Jim Huggler is Board Certified in Criminal Law and Criminal Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and was awarded an AV Martindale Hubbell rating.  Jim is a leader in the bar having served three terms as President of the Smith County Criminal Defense Lawyers and as President of the Smith County Bar Association and the Smith County Bar Foundation.  He serves on the State Bar CLE Committee and the Advanced Criminal Law Course Planning Committee.  He is a frequent speaker at state, local and regional CLE for lawyers.  In 2011 he received the Weldon Holcomb Award from the Smith County Criminal Defense Bar and in 2012 the Smith County Bar Association Award of Excellence.  Jim practices in state and federal court and has represented more than 400 clients in post-conviction matters before the Fifth Circuit, Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and seven Texas Courts of Appeal.