Apparently the lawyers in Texas answer their cell phone calls.
Texas lawyers seem to be a much better breed in general than their counterparts elsewhere. If memory serves, a couple of the men on the wall at the Alamo were lawyers, and Sam Houston himself was a lawyer at one point.
We still have slimy lawyers, but Texas lawyers as a whole at least don't take themselves too seriously. One of the local ambulance chaser firms here in Dallas has a giant fiberglass shark displayed over their building on I-75.
It should also be noted that our judges are *elected* by the people and serve defined terms.