Attorney Profile
Jorge G. Aristotelidis USA Criminal Defense Trial
Lawyer
Certifications
& Memberships:
Board Certified
in Criminal Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization (recertified 2007)
Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2011)
Member, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association (TCDLA)
Member, Criminal Justice Act A+ Panel
Former director (2005-2009), current secretary (2010-2011) for the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Firm Established:
1992
Born:
Houston, Texas, January 26, 1967
Bar Admissions:
All Courts in Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court of Wyoming
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Education:
1989 University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Political Science)
1992 University of Texas At Austin (J.D.)
Experience:
2011-Present: De Mott, McChesney, Curtright & Armendariz, LLC.
1992-1999: 2002-2011: Law Office of Jorge G. Aristotelidis
1999-2002 Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, Laredo
Division
Author:
Co-presented "Padilla v. Kentucky: What You Need to Know When Defending a Foreign National in Criminal Cases," 2011 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Moderated by Joseph B. De Mott, of De Mott, McChesney, Curtright & Armendariz, LLC (June 24th, 2011).
Co-presented, with Javier Maldonado of San Antonio,
“The Criminal Landscape after Padilla,” at the Advanced Immigration Law Course, by
the State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, February 24th, 2011.
Presented “Piercing the Search Warrant Veils,” at the “7th Annual Nuts & Bolts Seminar,”
by the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (SACDLA),” November 5, 2010.
Presented “Advising Criminal Defendants after Padilla,” at the “Federal Criminal Law Update,”
sponsored by the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Texas at the Baylor Law
School, Waco, Texas, October 28, 2010.
Presented “Cross-Examination Law, Crawford, General Criminal Law Update,” at the “Ultimate
Cross-Examination Seminar,” sponsored by SACDLA, August 20, 2010.
Presented, via live webcast, “Advising Immigrants after Padilla,” with Javier Maldonado
of San Antonio and Brian Bates of Dallas, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas,
August 18, 2010.
Co-presented, with Lance Curtright (Bd. Cert. Immigration
Law TBLS) "Padilla v. Kentucky, A New Obligation for Criminal Defense Attorneys,"
and "The Padilla Rule," respectively, by the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association (SACDLA), April 20, 2010.
Presented "Piercing the
Veil of Search Warrants," at the "6th Annual Nuts & Bolts Seminar" by the San Antonio Criminal
Defense Lawyers Association, November 20, 2009.
Presented "Crawford/Davis Update," at the Advanced Trial
Series, by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) in Laredo (February
22nd, 2008) and Del Rio, Texas (April 4th, 2008).
Presented “Suppressing Drugs and Guns: How to Win Without Picking a Jury”,
at the Fourth Annual Nuts & Bolts Seminar by the San Antonio Criminal Defense
Lawyers Association (SACDLA), November 9, 2007.
Presented “TrainedCanines and the Fourth Amendment,” for SACDLA on January
25, 2007. See “www.sacdla.com”.
Presented “Search and Seizure in a Drug Case, Second Annual Nuts n Bolts Seminar
by San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, November 17, 2005
“Trained Canines at the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A Review of Current Fifth
Circuit Law and a Call for Change”, 5 Scholar 227 (2003)
Presented “Canine Searches at the Border: A Review of Current Law and a Call
for Change”, Sixteenth Annual Federal Public Defender Staff Conference and
Seminar, August 2001
Presented “Cutting Edge Issues in Illegal Entry Cases”, Nuevas Fronteras
en Defenses Fronteriza-II/Advanced Criminal Defense In Border Casses-II New Mexico
Criminal Defense Lawyers Association seminar – May 2000