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| | Address | | 819 Lovett Boulevard | | Houston, Texas 77006 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Philip H. Hilder & Associates, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
White Collar Crime Defense, Business, Criminal and Commercial Litigation. | | Year Established: 1997 | Firm Profile:
Our practice focuses on white collar criminal defense matters, related complex civil litigation, corporate compliance programs, grand jury investigations, attorney grievance defense, internal corporate investigations, trials and related parallel civil and administrative litigation and whistleblowers suits. | | Firm Size: 4 | | —————————— | | Philip H. Hilder (Member) born Highland Park, Illinois, July 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois, 1985, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., with honors, 1977); Boston College (J.D., 1981). Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Named: 2003-2005 Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly. Listed: Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Staff Writer, Boston College Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest, 1979-1980. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Houston, 1984-1987, 1990. Course Instructor, Attorney General's Advocate Institute, Washington, D.C., 1987. Attorney in Charge of the Houston Field Office, U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Force, 1987-1990. Appointed Special Prosecutor, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1997-1998. Member: Houston (Administration of Justice Committee, 2001-2005; Press Grievance Panel Member, 2004; Foundation Member), Chicago, Illinois State, Federal (President, Houston Chapter, 1995-1996; National Delegate, 1997; Current Board of Directors) and American (Member, White Collar Committee, Subcommittee Co-Chair Securities Fraud); State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-1999). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Criminal Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Philip H. Hilder | | —————————— | | Gene P. Tausk (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Ohio State University (B.A.; M.A.); Pushkin Institute of Languages, Moscow; University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1997). Member: College of the State Bar of Texas; Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas; American Immigration Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Languages: Russian, Ukrainian. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; White Collar Crime; Corporate Law; Immigration Law; Customs Law. | | James Rytting (Associate) born Salt Lake City, Utah, May 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1983); University of Houston (J.D., 1997). Languages: Spanish. Email: James Rytting | | —————————— | | James A. Cerks (Of Counsel) born St. Charles, Illinois, December 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1969); University of California, Berkeley (M.B.A., 1971); Baylor University (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer, Accounting, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1971; Tax Law and Accounting, University of Maryland, 1981. Criminal Investigator, Intelligence Division, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1971-1976. Certified Public Accountant, State Board of Public Accountancy, Texas, 1978. Tax Division, Certified Public Accountant, Arthur Andersen & Co., 1979-1981. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants. [U.S. Marine Corp., 1966-1969]. Practice Areas: Taxation Law. Email: James A. Cerks |
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