Dead to rights

HOUSTON — A Texas appellate court upheld the trial court’s decision to disbar attorney Richard Robins, who had been asked in 2013 to help a woman recover the value of bounced checks but did not file suit on her behalf until November 2016, more than a year after the woman had passed away. When he learned of her passing, he did not tell the court or opposing counsel of the fact; “there was evidence that Robins failed to disclose that Crisp was deceased and that she had outstanding debts to deceive for the purpose of keeping litigation going for his own financial gain.”