Thanks to the following bloggers, and especially to our out-of-state colleagues, for weighing in on the State Bar of Texas’s attempts to amend the Disciplinary Rules and efforts to do away with flat fees:

Max Kennerly, Sound And Fury Over Flat Fees, Signifying Nothing
Gideon, Blawg Review #294: MLK, Jr. Day edition
Brian Tannebaum, Shame On The Texas Bar, And Us
Scott Greenfield, Flat Fees and the Last Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer
Colin Samuels, A Round Tuit (53)
Jeff Gamso, If I Only Had a Vote

Paul Smith, It’s Big Vs. Little,, Money Vs. Underdog,, Corporate Vs. Individual
Paul Kennedy, Just follow the money
Paul Kennedy, Let our voices be heard
Paul Kennedy, The State Bar strikes back
Paul Kennedy, State Bar says those opposed to rules changes are liars
Murray Newman, Please Vote No on the Texas State Bar Referendum
(If I’ve left you out, it was inadvertent. Please email me. Paul is kicking butt. Where are the rest of the Texas criminal-defense blawgers? Guest? Matlock? Floyd? Martinez? Breston? Flood? Spencer? Skinner? Barnett? Maselli? That’s right, boys (and girl), I’m callin’ you out. It’s just about time to rework the blogroll, and I’m looking for an excuse.)

Meanwhile, there have been blog posts in favor of the amendments:
State Bar of Texas: Referendum 2011: Q&A with Tom Watkins : State Bar of Texas Blog
State Bar of Texas: Referendum 2011: Clarifying the Issues : State Bar of Texas Blog
(I detect a pattern here.)