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Philip H. Hilder
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.
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