Aba Criminal Justice Section 2011 - Apr 2016
Past Chair
Texas Board of Law Examiners 2011 - Apr 2016
Member of the Board
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce 2007 - 2011
Member
Nacdl 2007 - 2011
Past President and House of Delegates Representative To the Aba
Power Women 2006 - 2009
Member
Education:
St. Mary's University School of Law 1984 - 1988
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctorates, Law
The University of Texas at Austin 1978 - 1979
Bachelors, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration, Business
Baylor University 1975 - 1978
Skills:
Appeals Criminal Law Trials Criminal Defense Litigation Courts Legal Research Legal Issues Trial Practice White Collar Criminal Defense Legal Writing Hearings Dispute Public Speaking Criminal Justice Arbitration Legal Assistance Criminal Defense Lawyer Torts Defense Product Liability Federal Law Personal Injury Litigation Civil Rights Nonprofits Immigration Law International Law Federal Courts Fundraising Prosecution Non Profits
In another instance, Cynthia Orr, a defense lawyer in San Antonio, recalled that while working on a pornography case in the early 2000s, federal prosecutors used mail covers to track communications between her team of lawyers and a client who was facing obscenity and tax evasion charges. Ms. Orr com
Unlike most states, the state of Texas already allows you to appeal under very narrow circumstances, and it hasn't opened the floodgates, said Cynthia Orr, a past president of the National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.