Biography

Born in Brown County, Texas, raised in Houston, educated in the public schools; S.P. Waltrip High School, graduating class of 1969
B.A., J.D., U.T., Austin – Licensed May 28, 1979
Assistant district attorney of Harris County Texas, 1980-1984
Board certified in criminal law by The Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 1985
President – Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, 1988-1989
Radio Personality – “The Rock Lawyer” featured on KLOL-FM’s “The Moby Show,” spring 1989
Ranked among the Top 12 Criminal Defense Lawyers in a poll of local judges and prosecutors conducted and reported by the Houston Chronicle: “The Best Defense – Colleagues Polled on Top Attorneys,” March 27, 1994
Recognized by The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association with the Attorney of the Year – 2001 Award for “Dedication to the Principals and Ideas of American Justice”
Lead singer, rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter for D.B.I. – the five lawyer / one homicide detective, Criminal Courthouse Rock and Roll Band, 1983-2005
Selected as a Texas Monthly magazine “Superlawyer,” 2003 and 2004
Designated as a “Top Lawyer in Houston 2004” and a “Top Lawyer for the People 2005” by H Texas magazine
Lead counsel in more than two hundred jury trials in the Harris County Criminal Courthouse