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| | Address | | 712 Main Street, 31st Floor | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Bires & Schaffer practices in the following areas of law:
Criminal Law, Federal and State Trials and Appeals, Drug Charges, Drug Crimes, Murder, Misdemeanors and Felonies, DUI/DWI, Juvenile Crimes, Sexual Assaults, White Collar Crime and Environmental Criminal Defense. | | Firm Size: 2 | | David R. Bires (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, March 12, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A.; J.D.). Former Member, Criminal Law Advisory Commission, 1987-2000. Named, Texas Super Lawyer Criminal Law, 2003, 2004. Member: Houston and Fifth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (President, 1979-1980); Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member; President, 1993-1994); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Fellow, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Institute. (Board Certified, Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: State and Federal Criminal Law; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Environmental Criminal Defense. Email: David R. Bires | | Kent A. Schaffer (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Member: Criminal Editorial Board; Mathew Bender & Co., Inc., 1999-2001. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Section on Criminal Law and Public Affairs Committee, 1998-2000); The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member: Section on Criminal Law; Forum Committee on Sports and Entertainment, 1981—); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Parliamentarian, 1995-1996; Director, 1989-1995; and 1997-2000); Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Associate Director, 1986-1987; Director, 1987-1990; and President, 1998-1999); Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1993); Federal Court Advisory Council. Practice Areas: State and Federal Criminal Law; Trial Law; Appellate Law; Environmental Criminal Defense; Complex Litigation. Email: Kent A. Schaffer |
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