Lawyer Profiles

Dick DeGuerin
1018 Preston Avenue
The Republic Building
Seventh Floor
Houston, Texas 77002

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(713) 223-5959

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(713) 223-9231

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http://www.deguerin.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Honors	Published Works	Affiliations

"Texas breeds eccentricity like cattle, so Dick DeGuerin doesn't have much time to sit and reflect on his career. 'I consider myself fortunate to have had such a varied clientele---to be able to look back and know that it's been a hell of a ride,' DeGuerin says. Over several decades, DeGuerin has been attached to criminal cases in Texas that ended up being forums for the nation. He enjoys a reputation for being colorful, and it's not unusual to see him in a Stetson, but he's serious about work--and there's still quite a bit of fight in him. He's tenacious for his clients, but even more so for his belief that American justice demands that every person, without reservation and without discrimination against the crime they're accused of, deserves representation in court."
--Excerpted from Texas Super Lawyers, 2003 - 2009

Current Employment Position(s):: Owner

Areas of Practice:: Criminal Law; Appellate Law; Criminal Appeals; White Collar

Litigation Percentage:: 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties:: Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Criminal Law, 1976 - Present

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1965; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1968; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1973; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1979; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1983; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1982; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1971; U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1974; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1984; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985; U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

Education:: The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1965
L.L.B.; The University of Texas at Austin, 1963
B.A.

Published Works:: "Border Searches in the Fifth Circuit; Or a Case of Occlusive Trees", Voice for the Defense, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Publication, Fall, 1974; "The Current Status of Border Search in the Fifth Circuit", For the Defense, Harris County Criminal Lawyer's Association, Fall, 1974

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Associate Professor, Criminal Law, South Texas College of Law, 1969 - 1970; Adjunct Professor, Criminal Law, The University of Texas School of Law, 1994; Speaker, Capital Murder in Texas, San Antonio Criminal Law Institute, 1976; Speaker, Double Jeopardy, San Antonio Criminal Law Institute, 1984; Speaker, The War on Crime: A War on the Sixth Amendment, San Antonio Criminal Law Institute, 1985; Speaker, You Sure It Was the Bullet and Not the Chili?, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Tucson, AZ, 2000; Speaker, Strategies & Trade Secrets of Voir Dire from the Experts, State Bar of Texas, 2000; Speaker, Self Defense and Other Justifications, South Texas College of Law, 2004; Speaker, Maintaining Honor, Integrity and a Sense of Humor While Representing the Scum of the Earth and Others Falsely Accused, American College of Trial Lawyers, 56th Annual Meeting, London, England, 2006; Speaker, Prosecution's Primary Duty: Seeing That Justice is Done, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Lubbock, Texas, 2006; Speaker, Tales from a Texas Trial Lawyer, El Paso Bar Association, 2006

Honors and Awards:: State Bar of Texas, Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year, 1994; The University of Texas at Austin, Dick DeGuerin Endowed Presidential Scholarship at Law, 1994 - Present; The Order of Barristers, Honorary Barrister, 1994; American Journal of Criminal Law, Appreciation for Continued Commitments to the Study of Criminal Law, 1998; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Attorney of the Year, 1999; The State Bar of Texas, Distinguished Service on the Faculty of the "Choosing and Courting a Jury", 2000; Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Outstanding Contributions, 2000; The Texas Justice Alliance, Award in Recognition of Efforts on Behalf of Muneer Deeb, 2003; Texas Monthly, Texas' Top 100 Super Lawyers, 2003; The Houston Chronicle, Ultimate Defense Attorney, 2004; The Houston Chronicle, Ten Top Lawyers of the Century, 1999; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Hall of Fame, 2004; The National Law Journal, Nation's Ten Top Litigators, 2004; The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2006; Texas Monthly, Top Attorneys in Texas, 2007 - 2008; Texas Monthly, Texas Super Lawyers, Law & Politics, 2003 - 2009; Martindale-Hubbell, Peer Review Rated AV, 2008; H-Texas, Houston's Top Lawyers for the People, 2008 - 2010; American Association for Justice Top 100 Lawyers, 2007 - 2008; The University of Texas School of Law Board of Advocates, Honorary Barrister, 2007 - 2008; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Lifetime Achievement, 2008; The Best Lawyers in America, 1983 - 2009; Texas Lawyer, Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyering; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Fellows, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, The Texas Bar Foundation; Texas Lawyer, The 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Member; American Judicature Society; Charter Member; American Association for Justice; Bar Association for the Fifth Federal Circuit; Member; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice; Member; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, 1976 - Present; Charter Member, Director; Houston Junior Bar Association, 1965 - 1976; Member, Member Committee on: Law Day, Award, and Criminal Law; Houston Bar Association; Member; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Member; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Member; International Society of Barristers; Member; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Presidents Club, Life Member; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1973 - 1976; Charter Member and Director; Texas Trial Lawyer's Association; Member; The College of Master Advocates of Barristers; Member; The College of the State Bar of Texas; Member; The State Bar of Texas; Member; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Voluntary Sustaining Member

Past Employment Positions:: Harris County, Texas, Assistant District Attorney, 1965 - 1968; Trial Division, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Associate, 1968 - 1971; Foreman & DeGuerin (Percy Foreman and Dick DeGuerin), Associate, 1971 - 1982

Fraternities/Sororities:: Delta Theta Phi