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Well-known attorney, quarterback's mother dies in Colorado
Austin American Statesman ^ | 8-9-09 | Kevin Robbins and Joshunda Sanders

Posted on 08/09/2009 12:58:36 PM PDT by Snickering Hound

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1 posted on 08/09/2009 12:58:36 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

The woman was a nutcase, my guess is that she checked out on her own accord.


2 posted on 08/09/2009 1:02:39 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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Interesting.

Drew Brees is a legend here in Indiana from his Purdue exploits.

Did not know his mom was a whack job.


3 posted on 08/09/2009 1:05:56 PM PDT by nascarnation
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Color me shocked - you have to continue reading until you reach the 8th paragraph to find the word “Democrat”.


4 posted on 08/09/2009 1:06:07 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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...after she sent letters informing a number of prominent Austin and Houston restaurants that they had lost the legal right to use their business names but could get them back for up to $25,000 each.

The mailings, bearing the letterhead of Brees' law office and dated July 20, said Brees represented a company, Chicksports Inc., that had assumed ownership of the restaurant names because the current owners neglected to reserve them or failed to renew them under Texas business codes.

The letters did not mention that Brees was the president of Chicksports or that the corporation shared her law office's address and phone number.

Apparently she was a crook... just a lawyer doing what lawyers do.
My guess is suicide.

5 posted on 08/09/2009 1:06:30 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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11/08/06 - Mina Brees, an Austin attorney, lost her election bid, and it s speculated that her flap with son Drew Brees was a contributing factor.

New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees has asked his mother to stop using his picture in TV commercials touting her candidacy for a Texas appeals court.

In commercials running on Austin stations, Mina Brees had been using a picture of her son in the uniform of his former team, the San Diego Chargers, to emphasize her ties to football.

"I think the major point here is that my mother is using me in a campaign, and I've made it known many times I don't want to be involved," Drew Brees said Monday.

6 posted on 08/09/2009 1:10:44 PM PDT by kcvl
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[... (Democrat) Brees, had her business records
subpoenaed Tuesday after she sent letters informing
a number of prominent Austin and Houston restaurants
that they had lost the legal right to use their business
names but could get them back for up to $25,000 each....]

Having no heart, it’s certain she didn’t die of heart failure.


7 posted on 08/09/2009 1:11:21 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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He called his relationship with his mother “nonexistent” after it crumbled six years ago when he refused to hire her as his agent.

Mina Brees said her son’s allegations were a mischaracterization and that she had no intention of becoming his agent.


8 posted on 08/09/2009 1:11:24 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Snickering Hound

Sounds like a sleazy democrat lawyer but that’s redundant.


9 posted on 08/09/2009 1:12:50 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Snickering Hound

RIP.


10 posted on 08/09/2009 1:13:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: trumandogz; Snickering Hound; SwinneySwitch
The woman was a nutcase, my guess is that she checked out on her own accord.

Three years ago her son told her to stop using his name in her political advertizing for a run at an appellate judgeship.

Drew says he called his mother and asked her to stop running the ads, and when she did not return his calls or stop using his image, his agent sent her a letter threatening legal action. According to Drew, the commercials were sending a message of, " 'If you don't know much about the election, vote for me because I know Drew' . . . and that is a shame because the political process should be decided on your credentials." But according to Mina, "everything in the ad was true" and she did not anticipate it upsetting her son. She said the connection to football is relevant to her campaign because through sports, her father, Ray Akins, taught her a strong work ethic that she would bring to a career as a judge. Mina says a version of the spot that omits references of Drew was taped last week and sent to TV stations last Friday.

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/2006/11/drew-brees-wants-no-part-in-his.html

Her father Ray Akins used to be the head football coach of Gregory-Portland high school near Corpus Christi and created quite a football dynasty there.
11 posted on 08/09/2009 1:16:09 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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***Mina Brees, a prominent Austin attorney and former president of the Austin Bar Association who was recently subpoenaed by the Texas attorney general’s office, died Friday in Colorado, a family member said. She was 59.

