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Bio:

Licenses
State Bar of Texas, 2003
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2004
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2010
United States Supreme Court, 2010

Employment
The Thiessen Law Firm
Houston, TX
Owner: July 2011 - Present
Practice focuses on:

• Criminal Defense
• specializing in DWI and Controlled Substances

Trichter & Murphy, P.C., 
Houston, TX 
Associate: January 2006 - July 2011
Practice focuses on:

• Criminal Defense
• specializing in DWI and Controlled Substances
   

Brown Sims, P.C.,
Houston, TX
Associate April 2005 - January 2006
Practice focuses on:

• Insurance Defense
• Toxic Tort
• Personal Injury
   

Bell, Ryniker, Letourneau & Nork ,
Houston, TX
Associate September 2003 - April 2005
Intern January 2003 - August 2003
Practice focuses on:

• Admiralty/Maritime
• Civil Litigation

Honors
Texas Monthly: Texas Super Lawyers: Rising Star, March 2011
Texas Monthly: Texas Super Lawyers: Rising Star, March 2010
Strathmore's WHO'S WHO 2010
Board of Directors - Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association 2010-2012


Speaking
Network of Professional Brazilians in Houston: Understanding Your Rights in Texas and Secrets to Avoiding a DWI Arrest and Conviction - Speaker Houston, Texas (September 1, 2010).
Stuart Kinard Advanced DWI Seminar - Speaker – TIMBER! Chopping Down High Breath Tests – San Antonio, Texas (November 18, 2010).
Art of War Trial Tactics - Speaker - The Game of Trial; Running the Bases – Edinburg, Texas (January 28, 2011).
Dallas, Texas: David Burrows DWI Defense Project - Speaker - The Game of Trial; Running the Bases (May 8, 2009). 
MCCLA CLE: New Issues in Montgomery County - Speaker - Death to the "E" Jury; Getting a Fair Trial (December 12, 2009). 
Galveston County Criminal Lawyers Association CLE: Galveston County Trial Issues - Speaker - Timber! Chopping Down High Breath Tests (March 2010).
North Shore Senior High School: Keeping Students Safe from DWI and Drugs - Speaker - DWI, Drugs, Assault, Criminal Mischief and the Prom (April 7, 2010).


Writing
HCCLA Defender Magazine - Author - Motion of the Month – Challenging Electronic Juries (June 2010)
TCDLA Voice for the Defense - Author - Vol. 38, No. 91 Motion of the Month - Defendant's Motion to Protect the Fairness of Future Juries (November 2009) 
TCDLA Voice for the Defense - Author - Vol. 39, No. 4 Catch of the Day - Motion Challenging Jury Array and to Quash Jury Panel (May 2010)