E. G. Gerry Morris - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1977
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
    B.S.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Sole Practitioner

Classes and Seminars

• Sex Offenses in Texas, Criminal Defense Lawyer's Project (CDLP), 1999
  
• Extraneous Offenses, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association (TCDLA) Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, 1999
  
• Developing The Defensive Theory and Avoiding Extraneous Offenses, Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2000
  
• Overview of Defending Child Abuse Allegations, TCLA Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, 2000
  
• Why We Do What We Do, CDLP Essential Trial Notebook Series, 2000
  
• How to Obtain Expert Assistance, TCLA Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, 2001
  
• Joint Defense Agreements - Good, Bad or Ugly, TCLA Federal Short Course, 2001
  
• Developing the Defensive Theory and Avoiding Extraneous Offenses, CDLP Developing the Theory of the Case Denton, Texas, 2001
  
• Cross-Examination of the Counselor and Caseworker in a Sexual Assault Case, TCDLA Cross-Examination Seminar Austin, 2001
  
• Expert Witnesses, State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2001

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1977
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981

Specialties and Certifications

• Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1983

Other Affiliations

• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1997 - 1998 (President)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2015 - 2016 (President)
• Criminal Law and Procedure Section, Travis County Bar (Former Chair)