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Welcome to Bennett & Bennett,
Houston, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Website

We, Mark and Jennifer Bennett, are a husband-and-wife team of criminal defense lawyers representing people charged with serious crimes -- misdemeanors (including DUI/DWI) and felonies -- in state and federal courts in Texas and across the U.S. The Houston Chronicle describes Mark as a "philosopher/criminal defense attorney." He is rated 10.0/10 by Avvo.com. He was named one of the top criminal lawyers in Houston in 2004 by H Texas Magazine. He is also the president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.

Our principal office is downtown in Houston, Harris County, Texas -- the fourth-biggest city in the U.S.

We have represented people successfully on cases from shoplifting to murder, including many driving while intoxicated (DWI, known elsewhere as DUI) and drug conspiracy cases, and a large number of white-collar cases in Texas state courts and federal courts nationwide. This site includes a listing of some of the cases we have won.

On these pages, you will find information about criminal law generally and about specific types of crimes ("Cases" in the navigation bar above).

You will also learn about us, including our training, experience, and qualifications, as well as our philosophy of defending criminal cases ("Lawyers" in the navigation bar).

We are producing Legal First Aid sheets telling you what to do in certain criminal-defense related situations. So far we've written Legal First Aid -- DWI Edition, Legal First Aid -- Search Warrant Edition, and Legal First Aid -- Arrest Edition.

You will, we hope, read our Million-Dollar Legal Advice. The cops heed our million-dollar advice (see the blog post); you should too.

A well-educated consumer is more likely to hire us, so we've tried to make this site as informative as possible. If you'd like to contact us about anything on the site, if you have any questions that we haven't answered here, or if you want to discuss the possibility of retaining us to defend a criminal case, our contact information -- email, fax, telephone, and physical address -- is a click away ("Contact" in the navigation bar). Please

Also, check out Mark's blog, the last five posts of which are below.

01/05/2009 08:43 AM
Three Notable Developments Across the Pond
1. Anti-Social Behavior Orders (ASBOs) From the Home Office’s website: Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are court orders which [sic] forbid specific threatening or intimidating actions. An ASBO can ban a person from: threatening, intimidating or disruptive actions spending time with a particular group of friends visiting certain areas ASBOs are in effect for a minimum of two years, and can be longer. [...]

01/04/2009 11:55 AM
Bad Lawyer. No Cookie.
Paraphrased actual letter from lawyer to first-time DUI client: Dear X, You have told me that you can’t afford to pay me to try your case. This forces me to ask the judge to allow me to withdraw from your case. Three bad things might happen as a result. First, the judge might revoke your bond and take [...]

12/31/2008 08:43 PM
Ethos
Murray Newman laments what he expects to be the loss of prosecutorial discretion in the Harris County District Attorney’s Office under the Lykos / Leitner regime. Murray misses the old days. Ah, those glorious Rosenthal / Siegler days, when prosecutors had discretion — discretion enough to run amok. . . when 29-year-old misdemeanor chiefs with no [...]

12/31/2008 12:20 PM
Newspeak of the Day
I went to visit a client at the “IAH Adult Detention Facility” (which I thought was a private jail) in Livingston, Texas today and was greeted by a sign at the front desk with a globe logo and the legend, “Community Education Centers”: Apparently my client isn’t incarcerated; he’s just being educated. (Because someone will inevitably find [...]

12/29/2008 09:02 PM
HPD and Video Redux
HPD Officer Paul Lassalle comments on this long-ago post about his communications with Harris County Assistant District Attorney Warren Diepraam (who will likely be at the coronation on Thursday) concerning whether HPD has to actually use the videotaping equipment that the statute requires them to have and maintain. When a man with a gun and a [...]

Please call us -- chances are good that one of us will answer the phone. We look forward to hearing from you.

Bennett & Bennett --
Mark Bennett
Jennifer Bennett

p.s. This website is under construction. One of these days we'll finish it. Meanwhile, please bear in mind that we're better lawyers than web designers. Thanks.

In Houston 713.224.1747
Toll-Free 866.221.8111

Not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Both Bennetts are licensed to practice in all Texas courts.

Admitted to practice in U.S. District Court and Court of Appeals