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Welcome to my personal website. I’m a Texan, reporter and disenfranchised voter. I hope you enjoy my website. Since June 2011, I’ve been reporting for The National Law Journal in Washington, D.C. as the legal business reporter.

Frozen margarita machine, invented in Dallas 40 years ago, shook up Tex-Mex history

WASHINGTON — He may not have created the first margarita, but Mariano Martinez transformed the drink from a border cantina concoction to the nation’s most popular alcoholic beverage with his invention in Dallas of the frozen margarita machine.

Forty years later, Martinez’s invention has increased the U.S. demand for tequila and contributed to the widespread popularity of Tex-Mex cuisine. Read more…

Legal Times 150: At Washington law offices, headcount keeps dropping

The Washington legal community is not out of the weeds yet. The drop in the number of attorneys at D.C.’s top law offices, which has persisted over the last two years, continued in 2011.

According to the Legal Times 150, our annual headcount survey of the largest law offices in Washington, the number of attorneys in the D.C. area declined by 3 percent to 14,497 attorneys. Read more…