Tex. Government Code § 84.003: CIVIL LIABILITY.

(a) A person, including the victim of a crime or the estate of a victim of a crime, may bring suit against an attorney whose violation of Section 84.001 results in damages incurred by the person bringing the suit.

(b) A person who brings suit under this section is entitled to recover:

(1) actual damages caused to the person bringing the suit by the publication of the account of the crime;

(2) exemplary damages in an amount determined by the court;

(3) reasonable attorney's fees; and

(4) court costs.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 982, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.