Chris J. Ainsworth Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

Judicial officer with limited concurrent jurisdiction over criminal cases filed in the district courts and county criminal courts at law of Harris county and concurrent jurisdiction over criminal cases filed in the justice courts of Harris county. In criminal cases filed in the district courts and county criminal courts at law, the jurisdiction of the.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Grand Jury Division: As a Felony 2 prosecutor, managed grand jury docket of six district courts, particularly with regard to case volume, examining trial settings, and statutory deadlines. Reviewed pleadings and case.
• Intake Division: Screened approximately 22,750 calls from officers and made charging decisions in misdemeanor and felony cases. Documented 5,749 criminal case recommendations. Screened and reviewed thousands of custody.
• Probable Cause Court: Represented the State during probable cause and bail hearings in place of Felony Chief prosecutors, handling cases ranging from misdemeanors to capital murder. Reviewed summaries of facts.

Houston, Texas

• Worked on employment law, family law, probate, other civil cases, civil appeals. Responsible for lead generation, case evaluation, factual investigation, strategic planning, litigation. Practiced in U.S. District.
• Lead counsel in at least four contested civil or family trials and evidentiary hearings, second chair in numerous others. Lead counsel in over a half dozen depositions, including an out-of-state depo of corporate rep..
• Drafted appellate briefs, dispositive motions and responses, petitions and complaints, discovery motions, demand letters, real property instruments, estate documents, memoranda. Responsible for damage modeling in civil.
• Lead or played a significant role negotiating over two dozen favorable settlements in civil and family cases. Oversaw performance of settlement agreements.
• Obtained expunction-eligible dispositions of numerous charges including agg. assault with deadly weapon, tampering with a gov't document, felony theft, abandoning or endangering child, assault family violence.
• Highlights: o Used discovery requests for electronic data; analyzed data in Excel to identify about two dozen “smoking gun” documents out of thousands of pages produced, resulting in favorable settlement. o.

Houston, Texas

• Worked with senior attorneys on state criminal defense, federal criminal defense, family law, employment law, and victims’ advocacy cases.
• Highlights: o Helped obtain temporary injunction in probate case allowing autopsy of person who died under suspicious circumstances.o Helped research and draft expert report on gang membership of decedent in wrongful.

Austin, Texas Area

• Founded and managed solo law firm. Areas of practice included criminal defense, estate planning, and family law. Second chair at jury trial of felony assault of a peace officer.

• Worked under the supervision of attorneys in the Transaction Division and CAO Administration. Drafted contracts and real property conveyances. Drafted memoranda regarding various legal questions posed by local.

Houston, Texas Area

• Assisted with prosecution of misdemeanors.

Conducted 63-jurisdiction survey relating to the effect of amnesia on competency to stand trial. Reviewed habeas petitions.

Performed clerical tasks such as reception, office organization, delivery, and basic legal research.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Mock Trial, Teaching Assistant, Texas International Law JournalLaw Clerk, Journal Editor, Teaching Assistant

B.A, Russian, East European, And Eurasian Studies

Honors College