Jorge G. Aristotelidis

Board Certified in Criminal Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization (recertified 2007)
Member, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association (TCDLA)
Member, Criminal Justice Act A+ Panel
Former director (2005-2009), current treasurer (2009-2010) for the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

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 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, LLP
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, 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