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Gerald H. “Gerry” Goldstein

Goldstein, Goldstein, Hilley & Orr
Texas (Southern)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)Civil Rights LitigationCriminal Defense Litigation
29th Floor, Tower Life Bldg., 310 S. St. Mary's St., San Antonio, Texas 78205

Gerald H. “Gerry” Goldstein

Goldstein, Goldstein, Hilley & Orr
Texas (Southern)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)Civil Rights LitigationCriminal Defense Litigation
29th Floor, Tower Life Bldg., 310 S. St. Mary's St., San Antonio, Texas 78205
210-226-1463
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GERALD H. “GERRY” GOLDSTEIN

GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN, HILLEY & ORR

29TH Floor

Tower Life Bldg.

310 S. St. Mary’s Street

San Antonio, Texas    78205

 

 

 

PRACTICE:                                      State and Federal Trial and Appellate.

BORN:                                               Santa Maria, California, January 29, 1944

PREPARATORY EDUCATION:  Tulane University (B.B.A., 1965)

LEGAL EDUCATION:                   University of Texas (J.D., 1968)

BAR ADMISSIONS:                       Texas (1968), Colorado (1989); U.S. Supreme

Court (1975); U.S. District Court’s for the Western

District of Texas (1970); Southern District of Texas (2000); Northern District of Texas (2002); Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth (1982), Fifth (1970), Eighth (1983), Ninth (1979), Tenth (1983) and Eleventh (1981) Circuits

 

Board Certified, Criminal Law, State Bar of Texas, 1975

Board Certified, Criminal Appellate Law, State Bar of Texas 2012

 

 

TEACHING POSITIONS:

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (1982 to 1993);

Adjunct Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas (1998-present);

Lecturer, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Criminal Law Course (1975 to present); State Bar of Texas, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Texas State Bar Criminal Law Institutes (1974 to present); Texas Center for The Judiciary, 2012 Winter Regional Conferences, San Antonio, Texas.

 

ORGANIZATIONS:

Past President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (1994-1995);

Past President, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (1992-1993);

Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers [1997 to present];

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers [1991 to present];

American Board of Criminal Lawyers [1987 to present];

American Board of Trial Advocates [1997 to present];

Dean’s Round Table, University of Texas School of Law [1989 to present];

General Counsel for the Texas Civil Liberties Union (1979-1985];

San Antonio Bar Association, Board of Directors [1977-1978];

Faculty, National Criminal Defense College [1975 to 1995];

Fellow, State Bar Foundation [1976 to present];

American Bar Association [1968 to present];

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

 

AWARDS:

Recipient of the Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award [Outstanding Criminal Defense Attorney

in the United States from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for 1991];

Recipient of the Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer in Texas from the State Bar of Texas

for 1991;

"Texas Legal Legends", State Bar of Texas, Litigation Council, November, 2011

Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award [Outstanding Contribution to Criminal Advocacy] from

the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 1993.

Recipient of the John Henry Faulk Civil Libertarian of the Year Award from the American

Civil Liberties Union for 1999.

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers "Hall of Fame" (inducted 2002)

Best Lawyers in American [1987 to present]

Texas Lawyer, one of five "Top Notch" Criminal Defense Lawyers in Texas (2012)

TCDLA Minute Men Strike Force Award (2012)

San Antonio Bar Association, Hall of Fame Award, 50th Annual Criminal Law Seminar

in Honor of Judge A.A. Semaan (2013)

First Annual Michael J. Kennedy Social Justice Award, NORML, Washington D.C.

(May, 2016)

William S. Sessions American Inns of Court First Annual Goldstein Award of

Excellence (2016)

San Antonio Bar Association, Joe Frazier Brown, Jr., Award of Excellence for

Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Legal Community & Citizens of Texas, 2016

 

 

Texas Monthly - Texas Super Lawyers,

Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers in Texas,

Top 50 Central and West Texas Region Super Lawyers,

Criminal Defense: White Collar (2003 to present);

Scene in SA Monthly - San Antonio’s Best Attorneys,

San Antonio Law, Top Ten Lawyers (2004 to present);

Texas Lawyer Legal Legends, 100 Best Lawyers over last century (100 Year Anniversary

of State Bar of Texas) [2000];

Marquis Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American Law, 14th Edition, 2006-2008

 

 

 

 

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