In December 2015, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered the state to pay more than $605,000 in fees and costs to Akin Gump, the firm that represented two same-sex couples in a marriage lawsuit, DeLeon v. Perry. Akin Gump represented Cleopatra DeLeon and Nicole Dimetman of Austin, and Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes of Dallas (above). … Continue reading 5th Circuit Orders Texas to Pay $600K to Couples Who Fought to Overturn State’s Gay Marriage Ban