Defending People

the art and science of criminal defense trial lawyering

Mark Bennett

I am a Houston criminal defense lawyer.

I grew up overseas — in Thailand, India, and Germany — where my dad worked for the U.S. Government. After graduating from high school in New Delhi, India, I returned to dad’s hometown, Houston, where I attended Rice University.

I majored in religious studies at Rice, and went on to University of Houston Law Center, where I graduated with honors. I immediately started my law practice, representing people charged with serious crimes in state courts across Texas and federal courts nationwide. In 1997 my wife, Jennifer, joined me as my law partner. She keeps things running smoothly, and I try the cases.

After having a string of expensive fancy offices in downtown Houston, we moved in 2004 to a Victorian-style house in The Heights, about three miles from the courthouse, with plenty of free parking for the clients, where the windows open when the weather is nice and the dogs can hang out in the office.

We keep our dockets small, and I dedicate intensive individual attention to each case. I like to try about six cases to juries every year, which isn’t a lot for some lawyers, but is a high proportion of our overall caseload.

I can be reached by telephone at 713.224.1747 most of the time (though afternoons are better than mornings, since I’m in court most mornings) or by email at MB@IVI3.com. Please see my Texas criminal defense website and my federal criminal defense website.

I don’t like bragging about myself — I’d rather demonstrate what I can do than tell you — but I don’t mind letting my clients brag about me.

3 Responses to “Mark Bennett”

  1. sean garrigan says:
    26 January 2009 at 11:25 pm

    I am now subscribing though feedburner instead of email. I really enjoy your blog.

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  2. ABA’s Top Crim Blawg: Defending People — Public Defender Stuff says:
    28 January 2009 at 9:25 am

    [...] The winner for “Crime Time” was Defending People by Houston criminal defense attorney Mark Bennett, who writes of the win: “The ABA Journal’s readers named this the top criminal law blog [...]

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  3. Additions to the Blawgroll « The Legal Satyricon says:
    18 April 2009 at 10:17 am

    [...] to the Blawgroll I really should update the roll more often. I’ve been a big fan of Mark Bennett’s Defending People and Gideon’s A Public Defender for a long time. Unfortunately, the way I [...]

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