ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW
Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in Family Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Principal Office in Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas
Criminal Law
I provide legal services in almost any criminal law matter, whether at felony or misdemeanor trial, on a probation revocation, or in a juvenile matter. I represent clients at trial before district courts (state felony trial courts), county criminal courts, and federal trial courts. I represent clients on appeal to any of the Texas Courts of Appeals, on petition for discretionary review to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and on petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.
I also provide representation on postconviction habeas corpus in state courts, on postconviction habeas corpus in any of the Texas federal courts, and on applicable appeals of postconviction habeas corpus to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit from any federal district court in Texas. Finally, I provide representation before the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
I am Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Legal Services Provided
Representation at Trial
Appeals
Postconviction habeas corpus in State Court
Postconviction habeas corpus in Federal Court
Probation revocation
Parole revocation
Representation before the Board of Pardons and Paroles
Juvenile cases
Representative types of cases in Federal Court
Affecting or obstructing commerce by robbery
Aiding and abetting
Conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance
Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
Firearms offenses
Mail fraud
Maintaining drug-involved premises
Money laundering
Possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute
User in possession of a firearm
Representative types of cases in State Court
Aggravated assault
Aggravated assault on a public servant
Aggravated robbery
Aggravated sexual assault
All deceptive practices
Arson
Assault
Bail jumping
Bribery
Burglary
Capital murder (non-death penalty)
Computer crimes
Credit or debit card abuse
Criminal mischief
Criminal nonsupport
Criminal simulation
Criminally negligent homicide
Deadly conduct
Disorderly conduct
DWI
Engaging in organized criminal activity
Failure to identify
Forgery
Fraud
Fraudulent transfer of a motor vehicle
Gambling charges
Indecency with a child
Indecent exposure
Injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual
Insurance fraud
Interference with police duties
Kidnapping
Manslaughter
Medicaid fraud
Murder
Obscenity
Perjury
Possession or promotion of child pornography
Prostitution
Resisting arrest
Robbery
Sexual assault
Sexual performance by a child
Solicitation of capital murder
Stalking
Telecommunications crimes
Theft
Violation of protective orders
Weapons charges
LATEST NEWS
August 25, 2011
United States Supreme Court: CULLEN v. PINHOLSTER, No. 09-1088, April 4, 2011, CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, No. 09–1088. Argued November 9, 2010—Decided April 4, 2011. A California jury convicted respondent Pinholster on two counts of first-degree murder. At the penalty phase before the same jury, the prosecution produced eight witnesses, who testified about Pinholster’s history of threatening and violent behavior.
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