W.B. "Bennie"
House, Jr.
Certified by The Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal
Law
Education
University
of Houston - Undergraduate
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, 1967 -1970
President of Student Bar Association, 1970
Member of the Advocates, 1970 (Society for Oral Advocacy)
University of Houston - Juris Doctorate - May 30, 1970
Military
Experience
United
States Coast Guard Reserve, Honorable Discharge, 1964 - 1965
Judicial
Experience
One
year internship and two years as attorney for Maley & Friedman,
1969-1972
Licensed Attorney, September 18, 1970
Speaker at over 30 Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association
Seminars, 1975 - 1985
Speaker/Teacher at Criminal Trial Advocacy Institute in Huntsville,
Texas, 1976
Lead Counsel in Trial of Eight Capital Cases
Appeals (over 20 - includes state and federal)
Trials (over 150 - includes state and federal)
Published article for Voice for the Defense Published article
for Texas Law Reporter
Professional
Associations
Certified
by Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law, August
1975
Licensed in United State District Court
Southern
District of Texas, 1971 - Present Northern
District of Texas, 1979 - Present Eastern
District of Texas, 1975 - Present Western
District of Texas, 1973 - Present
Licensed in United State Court of Appeals
Fifth
Circuit, January 11, 1971 - Present Eleventh
Circuit, October 27, 1981 - Present
Supreme
Court October 17, 1973 - Present
President of Harris County Criminal Lawyer's Association, 1977
- 1978
Chairman of Board - Harris County Criminal Lawyer's Association,
1976 - 1977
Served on the Texas State Bar Advisory Commission on Certification
and Re-Certification
for Criminal Law, 1984 -1989
Adjunct Professor on New Texas Rules of Evidence, South Texas
College of Law,
1987 (Seminar for Seniors to Prepare for Bar)
Associate Director on the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association
Board of Directors, 1989 - 1993
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association Board of Directors,
1996 - 2003
College of the State Bar of Texas, 1997 - Present
Jay
W. Burnett
of Counsel
Senior Retired Criminal District Court Judge/Attorney at Law
Education
South Texas College of Law, 1973
B. A. The University of Texas at El Paso, 1965
Military Experience
New
Mexico National Guard, 1965 - 1967
Texas National Guard, 1967 - 1971
Prior Professional Experience
Manager
of Marketing Division - Signal Oil and Gas Co. - Houston, Texas,
1967-1969
Life Science Teacher - E. 0. Smith Middle School - Houston Independent
School District, 1970
-1972
Administrative Assistant - Texas State Representative Gene Jones,
1972 -1974
Administrative Assistant - Texas State Senator Gene Jones, 1976-1980
Law Practice Experience
State Bar of Texas - Licensed Attorney, September 24, 1973
Criminal Law Practitioner - Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice
- Brunch, Morrow and Brunch, 1973
- 1984
Judicial
Experience
Appointed
- 351st Criminal District Court»Harris County Texas, 1984
Judge - 183rd Criminal District Court - Harris County Texas, 1986-1998
Presided over in excess of 15,000.00 Criminal Cases - Over 250
Jury Trials
Retired/Visiting Criminal District Judge - 2nd Judicial Administrative
Region of Texas
(23 Counties), 1999-2000
Teaching
Experience
Adjunct
Professor - South Texas College of Law - Houston, Texas - 2000
to present
Middle School Life Science Teacher - Houston Independent School
District (while
attending Law School), 1970 - 1972
Professional
Activities
Judicial
Chair
- 2nd Judicial Administrative Region's Committee on the
Death Penalty, 1995 - 1998
Director
- Certification Programs for the 22nd Criminal District Courts
and 14
County Criminal Courts, 1991 - 1998
State
Bar of Texas Chair
- State Bar of Texas Committee on the
Death Penalty, 1999 - 2002
Member
- State Bar of Texas - Legal needs of the Poor in Criminal
Matters Committee, 2002 - Present
Lecturer/Author
- Numerous State and Regional Continuing
Legal Education Programs
Bar
Admissions State
of Texas - Admitted to Practice, 1973 United
States District Court - Southern District of Texas United
States Court of Appeals - Fifth and Eleventh Circuits Supreme
Court of the United States
Bar
Associations Texas
Criminal Defense Lawyers Associations - Honorary Member for Life Harris
County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association -
Honorary Member for Life State
Bar of Texas Houston
Bar Association Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association Texas
Independent Bar Association - Austin, Texas Texas
Independent Criminal Law Appellate Bar Association
Publications
Law
Review Article
Burnett
& Burnett, Ethical Dilemmas Confronting a Felony Trial Judge
- To
Remove or Not to Remove Deficient Counsel, 40 S.
Tex. L. Rev. 595
(2001)
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