recognized as a Best Lawyer since 2020. https://www.bestlawyers.com/Search?query=Katherine%20ANand

08/12/2021

***Dallas County Business Alert***

This alert is for those operating businesses that provide goods and/or services to the public within Dallas County. As you may be aware, yesterday, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued an order requiring face masks in certain public spaces within the county.

A full copy of the order can also be viewed here:https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/covid-19/orders-media/2021/august/081121-DallasCounty-Order-CountyJudgeClayLewisJenkins-on-RequiredUse-of-a-FaceMask-in-CertainPublicSpace.pdf

As a business owner, the Order requires you to adopt a Health & Safety Plan and to post that plan at your business premises where employees and visitors will see it. We have created a template to assist you in creating your Health & Safety Plan.

FAQs:

Does the Order apply to my business if I don’t have customers or the “public” on our premises? Yes. The Order is not limited to the provision of in person goods or services.

Does the Order apply to my business if my customers are other businesses—not “the public”? Yes. “The public” is not limited to individual consumers.

Does the Order apply to vaccinated individuals? The Order places obligations on businesses to develop and implement a Health & Safety Plan that meets the minimum requirement of “universal indoor masking." There is no vaccination exception.

Does Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins have the authority to issue this Order? On August 12, there was an emergency hearing to consider whether or not Judge Jenkins had the authority to enter to make such orders. The court determined that he did have the authority to do so based on, among other reasons, his authority to address declared local disasters. Here in Dallas County, we have run out of ICU bed capacity and our county hospital system has declared an emergency. It is possible that the Texas Supreme Court could enter an order staying enforcement of Judge Jenkins order but at this time, it has not done so. If that changes, we will notify you.

What is the penalty for non-compliance? Failing to comply with the Order could result in a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. However, the fine itself should not be your only concern. Failure to comply with the Order is a fact that an adverse party could use in requesting that a judge or jury find your business liable in a subsequent lawsuit seeking damages from COVID-19 related injury. While we consider that concern remote, compliance with this particular Order is simple, especially if you use the provided template.

Your policy must be posted “in a conspicuous location sufficient to provide notice to employees and visitors of all health and safety requirements.” We suggest posting on doors frequently used to enter your business premises.

Email [email protected] or [email protected] for a Word version of the template. Katherine McGinnis Anand Meagan Martin Powers

As always, please reach out if you have any questions or need anything. We are here to help.

07/29/2021

Some mornings we practice law. Other mornings, we rescue juvenile Mockingbirds with broken wings. After watching her all morning to see if she would shake it off and fly away, we determined that her right wing is broken so she can’t really do more than flap/hop around. She got right into the box and is now off to a vet that specializes in wild bird rehab. Godspeed little girl.

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All businesses face challenges. Disputes happen. Problems arise. Growth creates issues. Opportunities arise. The attorneys at Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC bring decades of experience to the table to walk through these matters hand-in-hand with our clients.

At Martin Powers & Counsel, PLLC, we do not think in terms of discrete “practice areas.” Our approach to client service is collaborative across practice areas to accomplish our client’s business objectives. Our team has substantial experience and expertise across a broad array of legal areas, including:

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