Bobby Mims - Tyler, TX
Attorney at Boren & Mims
Criminal Defense Lawyers in Tyler, TX
216 W Erwin St #300a Tyler, TX 75702
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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49
Years
Experience
Tyler Criminal Defense Lawyer
Updated: 07/31/2026
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense
Attorney Information
Overview
Bobby Mims is a frequent lecturer at criminal law seminars and provided presentations on various criminal defense issues.
Bobby regularly appears by request for assistance and opinions with the local media outlets.
Mr. Mims has obtained dozens of acquittals in Driving While Intoxicated cases. He is certified in the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing protocol as promulgated by the National Highway Safety Association. Recent statistics show that the acquittal rate for Mr. Mims’ clients on Driving While Intoxicated trials is over 90 percent of his cases taken to jury trials.
Bobby Mims has been a criminal defense attorney for more than 30 years in East Texas. He has handled thousands of cases in the State including Smith, Henderson, Rusk, Cherokee, Gregg, Wood, Panola, Upshur and Nacogdoches counties and numerous cases in the United States District Courts of Texas and Louisiana.
Mr. Mims is a Past President of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, a member of the Smith County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Cherokee County Bar Association, the Smith County Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Mims is a Super Fellow of the Texas Lawyers Education Institute. He is on the faculty of the Texas Criminal Trial College and has served on the faculty of the Capital Trial Advocacy Program at the Center for American and International Law. Most recently he served on the 2016 State Bar of Texas advisory committee for the Advanced Criminal Law Seminar to further educate prosecutors, Judges, and other Defense attorneys.
Awards and Honors
Awards
Honors
- Selected to Texas Super Lawyers - Bobby Mims, 2006 - Present
- Super Fellow, Texas Lawyers Education Institute
- 10.0 Superb AVVO Rating - Top Attorney
- Top 25 - Criminal Trial Lawyers
Other Sources of Feedback About Bobby Mims
Included on the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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South Texas College of Law Houston,
Houston,
Texas, 1977
J.D.
Non Legal Education
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University of Texas,
Austin,
Texas, 1974
B.B.A. -
Harvard Business School,
Boston,
Massachusetts, 1980
Executive Development Program - Texas Criminal Trial College, 1984
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney
References
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Mike R. Parks
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Don Parks
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Bill Hughey
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Joe Hinojosa
Languages
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Spanish
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English
Classes and Seminars
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Faculty, Texas Criminal Trial College
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Faculty, Capital Trial Advocacy Program at the Center for American and International Law
- Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas advisory committee, 2016 - Present
Representative Clients
Libra International
Rally Pipeline Corporation
W.K. Anderson
Published Works
Articles
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Prairie Dog Seminar in Lubbock Ethics - The Prosecutor's Duty to Disclose
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1977
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1983
Specialties and Certifications
- Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (Practitioner's Course), Platt & Associates in Houston, Texas
Other Affiliations
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Past President)
- Smith County Bar Association (Member)
- Smith County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
- Cherokee County Bar Association (Member)
- East Texas Association of Landmen, 1977 - Present (Member)
- Houston Natural Gas Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
- Advisory Committee Land Commission of Texas, 1988 - Present
- Rally Pipeline Corporation, 1986 - Present
Fraternities and Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
Photo
Contact
216 W Erwin St
#300a
Tyler, TX 75702
Phone Number: 903-871-7987
Email: Send a message
Hours: Monday to Thursday: 8:30 - 5:00; Friday: 8:30 - 12:00
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