Those Wacky Lawyers

Lawyer accused of stealing phone during bar fight By Brian Rogers Houston Chronicle A Houston lawyer is free on bail after being arrested on robbery charges, accused of stealing the smartphone of a man who was recording a bar fight involving the lawyer last month. Shawn Paul Fox, 40, and two other men are accused of chasing a bar patron out of J. Black's at 110 S. Heights to steal a $400 iPhone and a $1,200 watch....Jayson Miller told police he was at the bar in the new restaurant on July 15 when a fight broke out between three men, including Fox, and several bouncers, according to court records. Miller said he was recording the fight when Fox demanded he stop and lunged at him. Miller ran out the front door then fell as he hurdled a hedge. He turned around to see Fox hit him in the face, he said. The lawyer and two other men beat Miller while saying, "Get his phone," according to the arrest affidavit. The men then took the phone and Miller's watch, leaving him with a broken arm, records show. S.A. lawyer ordered held without bond By Craig Kapitan San Antonio Express Michelle Lorenz Valicek, 54, is set to go to trial next month on a first-degree felony misapplication of fiduciary property charge. Authorities said she took more than $500,000 six years ago while managing a large inheritance that had been recently received by Margaret Lorenz, who had dementia.