Jim Butler

Jim Butler is Board Certified in DUI Defense by the DUI Defense Lawyer's Association. He received certification by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the Administration and Interpretation of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test Battery, as well as certification as an Instructor of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. In 2010 he attended Axion Labs in Chicago, where he learned Gas Chromatography, the science used to test blood in DWI cases. Jim is a 2013 graduate of The Trial Lawyers College in Dubois Wyoming, where he learned how to discover and tell the client's story from legendary criminal defense lawyer Gerry Spence. Jim is a Founding Member of the DUI Defense Lawyer's Association, a member of the National College for DUI Defense, The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, and The Harris County Criminal Lawyer's Association. He is also a Member of The College of The State Bar of Texas, "a professional society of legal scholars who are leaders in the Texas legal community and champions of legal education."

South Texas College of Law

J.D. (1992)

Baylor University

B.A. (1988)

Owner

Butler Law Firm

1993 - Current

For over 30 years, The Butler Law Firm has helped people charged with DWI.

Using Science to Win in Trial, Top Gun DWI Defense, Austin, Texas

2018

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

I presented on a method I had used in trial, which manipulated elimination and absorption rates to suggest alternative possible BAC results.

Board Certified in DUI Defense

DUI Defense Lawyers Association

2018

Certificate of Completion Forensic Chromatography XXIX: Theory and Practice

Axion Labs

2023

I went back for a second helping of Gas Chromatography (and Chicago Pizza).

DUIDLA Board Certification in DUI Law

DUIDLA - The DUI Defense Lawyers Association

2018

I was one of the first three lawyers in the country to pass the DUIDLA Board Certification exam.

Graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College at Thunderhead Ranch, Dubois Wyoming

The Trial Lawyer College

2012

I took three weeks out of my life to learn how to discover and tell the client's story from Gerry Spence at the Trial Lawyers College at Thunderhead Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming.

DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Course

NHTSA and the International Association of Chiefs of Police

2011

I completed the course where officers learn how to teach the standardized field sobriety testing battery to other officers.

Certificate of Completion of Drug Recognition Overview Course

International Order of Chiefs of Police

2011

This is the initial 20 hour course that must be completed by officers who wish to become DRE's (Drug Recognition Evaluator's).

DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA)

Founding Member

2014 - Current

National College of DUI Defense (NCDD)

1995 - Current

National College of DUI Defense (NCDD)

1995 - Current

Texas State Bar  # 00785738

Member

1993 - Current

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Member

1993 - Current

Texas

Since 1993

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Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

DUI & DWI