Houston-based defense lawyer Dan Cogdell represented Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton during his 2023 impeachment, as well as in a securities fraud case that dragged on from 2015 to 2025. But now Cogdell has told NOTUS that he will not be backing his former client and has instead put his endorsement behind Texas State Representative James Talarico,

Here’s why one of Ken Paxton’s impeachment attorneys is supporting the attorney general’s political foe for U.S. Senate.

A lawyer who represented Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for nearly a decade over accusations of corruption and securities fraud is supporting Democrat James Talarico — and

Cogdell said on his podcast that political unity is needed now more than at any point in his lifetime and that he believes Talarico can help achieve it.

A lawyer who helped defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) during his 2023 impeachment trial has endorsed his opponent, state Rep. James Talarico (D), in Texas’s high-profile Senate race. Houston-based defense attorney Dan Cogdell,

Texas Attorney General and GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton was delivered a personal blow Monday after his former attorney issued him a scathing rebuke, as well as an endorsement of his Democratic opponent in the race.