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State and Federal Criminal Trial PracticeOver 200 State Grand Jury PresentationsOver 500 DWI Jury and Bench TrialsHealth Care Fraud InvestigationsInsurance Fraud InvestigationsTom Pappas attended Southern Methodist University (B.S. cum laude 1981; B.A. 1981; J.D. 1984). He joined the Firm in 1984. From 1995 to 1997 he participated in the SMU Criminal Justice Clinic as Staff Attorney. He is licensed to practice law in Texas; the United States District Courts--Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; and Eastern District of Arkansas; and the United States Court of Appeals--Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. He has written and lectured numerous times at criminal law seminars and has had articles published in Voice for the Defense magazine. He has instructed at the North Central Texas Counsel of Governments Police Academy on the Use of Force and Deadly Force since 1994. He was President of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 1993.
Texas, 1985
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
SMU Criminal Justice Clinic, 1995 - 1997 (Staff Attorney)
Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1993 (President)
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1981 B.S.
Honors: cum laude, Major: Economics
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1981 B.A.Major: History
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1984 J.D.