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    The Undeadliest Protest: How a group of law students’ legal heroism saved lives.

    Mithoff played a central role in a remarkable legal victory, using the law as a tool to defuse crisis rather than escalate it, a defining moment that deepened his passion for the practice of law and the thrill of achieving justice for a worthy cause.

    PublicationTexas Law Magazine
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    April 27, 2026

  • Case
    Judge backs Houston homeowners who sued feds for releasing water from Addicks, Barker during Harvey

    Judge Loren A. Smith ruled Wednesday in a test case of 12 plaintiffs that first went to trial in 2024, finding that the government’s actions amounted to a “taking” of private property and that homeowners were eligible to be compensated for the damage it wrought. View Judge’s Ruling and Press Release.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Year

    April 23, 2026

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    Texas flooding: State officials face lawsuit from families over Camp Mystic licensing

    A new lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deaths at Camp Mystic during the devastating flooding that hit Central Texas last July.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    February 23, 2026

  • Case
    Families sue state employees over Camp Mystic licensing
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    February 23, 2026

  • Case
    Families of 9 Who Died in July 4 Camp Mystic Flood Sue DSHS

    “The DSHS officials responsible for licensing youth camps deliberately looked the other way,” Paul Yetter of Yetter Coleman said in a news release. “While Camp Mystic bears responsibility and is also being sued, state officials knew the camp’s emergency plan lacked a required evacuation component and still licensed it as safe.”

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    February 23, 2026

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    State Officials Sued for Violating Camp Mystic Campers and Counselors’ Constitutional Rights

    The parents of nine Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in the July 4, 2025 flood filed suit Monday in federal court against six officials of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), alleging violations of their daughters’ constitutional rights to life and bodily integrity.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    February 23, 2026

  • Case
    Camp Mystic parents sue state health department for licensing the retreat

    The federal lawsuit accuses the state of violating their daughters’ constitutional rights by licensing the camp two days before the July 4 flooding disaster despite its lack of an evacuation plan.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff

    Year

    February 23, 2026