Rick Oliver
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in Houston, Texas
Practice Areas:
Criminal defense,
Assault & battery,
Drug & alcohol violations,
Sex offenses,
Traffic violations
Education Qualification:
South Texas College of Law Houston
Practice Areas:
Criminal defense,
Assault & battery,
Drug & alcohol violations,
Sex offenses,
Traffic violations
3010 Engelke StHouston, Texas, 77003
First Admitted: 2007, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://rickoliverlaw.com/about/
Verdicts / Settlements:
- State v. M.A. - Assault Family Member - Mistrial, 2021
- A.R. v. State - Appeal - Affirmed by CCA, 2020
- State v. B.M - Sexual Assault Child - Guilty, 2019
- State v. W.G. - Agg. Assault with Deadly Weapon - Mistrial, 2019
- State v. I.N. - Felon with Weapon - Mistrial, 2019
- State v. J.A. - Agg. Assault - Family Member - Guilty, 2015
- State v. I.S-R - DWI - Not Guilty, 2014
- State v. T.S. - DWI - Guilty, 2014
- J.B. v. State - PDR granted - but conviction was affirmed by CCA, 2014
- State v. R.G. - DWI - Guilty, 2014
- State v. J.V - DWI - Guilty, 2014
- State v. O.G. - Criminal Mischief - Not Guilty , 2013
- State v. W.C. - Assault Family Member - Not Guilty, 2013
- State v. K.R - Racing (causing SBI/death)- Not Guilty, 2013
- State v. B.P. - Sexual Assault Child - Guilty, 2013
- State v. R.T. - Assault Family Member - No Bill, 2012
- State v. A.C. - Injury to Child Under 15/Bodily Injury - No Bill, 2012
- State v. G. A. - DWI - Guilty, 2012
- State v. U.V. - DWI - Guilty, 2012
- State v. R.J. - DWI - Guilty, 2011
- State v. J.N. - DWI 2nd - Not Guilty, 2011
- State v. Matthew Morris - DWI - Guilty, 2011
- State v. L. B. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2011
- State v. D.McN - DWI - Not Guilty, 2011
- State v. J.K. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2011
- State v. P.G. - Sexual Assault - No Bill , 2010
- State v. J.C. - DWI - Guilty, 2010
- State v. P.M. - DWI - Guilty, 2010
- State v. J.B. - DWI - Guilty, 2010
- State v. F.V. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2010
- State v. D.J. - Possession of Marihuana - Not Guilty, 2010
- State v. S.E. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2009
- State v. R.M. - DWI - Not Guilty , 2009
- State v. R. B. - DWI - Guilty, 2009
- State v. B.S. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2009
- State v. R.H. - DWI - Guilty, 2009
- State v. E.F. - DWI - Guilty, 2009
- State v. R.D. - DWI - Not Guilty, 2009
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- Board Certified (TBLS) - Criminal Law, 2015
Educational Background:
- Trinity University - M.S., Accounting, 2001
- Trinity University - B.S., Business Administration, 2000
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- I was contacted by an editor of The Defender magazine. She asked me to write the story of one of our colleagues from when he was a police officer. I interviewed the colleague, Earl Musick, and reviewed several additional documents, and related cases, and wrote this article. It starts with a jewelry heist and ends with an attempted bank robbery. , Author, War Stories: Honor and Thieves, The Defender, Criminal Defense, 2018
- A colleague was asked by an editor for the magazine to submit a biographical article about his life for publication in The Defender. He had read my previous articles and asked that I interview him and write the article. , Author, The Serpent and the Light, The Defender, Criminal Defense, 2017
- This is an article about the importance of the presumption of innocence and the role of the defense lawyer in protecting it. , Author, We are Unless, The Defender, Criminal Defense, 2016
- The Lifeguard is a fictional telling of a lawyer suffering with depression and anxiety, who is rescued by a TLAP operator. , Author, The Lifeguard, The Defender, HCCLA, 2015
- I co-wrote this article with Mark Thiessen. It is a fictional story in which famed writer and iconoclast Hunter S. Thompson ventures into Texas and is arrested for DWI. , Author, Fear and Loathing in South Texas (if Hunter S Thompson got a DWI in Texas), The Defender and The Voice, Legal, 2015
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- A.R. v. State - I was hired to appeal a conviction for sexual assault that included an enhancement for bigamy pursuant to CCP section 22.011(f). PDR was granted, but the conviction was ultimately affirmed by the CCA. , 2020
- State v. I.N. - Felon with Weapon - Mistrial, 2019
- State v. W. G. - Agg. Assault with Deadly Weapon - Mistrial, 2019
- J.B. v. State - PDR was granted on a jury charge issue. The CCA reversed the lower court's decision. Ultimately, the 10th COA reversed the trial court and remanded the case. I handled the PDR and the brief in the CCA. The 10th COA reversed its prior decision without the submission of any briefs. , 2014
- State v. K.R. - Racing (causing SBI/death)- Not Guilty, 2013
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