“While There Is A Soul In Prison, I Am Not Free.

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Edward Stapleton

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Practice Areas:

  • Criminal Defense 50%
  • Appeals 50%

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
    • J.D. - 1975
  • University of Texas
    • Major: Plan II

Bar Admission

  • Supreme Court of Texas, 1976
  • Supreme Court of the United States, 1982
  • United States Southern District of Texas, 1981

Published Works

  • Co-Author, Spine at Trial, American Bar Association
  • Defending the Indigent Accused, Pocketbook

Honors

  • Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer, Cameron County Bar, 2017

Classes & Seminars

  • Faculty Member, Trial Lawyers College, 1996 – 2012
  • Faculty Member, TCDLA Psychodrama, 2012 
  • Adjunct Teacher in Trial Advocacy, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, 2001

Past Positions

  • Brownsville, Assistant Federal Public Defender
  • Fort Worth, Assistant Federal Public Defender