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Michael Gerard Peña

Michael Pena - Attorney and Counselor at Law

8441 Gulf Freeway
Suite 210
Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-222-0000

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About Michael Gerard Peña

Board Certified in Criminal Law (Since 1999) - Texas Board of Legal Specialization - State Bar of Texas (Admitted to practice 1994). Super Lawyer Honoree since 2012. Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - DWI Warrior Certification 2020. Co-author: DWI/DUI Field Sobriety Testing Revisited: A Common Sense Voir Dire & Cross Examination to Show the Tests are Designed to Cause and Score Failures, The Champion, Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, August 1996; 0.10 ALR Suspensions and DWI Prosecutions: Double Dipping into Double Jeopardy Territory, Voice for the Defense, Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, September 1995; The Ten Commandments for Detoxifying the Intoxilyzer 5000: Getting the Truth Out in DWI Cases, Voice for the Defense, June 1995; DWI Demonstative Evidence in DUI Cases, The Champion, May 1995; DWI Demonstrative Evidence: Show and Tell the Easy, Voice for the Defense, April 1995; 1994-1995 DWI Law Changes: A Client Handout, Voice for the Defense, November 1994; Assistant Feature Articles Editor, Voice for the Defense. Speaker at numerous CLE Seminars for Criminal Defense Lawyers throughout the state. Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.

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Pesky Lab Results Hindering Your Defense?

07/15/2024

By Karleigh Miller Many drunk driving cases involve a chemical test indicating what substance the government believes you are impaired by. The government utilizes testing devices to analyze and quantify the alleged substance or substances in the blood. The government then can utilize the result in Trial against you. In Trial, the government may admit the test results in through the...

Autonomous Vehicles

03/04/2024

By Lance Hendron A couple of months ago, I presented an NCDD webinar highlighting the current state of automatous driving. Since the webinar, there have been recent updates concerning the evolution of automatous driving. Probably the most significant update concerns Telsa's recall of two million vehicles considering serious concerns about its autonomous driving features. Per reports, "numerous reported cases reveal shortcomings in...

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