J. Brett Harrison
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Tyler, TX
Family Law, Criminal Law, DUI & DWI, Adoption, Divorce, Child Custody, Collaborative Law, Guardianship, Domestic Violence, Juvenile
109 West Ferguson Street, Tyler, TX 75702
About J. Brett Harrison
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- DUI & DWI
- Adoption
- Divorce
- Child Custody
- Collaborative Law
- Guardianship
- Domestic Violence
- Juvenile
Education
- St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1995J.D.
- Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, The Confrontation Clause," Texas Criminal Defense Association's Downtown Bill of Rights Review - Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, Fort Worth, September 6, 2007 - September 7, 2007
- Instructor, "Courtroom Demeanor/Report Writing", Tyler Junior College Police Academy, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- "Crawford and the Confrontation Clause Update", Smith County Bar Association, 2008, 2009, 2010
- "Obtaining the Release of Adults and Juvenile", Smith County Bar Association, 2006
- "Top Ten Traps Every Pre-teen Should Know To Avoid", All Saints Episcopal School, 2012 - Present
- "Top Ten Traps Every Pre-teen Should Know to Avoid", Tyler Area Association of Legal Professionals, 2012 - Present
- Advanced Criminal Law Course , State Bar of Texas, 2007 - 2014
- Multi-Track Federal Criminal Defense Seminar and Fundamentals of Federal Criminal Defense
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- College of the State Bar
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization Criminal Law Exam Commission, 2007 - 2009
- National Board of Trial Advocacy Exam Commission, 2007 - 2008
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Smith County Bar Association
- Smith County Bar Foundation
- Grievance Committee, District 2 (Chair)
- DWI College
Past Positions
- First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Smith County District Attorney's Office, 2004 - 2005
- Smith County, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, 1996 - 2004
Articles
Published Works
- Inside Deanna Laney's Capital Murder Trial, The Texas Prosecutor
- Strategies for Defending DWI Cases in Texas, Aspatore Books, a Thomson Reuters business, 2009
- The Current State of Confrontation, College Bar Bulletin, State Bar of Texas, Spring, 2011
- Strategies for Defending DWI Cases in Texas, EWI Myths and Reality,Aspatore , 2008
- Inside the Minds: Defending DWI Vehicular Homicide Cases, 2014
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 60 years of experienceFamily Law, Criminal Law, DUI & DWI, Adoption, Divorce, Child Custody, Collaborative Law, Guardianship, Domestic Violence, Juvenile
- Family Law
- 30 years of experienceFamily Law, Criminal Law, DUI & DWI, Adoption, Divorce, Child Custody, Collaborative Law, Guardianship, Domestic Violence, Juvenile
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- DUI & DWI
- Adoption
- 56.5 miles away
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