Profile: Attorney Ned Barnett
Our law firm's founding attorney, Ned Barnett, is a native Houstonian who is dedicated to success in criminal defense - just like his father, grandfathers and great grandfather before him. Mr. Barnett began his career as a state prosecutor for the Galveston County Criminal District Attorney's Office and then as a federal prosecutor for the Department of Justice with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston. He uses his prosecutor's perspective to help our criminal defense clients get the best possible results.
Ned Barnett is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Well respected in the legal profession, Mr. Barnett's experience and training have earned him many invitations to speak to other attorneys about success in criminal defense. Areas of Practice:
- Criminal Law
- DUI / DWI
- White Collar Crimes
- Criminal Defense
- State and Federal Criminal Law
- Felonies
- Misdemeanors
- Sex Crimes
- Drugs & Narcotics
- Post Conviction Proceedings
- Expunctions
Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
- Criminal Law Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1987
- U.S. District Court Souther District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Easter District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1987
Juris Doctor
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1984
B.B.A.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Member
- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association Member
- State Bar College Member
- National College for DUI Defense Founding Member
Past Employment Positions:
- United States Attorney's Office (Houston, Texas), Assistant United States Attorney, 1991 - 1994
- Galveston County Criminal District Attorney's OFfice, Assistant District Attorney, 1988-1991