Mark W. Bennett
Houston, TX Criminal Defense Attorney
After growing up overseas (in India, Thailand, and Germany) Mark Bennett moved to Houston to go to Rice University, and stuck. On his graduation with honors from University of Houston Law center in 1995, he opened up his own practice defending people accused of crimes.
Since 1995 Mark has earned a reputation as a compassionate, tenacious, and brilliant advocate for his clients, and has been honored by both the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association for his work in Houston and statewide.
Mark has a low-volume trial, appellate, and postconviction practice, giving him plenty of time to help each client, as well as to train other lawyers and to develop his own skills.
To become a better lawyer, Mark has studied psychodrama, improvisation, hypnosis, and psychology, among many other fields, and has introduced many of his peers to useful aspects of these disciplines.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Fraud, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
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- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
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- Texas
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- 5th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
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- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken
- Partner
- Bennett & Bennett
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- Trial Lawyers College
- Trial Lawyering
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- University Of Houston
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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- Rice University
- B.A. (1992) | Religious Studies
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- Lead Counsel Verified
- Lead Counsel
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Lead Counsel Verified
- Lead Counsel
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- First Amendment Lawyers Association
- Member
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- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
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- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
- President
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- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
- Vice President
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- Board Certified, Criminal Trial Law
- Texas Board Of Legal Specialization
Mark Bennett Argues Texas Revenge-Porn Statute in First Court of Appeals
Lawyer Mark Bennett argues the unconstitutionality of section 21.16(b) of the Texas Penal Code in Texas's First Court of Appeals at Houston.
07-20-00238-CR Ex parte Rodger Claycomb
07-20-00238-CR Ex parte Rodger Claycomb
Bennett argues 33.07 before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.
Mark Bennett arguing a First Amendment issue (the unconstitutionality of Section 33.07 of the Texas Penal Code) before Texas's Fourteenth Court of Appeals.
Mark Bennett at the Georgia Supreme Court
Bennett argues at the Supreme Court of Georgia in 2016.
Mark W. Bennett Argues a Sex Crime Expunction Case at the Texas Supreme Court
Back on January 29th of 2020 Attorney Mark W. Bennett appeared in a hearing at the Texas Supreme Court to argue an expunction case involving criminal charges related to the sexual solicitation of a child for sexual gratification.
