Executive Committee

FRANK JACKSON

Frank Jackson, J.D., is a top criminal defense attorney from Dallas, Texas, who has been nationally recognized for his dynamic trial skills and vast experience.

In over 30 years of practicing criminal law, defense expert Frank Jackson has gained well-deserved respect and admiration. The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory named Frank Jackson a preeminent attorney in the field of criminal law. This ranking system was established by fellow peers within the Dallas-area bar who rate one another on their legal and ethical ability. The distinction of preeminent is given to only 14 percent of the bar nationally. Not surprisingly, even the competition rates Jackson as one of the best.

Several Dallas news sources concur. In 2003, columnist Kent Biffle of the Dallas Morning News dubbed criminal defense attorney Frank Jackson one of the best defense lawyers in this hemisphere, while Dallas Law Magazine featured Frank Jackson as a top Texas criminal defense lawyer. D Magazine, an award-winning publication that spotlights life in Dallas/Fort Worth, named attorney Frank Jackson as one of the top 7 criminal defense lawyers in the Dallas area.

Also notable, the University of North Texas Press published Gary Lavergne's 2003 true-crime book Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law. The subject: attorney Frank Jackson's innovative cultural-insanity defense of a Moroccan national.

Excellent Criminal Defense Representation

In the process of trying more than 350 cases in courts around the nation, several high-profile clients have entrusted their criminal defense to Texas defense attorney Frank Jackson. Aggressive and out-spoken, Mr. Jackson is committed to giving his clients excellent representation. For example, Mr. Jackson:

Won a Not Guilty verdict for the former Assistant Superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD), charged with defrauding the district out of millions of dollars.

Achieved an acquittal for ex-Dallas Cowboy wide receiver, Robert Bullet Bob Hayes, in a highly-publicized DWI trial. Convicted earlier on drug charges and on parole, Mr. Hayes would have returned to prison if convicted.

Mounted a successful defense for an Assistant District Attorney charged with stealing narcotics from a locked evidence room. Though his client has caught with narcotics in his possession, Jackson argued insanity and convinced the jury to acquit his client. This was the first successful insanity defense raised in a criminal trial in Dallas in many years.

Successfully defended a narcotics officer in a civil rights case who was accused by the government of pulling a man off a dialysis machine and beating him up en route to jail. Despite a slanted newspaper story by the Dallas Times Herald, which focused negatively on his client, Frank Jackson obtained a Not Guilty verdict.

Obtained a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity verdict for a Texas Instruments employee who, distraught over his daughter's lifestyle, shot her and her friend in the front yard of the friend's house.

Scored an acquittal for a former expert Marine aviator who piloted a Marlin Swaringer airplane on which authorities found 80 pounds of cocaine.

Areas of Practice:

Criminal Law
DUI/DWI
White Collar Crimes
Criminal Fraud
Drug Violations
Federal
Felonies
Grand Jury Proceedings
Juvenile Crimies
Misdemeanor
Parole & Probation
Prosecution
Sex Offenses
Victims Rights

Bar Admissions:

Texas

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1971 J.D.

Texas A & M University, Commerce, Texas, 1968, B.S. Major: Chemistry and Biology

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1960

Published Works:

Defense of Entrapment, Criminal Defense Techniques, Matthew Bender, 1988

Redressing Prosecutorial Misconduct, Voice for the Defense, Journal of Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, May , 1983

Representative Cases:

Long v. State, 742 S.W.2d 302 (Tex. Crim. App 1987)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Board of Criminal Lawyers, Fellow.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1984-1996.

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 1983-1989.

Themis Criminal Defense Center, Founder.