Ken Paxton’s Former Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico NYT - Top Stories By: J. David Goodman 8 June 2026 at 20:13 The lawyer, Dan Cogdell, helped save Mr. Paxton from criminal charges and an impeachment, but now he says the Texas attorney general has “lost sight of his mission.” © Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York TimesDan Cogdell, a defense attorney for Ken Paxton, at the State Capitol in Austin during Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023.