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Philip H. Hilder
819 Lovett
Houston, Texas 77006
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PHILIP H. HILDER formerly the attorney-in-charge of the Houston Field Office of the United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force. In that capacity, Mr. Hilder combined prosecutorial responsibilities and investigative techniques against sophisticated organized crime targets. This required coordination of investigative efforts with federal agents from the inception of target identifications through grand jury proceedings, continuing on to the ultimate prosecution. Prior to his appointment as a special attorney with the Justice Department, Mr. Hilder was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Texas with the Presidential Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. In that capacity, he coordinated interagency, interjurisdictional and international efforts against international organized crime drug trafficking.
Since leaving government service in 1990, Mr. Hilder has practiced in the area of white collar criminal defense and related litigation. In 1995 he was elected president of the Federal Bar Association, Houston Chapter. In 1997 he was appointed as Special Counsel for an attorney disciplinary proceeding by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In 1998 he was appointed by the State Bar of Texas to serve as a grievance panel member (present). In 1999 Mr. Hilder was selected by the Department of Justice/ American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative to train Albanian Judges and attorneys in the adversary system. In 2003 and 2004, he was named a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine. In 2004, Mr. Hilder was named by Texas Monthly Magazine as a top Houston lawyer, and in 2005, he was named by the magazine as a top lawyer for the people. Mr. Hilder has consistently received the highest rating from the Martindale-Hubbell legal network (AV) and is listed in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers.
Mr. Hilder is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois (1981) and Texas (1985); and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; Northern District of Illinois; and District of Arizona. Mr. Hilder graduated with honors from the University of Iowa (B.A. 1977) and received his law degree from Boston College Law School (J.D. 1981). He has been active in bar activities: Federal Bar Association (President, Houston Chapter, 1995-96; Board of Directors,1993-2004; Chair, Criminal Law Subcommittee, present; National Delegate, 1996-97; Vice-President, 1994-95; Secretary, 1993-94); Houston Bar Association Foundation Member; Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Association (Committee on White Collar Criminal Defense, current Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on Securities Fraud); Bar Association for the Fifth Federal Circuit; and College of the State Bar of Texas.
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- Litigation
- Illinois, 1981
- Texas, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1985
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Federal Court
- Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts,
1981
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board
Law Review:
Staff Writer, Boston College Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest, 1979 - 1980
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board
Honors: With Honors
- The Federal Roundup: Corporate Law Compliance Programs: A Necessary By-Product of the Recent Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, Docket, Nov/Dec, 1991
- Defense Contractors
- Healthcare
- Instructor, Attorney General's Advocate Institute, Washington, District of Columbia,
1987
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Federal Bar Association
- President-Elect, Houston Chapter
- State Bar of Texas
- Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Member
- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
- Houston Bar Association
- Member
- Illinois State Bar
- Member
- Inns of Court
- Master of the Bench
- American Bar Association, Member, Section of
- White Collar Crime, Subcommittee on Financial Institution Fraud
- American Bar Association, Member, Subcommittee on
- Corporate Criminal Liability/Organizational Sentencing Guidelines
- American Bar Association
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care Fraud and Abuse
- American Bar Association
- Member, Subcommittee on Bank Fraud
- United States Attorney's Office, Houston, Texas, Assistant United States Attorney,
1990
- United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, Houston Field Office, Attorney in Charge,
1987
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1990
- United States Attorney's Office, Houston, Texas, Assistant United States Attorney,
1984
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1987
- Clausen Miller, Chicago, Illinois,
1981
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1984
- July 2, 1955, Highland Park, Illinois, United States of America
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