Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law 100%
• Appeals

Representative Cases

• Hutchins v. State, 887 S.W.2d 207 (Tex. App. - Austin 1994)
• Waddell v. State, 918 S.W.2d 91 (Tex. App. - Austin 1996)
• Arteaga v. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, 924 S.W.2d 756 (Tex. App. - Austin 1996)
• Henderson v. State, 977 S.W.2d 605 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998)
• Ybanez v. Johnson, 204 F.3d 645 (5th Cir. 2000)
• Smith v. Johnson, 216 F.3d 645 (5th Cir. 2000)
• Evans v. Cockrell, 285 F.3d 370 (5th Cir. 2000)
• Mayo v. Cockrell, 287 F.3d 336 (5th Cir. 2002)
• Beltran v. Cockrell, 294 F.3d 730 (5th Cir. 2002)
• Salinas v. Dretke, 354 F.3d 425 (5th Cir. 2004)
• Henderson v. Quarterman, --- F.3d ----, 2006 WL 2329494, C.A.5 (Tex. 2006)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1993
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Independent Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, August, 1992
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, December, 1984
  Bachelor of Arts
  Major: English
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May, 1989
  Master of Arts
  Major: English

Published Works

• Editor, "Cases of the Court of Criminal Appeals Relevant to Jury Selection in Capital Cases 1991-1995", Delivered at the 1995 Capital Murder Certification Course in Houston, Texas, 1995
• Editor, "Preparing the Case for Trial", delivered at the CDLP Trial Skills Course in Lubbock, Texas, December, 1996
• "Texas Appellate Procedure", Delivered at the Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, June, 1998
• Co-Author, "The State Writ and its Effect on Subsequent Federal Review", Presented to the state trial judges at their annual training, August, 2002
• "A Few Thoughts on Federal Habeas Corpus Practice", Voice for the Defense, June, 2004
• Co-Author, TIBA's G&S Criminal Law Report, published weekly
• Preserving (i.e. Not Waiving) Error in 28 U.S.C. 2254 and 2255 Cases, presented at the CJA panel attorney training for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, November, 2005

Address

812 San Antonio Street
Suite G-12
Austin, TX 78701

Phones

(512) 474-5544

Faxes

(512) 478-2828

Emails

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Websites

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