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Terry Collins - Of Counsel - Attorney Profile

Corpus Christi DWI Lawyer with over 40 years experience in criminal law.

  • Board Certified Criminal Law by the 

    Texas Board of Legal Specialization    

    «Re-Certified in 2009»

  • Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy   

    «Re-Certified in 2009»

  • Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, 1970-1974

  • Voted as a "Texas Super Lawyer" as published in Texas Monthly, 2006 and 2009 in the field of Criminal Law.

  • Arrangements can be made to represent clients in Federal Courts and State Courts nationwide

  • Martindale-Hubbell (AV)

Education:

 


University of Texas (B. A., 1967)

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University of Houston (J. D., 1970)

Phi Delta Phi

 

Graduate, Texas National College of District Attorneys, 1972



Graduate, College of the State Bar of Texas, 1987

 

Board certified criminal trial law by the Texas board of legal specialization, 1984, Re-certified in 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2009

Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1993, Re-certified 1998, 2003, and 2009

Member:



  • State Bar of Texas

  • Bar Association of the Fifth and Seventh Federal Circuits

  • Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Texas Association of Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law


Terry Collins' Legal Background


1970
State Bar of Texas

1975
U. S. Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit and U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

1978
U. S. Supreme Court

1980
Eleventh Judicial Court, Louisiana, DeSota Parish

1988
U. S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Utah
Circuit Court, State of Utah

1989
U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas

1990
U. S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas

1991
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Fourth Judicial District of Osage County, Kansas

1992
U. S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division

1993
Justice Court, Las Vegas Township, Clark County, Nevada

Assistant City Attorney, Houston, Texas 1970

Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, 1970-1974

Associate Municipal Judge, City of West University Place, Texas, 1978-1981

Continuing legal education lecturer11-18-99: San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, "Two areas of law that nobody knows about- but should" (Extradition of fugitive warrants and how to handle an administration law DPS hearing of a minor charged with a detectable amount of alcohol).