Assistant Director

D AVID L. BOTSFORD

BOTSFORD & ROARK

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Austin, Texas 78701

TEL: 512/479-8030; FAX: 512/479-8040

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EDUCATION:

BA, 1974, University of Connecticut, C um Laude ( Economics)

JD, 1977, SMU School of Law, O rder of the Coif

G raduate, National Criminal Defense College, 1988

LICENSURES:

Supreme Court of United States & Supreme Court of Texas

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth & Ninth Circuits

United States Tax Court

United States District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern & W estern Districts of Texas;

B oard Certified, Criminal Law, Texas Board Legal Specialization (l983- present)

Board Certified, Criminal Appellate Law, Texas Board Legal Specialization (2012-)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & HONORS:

State Bar of Texas

Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer Of The Year, 1 993, Criminal Justice Section of the State Bar of Texas

Criminal Law Examination Commission (1985 - 2005) (drafting and grading of Criminal Law Specialization

Examination for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization)

Criminal Justice Section, Council Member (1997-2000; 2001-2004; 2006-present)

Course Director, Advanced Criminal Law Course 2005

Member, Committee on Pattern Jury Charges - Criminal (2009-present)

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

P resident (1996-1997); President-Elect (1995-1996); First Vice-President (1994-1995); Second Vice-President

(1993-1994); Treasurer (1992-1993); Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (1991-1992); Member (1978-present)

Amicus Curiae Committee (Member, 1979 to 1981, l983 to 1985)(Chairperson, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990)

TCDLA Presidential Award of Excellence 1989, 1990 through 1994

Fellow & Super Fellow, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Institute 1990

Director, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Institute 1990

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

T exas Association of Board Certified Specialists in Criminal Law, President (1991-1992)

Listed in T he Best Lawyers In America ( 1995-2013)(currently listed under Appellate Law, Non-W hite-Collar Criminal

Defense & W hite-Collar Criminal Defense); Named Best Laywers Lawyer of the Year 2013, Criminal Defense:

W hite-Collar, Austin, Texas

Listed in the N ational Directory of Criminal Lawyers ( Barry Tarlow, Editor)

Listed as 1 of 5 Top Notch "Go-To" Lawyers in Texas Criminal Defense Practice by T exas Lawyer ( October 2002)

Listed as the "Go To Lawyer" in Texas Criminal Defense Practice by T exas Lawyer ( October 2007)

Listed as one of five finalists for the Go To Lawyer in Texas Criminal Defense Practice by T exas Lawyer ( August

2012)

Named the Best Lawyers 2013 Austin Criminal Defense Attorney: W hite-Collar Lawyer of the Year

Listed as a "SuperLawyer" by T exas Lawyer ( 2003-present)

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell (1985-present)

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell (2011- present)

Listed in W ho s W ho in the W orld (2005, 2009-present)

Listed in W ho s W ho In America (2004- present)

Listed in W ho s W ho In American Law (1998-1999, 2005-2008)

America s Most Honored Professionals (2011-)

TESTIM ONY BEFORE UNITED STATES CONGRESS:

Testified Before The Senate Committee On The Judiciary during the "Hearing to Examine the Prosecution of Ignacio

Ramos and Jose' Compean," July 17, 2007 (W ashington, D.C.)

Testified Before The House Committee O n Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human

Rights, and Oversight, during the hearing entitled "The Case of Ramos and Compean: The Across-Border

Context," July 31, 2007 (W ashington, D.C.)

PUBLICATIONS:

Speaker and author for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers (1978 -present), Criminal Defense Lawyers Project (1981-

present), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Institute (1982-present), State Bar of Texas (Advanced Criminal

Law Course, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1990-2012), and the Texas District & County Attorneys Association's Annual

Convention (1993, 1998 & 2001).

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