Cynthia E. Hujar Orr Attorney

First Admitted: 1988, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.goldsteinhilley.com/our-people/cynthia-e-hujar-o...

Bar/Professional Activity:

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 30th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course, Course Director, 2017
American Bar Association, Representative, House of Delegates, 2011 - Present
San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Past President
Board of Law Examiners for the Texas State Bar Association
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1991
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1992
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990
Texas, 1989
CJA Panel Rep for the Western District of Texas
SABA Federal Courts Committee, Member
American Bar Association, Standards Committee, 2006 - Present
San Antonio Bar Association, Member
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Board of Governors
American Bar Association, Defense Functions/Services Committee, Co-Chair, 2003 - 2009
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2003 - 2004
San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Federal Courts Committee - Criminal Law Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 1999 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2005
American Bar Association: Chair, Criminal Justice Section, 2014
American Bar Association, Prosecution and Defense Standards Taskforce for Rewriting the Standards, 2006 - Present
American Bar Association, White Collar Crime Division, Co-Executive Director, 2013 - 2014
San Antonio Bar Association, Criminal Law of the Federal Court, Co-Chair
San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 1999 - 2000
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President, 2009 - 2010
American Bar Association, 1988 - Present
American Bar Association: Diversity Officer, Criminal Justice Section, 2014
American Bar Association, Vice Chair-at-Large, Criminal Justice Section, 2010 - Present
American Bar Association: Defense Functions/Services Committee Liaison to Criminal Justice Section Ad Hoc Innocence Committee to Ensure the Integrity of the Criminal Process, 2002 - 2008
William S. Sessions American Inn of Court, 2001 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1988 - Present
San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Texas Innocence Network, Co-Founder, 2000
American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Committee Section, 2001 - Present

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

State of Texas v. Zapata, No. 2001-CR-3607 (290th Judicial District Court, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas)
State v. Sosa, 1995 – Present
Davis vs. Zain, No. SA-94-CA-0094 (Bexar County, Texas)
In re Zapata, No. 01-CR-3607-W1 (2007)
U.S. vs. Rana, No. MO: 04-CR-00003 (ND Texas 2007)
State vs. Smith (2009)
U.S. vs. Moreno-Gonzalez, No. 05-14475 (11th Circuit 2007)
U.S. vs. Barry, WL 2116426, C.A.5 (Tex.), NO. 05-20838 (2007)
U.S. vs. JW (2009) -State vs. Smith (2008)
U.S. vs. B.W. (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
U.S. v. White, 258 F.3d 374 (5th Cir. 2001)
U.S. v. P.L. (Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division)
U.S. v. Richter, No. 2:97-CR-20048-001 (United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois)
Ex parte Cathcart, No. 04-98-00231-CR (Bexar County, Texas)
U.S. vs. Jose Orlando Lopez, et al., No. CR 89 0687 (United States District Court, Northern District of California)
State vs. Moreno, No. 90-CR-6371 (Bexar County, Texas)
U.S. v. Martin, No. SA-95-CR-059 (Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division)
U.S. v. Hemmingson, 157 F.3d 347 (5th Cir. 1998)
In re Grand Jury Proceedings, No. SA-94-CR-69
U.S. vs. B.B., No. 5:93-CR-056-C (Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division)
U.S. vs. In re Grand Jury Subpoena for Attorney Dan C. Guthrie (District Court, Criminal Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas)
U.S. vs. David Z. Chesnoff, No. 91-17-H-CCL (United States District Court for the District of Montana)
Cable News Network, Inc., et al. vs. Manuel A. Noriega, et al., No’s. A-370 and 90-767 (Supreme Court of the United States 1990)
In re Grand Jury Subpoena for Attorney Representing Criminal Defendant Jose Evaristo Reyes-Requena (DeGuerin), 926 F.2d 1423 (5th Cir. 1991)
U.S. vs. William Paul Covington (Moffitt/Zwerling), Cr. No. 91-00425-A (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
John Doe, John Doe 1, John Doe II through John Doe VIII vs. U.S. (United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee)
Millard Farmer, et al. vs. Randall Sherrod, et al., No. 2:93-CV-0017-J (United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas)
Oscar Goodman, Witness-Petitioner vs. U.S. (Supreme Court 1993)
State of Texas vs. Martinez, No. 71-481 (Webb County, Texas)
Ex parte Pedro Solis Sosa, No. W2 7729 (Atascosa County, Texas)
State of Texas vs. Armstrong, No. 92-CR-6425 (Bexar County, Texas)
State of Texas vs. Moseley, No. 21-9234 (Gregg County, Texas)
Mauldin v. Coats, 1989 WL 139110 (Tex. App.-Tyler 1989)
U.S. v. Wilder, 15 F. 3d 1292 (5th Cir. 1994)
In re Grand Jury Proceedings, Jean Auclair (Burton), No. 92-1116 (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
State of Texas v. Millard Farmer, et al,. Cr., No, 92-415, 861 and 92-425, 862 (72nd Judicial District Court, Lubbock County, Texas)
State of Texas vs. Heredia, No. 90-CR-6371 (Bexar County, Texas)
State of Texas vs. Powell, No. 911, 524 (Travis County, Texas)
State of Texas vs. Julian Hernandez, No. 89-CR-3036-B (Bexar County, Texas)
Moreno-Gonzales vs. U.S., No. 07-400 (U.S. Supreme Court 2008)
U.S. vs. White, 258 F.3d 374 (5th Cir. 2001)
Obtained the first Confession of Error by the State of Texas in a death penalty case, Miguel Angel Martinez vs. Gary Johnson, No. L-98-37 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Laredo Division, underlying case – State of Texas vs. Miguel Angel Martinez, Cause No. K-91-294-D3 in the 341st Judicial District Court, Webb County, Laredo, Texas.
On October 4, 2011, along with the Innocence Project, Inc. of New York, was instrumental in gaining the release of an innocent man, Michael Morton, who was convicted in 1987 for the murder of his wife, in Williamson County, Texas.
Successful before the U.S. Supreme Court with regards to money laundering in Moreno -Gonzalez vs. U.S., No. 07-400 (2008).