Marty Akins, Brees’ brother who is also a lawyer and former University of Texas quarterback, said he was told Friday morning that Brees died in Colorado, where she was visiting her son Reid. Akins said he did not know the cause of her death.

“It’s my understanding that she was at her girlfriend’s house,” Akins said.***

Ruh, roh. I also like the surname differences in the sons. Sounds like Ms. Brees had had quite an active life.


12 posted on 08/09/2009 1:34:57 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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Ruh, roh. I also like the surname differences in the sons. Sounds like Ms. Brees had had quite an active life.

Where did you see Reid's last name in the article?

13 posted on 08/09/2009 1:42:36 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: trumandogz
That's my guess too.

She'd have to be pretty nuts if she thought her professional and personal reputation could survive her attempt to go after the particular restauraunts she targeted with her nufty little extortion. She might have gotten away with targeting a taqueria here & there, but the ones she tried to scam are veritable instututions in Austin. How many other lawyers do you s'pose lunch at El Rancho or Threadgill's or Stubb's everyday? I'd venture quite a few & not many of those places' customers were going to let her get away with putting the squeeze on Austin landmarks. Surely she knew her cred in the community was now kaput, and she'd obviously already lost it with her son.

Very sad.

14 posted on 08/09/2009 1:50:21 PM PDT by leilani
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To: nascarnation

“Did not know his mom was a whack job.”

As a lady, I don’t know anything about her. As to her being a lawyer, is anyone surprised that she tried to extort money from unsuspecting persons? Is it a wonder that attorneys are rated by the public as one of the least trusted and least respected of all the professions?


15 posted on 08/09/2009 1:57:02 PM PDT by Cyman
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"She organized other lawyers in volunteer efforts and played a big role in getting people to volunteer."

Democrat..... community..... organizing.....lawyer.

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16 posted on 08/09/2009 1:57:23 PM PDT by MamaTexan (~ If the Purple People Beaters think this post is 'fishy', they can kiss my bass! ~)
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To: Snickering Hound

A “TRU LUV” match gone sour?


17 posted on 08/09/2009 2:00:06 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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There was an ironic development concerning the scam she tried to pull on domainnamewire a couple of days ago:

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“Assumed Name Squatter” Gets Squatted Herself
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Texas lawyer threatens others but forgets to register her own domain name.

Yesterday we wrote about Mina Brees, a Texas lawyer who registered assumed names of Texas restaurants that had let their D.B.A.s lapse. She then sent letters (acting as a lawyer on behalf of a client) to the restaurants offering to sell them back their assumed names for $20,000. The letters apparently didn’t mention that Brees is the president of the company making the offer. (Mina Brees is the estranged mother of New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees.)

Well, there’s a bit of irony in the story. While Brees concocted her plan to swipe these “expired” assumed names and sell them to their owners, similar to how a cybersquatter might snap up a trademark domain name, she neglected to register her own domain name MinaBrees.com.

Yesterday Austin resident Don Cruse registered the domain name and posted information about Brees’ tactic. At the bottom of the page a notice reads:

This website is not owned by or affiliated with Mina Brees. The irony is not lost on us.

Touche.
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18 posted on 08/09/2009 2:02:58 PM PDT by leilani
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Brees received the Austin Bar Association's 2005 professionalism award for legal ethics and professionalism. In 2006, she came within 22,168 votes of being elected to the state 3rd Court of Appeals in 2006, losing to Republican incumbent David Puryear by 4.5 percentage points. Brees ran as a Democrat.

Considering her latest exploits, had she lived she would probably have been able to retire the award for "legal ethics and professionalism" from the American Bar Association. At least she'll be able to remain active Democratic politics. The Democratic Party supports full civil rights for Necro-Americans.

Of course, before I accept the news of her death, I'd want a DNA test on the corpse and a pin stuck in her folded hands.

19 posted on 08/09/2009 2:31:28 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Don't anthropomorphize the robots. They hate that.)
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Yeah, you are right, she did target not only big name restaurants but also those who are Austin institutions and whose owners are active and well liked.
20 posted on 08/09/2009 2:39:40 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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