Georgetown, TX Award Winning Criminal Defense Attorney
Since 1994, Georgetown, Tx based criminal defense lawyer Russ Hunt, Jr. has represented individuals accused of state and federal crimes in Williamson, McLennan and Travis counties and across Central Texas. He is Board Certified as a Criminal Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He served as President of both the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and as President of the Williamson County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Russ has also been awarded the coveted "AV" rating by the prestigious Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory and named by Texas Monthly Magazine as one of Texas' Super Lawyers in the area of criminal defense.
Awards
- 2008-2020 SuperLawyer
- 2009-2020 Martindale-Hubbell “AV” peer review rating
- AVVO attorney website perfect "10.0" rating
Board Certified in Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization , 2000-present
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Board member 2008-2009
- Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association ; Presiding director 2006-2007
- Williamson County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association–Founding Vice President 2012-2014; President 2014-2015
Speaking Engagements
- 2008–“Probation Revocations” for ACDLA “Nuts and Bolts Seminar”
- 2008–“Challenging and Litigating Inventory Searches” for Austin CDLA Friday Lunch Seminar
- 2009–“Challenging and Litigating Inventory Searches” for McLennan CDLA Friday Lunch Seminar
- 2014–“Trying a Death Penalty Case” for Williamson CLDA Lunch Seminar
- 2015–“Legislative Update” Williamson CLDA Lunch Seminar
- 2016–“Developing a Theory of the Case” Austin Bar Association/CAPDS Capital Murder Defense Seminar
- 2017-"Pretrial Motions Practice" Bell County Bar Association Spring CLE
- 2017-"Death Penalty Law" Bell County Bar Association Fall CLE
- 2017-"Capital Jury Selection" Austin Bar Association/Capital Area Private Defender Service Capital Murder Seminar
- 2018-"General Voir Dire in Capital Cases" Center for International and American Law
- 2018-"Developing a Theory of the Case" and "Using Mitigation"-TCDLA capital murder defense seminar South Padre Island
- 2018-"Capital Jury Selection"-CAPDS Capital Murder Seminar
- 2019-"Trying Homicide Cases" ACDLA brown bag seminar
- 2019-"Capital Jury Selection"-CAPDS Capital Murder Seminar
Licensed to practice law in:
- The State of Texas, 1994
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1995
- United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996
- United States Supreme Court, 1998
Education
- 1994, University of Texas School of Law , Juris Doctor
- 1993, Fall semester spent at College of Queen Mary and Westerfield (now part of the University of London system) studying international law
- 1991, Austin College , Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy concentration