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Board Certified, Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1994
San Antonio Woman’s Hall of Fame, Inductee
Board Certified, Criminal Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

San Antonio Minority Business Accelerator, Co-Founder
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Women’s Opportunity Week, Co-Founder
State vs. Estrada, 2008
San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, Member

Honors/Awards:

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Presidential Award, 1994 - 1998, 2000 - 2001, 2003, 2012
San Antonio Bar Association Presidential Award “Outstanding Service,” 2010
San Antonio Bar Association Presidential Award, 1998
Presidential Recognition by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999 - 2004, 2007 - 2008
Best Lawyers in America White Collar Crime & Appellate, 2006 – 2009
Best 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas by The National Trial Lawyers
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubble, 2006 – Present
Women's Hall of Fame, Women's Hall of Fame, 2006
Spirit of Justice Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2012
President, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1998
Women's Leadership Award, San Antonio Business Journal, 2009
Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas, American Association for Justice, 2007 - Present
Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, NACDL’s most prestigious award, the Robert C. Heeney Award, is given annually to the one criminal defense attorney who best exemplifies the goals and values of the Association, and the legal profession, 2014
President's Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2000
President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2009
Celebrating Outstanding Women, San Antonio Business Journal, 2009
Minuteman Strike Force Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2012
President, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2003
President's Award, San Antonio Bar Association, 2010
Best Lawyers in America, 2005 – 2010
Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly, 2003 - Present

Educational Background:

Baylor University, Waco, Texas
University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1979

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

The State of Criminal Justice, American Bar Association, 2008 - 2009
The ABA Criminal Justice Standards for the Defense and Prosecution Function, American Bar Association, 2009
Lost Power, Texas Lawyer, December 22, 2003
Defending the Right to Defend, July/August, 2003
After All, We Are Professionals, September, 2003
The High Court Should Strike Down Laws Effecting a Power Grab by the Attorney General, October, 2003
Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?, November, 2003
We Don’t Need No Stinkin Privilege, December, 2003
The “War on Drugs” and Other Follies, January/February, 2004
Where Is The Court Going With the Fourth Amendment? Search Me…, April, 2004
We Take No Note of Time But From Its Loss, May, 2004
Evolving Standards of Decency: Support for the Death Penalty Is Waning and Habeas, Federal Court Review of New Evidence Procedurally Barred As An Abuse, Court of Criminal Appeals, June, 2004
Achieving Justice: Freeing the Innocent, Convicting the Guilty, Report of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Ad Hoc Innocence Committee to Ensure the Integrity of the Criminal Process
The Post-Postville Conference, September 18, 2008, Kansas City, MO; Topic: Ethical Considerations Governing Multiple Representations, sponsored by The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The American Immigration Lawyers Association, The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project and the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas City, Mo.
Defending Drug Cases Seminar, November 13-14, 2008, Houston, TX; Topic: Forfeiture, sponsored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Defense Champions at Battle: Charging the Line, August 22-23, 2008, Nashville, TN, Topic: Closing: It is Your Battlefield, Your Win, sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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