The Law Office of David R. Lee & Assoc.

PERSONAL HISTORY

• I was born in Northern California in late 1952.  Yes, tis true; a youngster I am not.  I lived there with my family until right after I graduated from high school in June of 1970.  That was 39+ years ago!   I have lived and worked here in Houston - save for my 4 year stint in the U.S. Navy - ever since.
• My education was in political science and Law at the University of Houston. 
  • My Degrees: B.S., Political Science and J.D., Jurisprudence were awarded in May 1980, and December 1983.  
  • I was licensed to practice in September 1984.  I have practiced only criminal law since I successfully ended my last major civil case in Dec. 1990. 
  • For fourteen years I worked for a firm that almost exclusively did traffic and other Class C (non-jailable) Misdemeanor criminal cases. 

• After leaving to start my own practice, I began to specialize in representing CDL (Class A and B Commercial Driver's License) holders. 
• Since then I have also broadened my practice to include all levels of alleged criminal activity, from the most serious; the "M word", to the frankly ridiculous; disrupting school (an inopportune sneeze is about all it takes).  

• I also became a lobbyist and successfully authored and achieved the passage of a change to the law that now allows CDL holders to have deferred adjudication for non-moving offenses. 
  • Why that is important is a  v-e-r-y  l--o---n----g  story.   We got that done without spending, gifting, contributing etc. a dime to the legislators who helped us.  I did that for the truck drivers through the sheer power of persuasion.  
  • I was involved for years in the fight to keep the red light cameras and other electronic traffic enforcement measures out of our State.   But for subtrefuge on the part of its proponents, we would have kept winning that fight, too.   Red Light Cameras are not criminal traffic charges like regular tickets are.  Accordingly, we do not handle red light camera tickets . . . because they aren't tickets, they're invoices!

• I am a bar leader and
  • former President and Lifetime Director of the Harris County and (Statewide) Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas. 
  • I serve on the Texas Office of Court Administration Legislative Working Group. 
  • I am a Member in good standing of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. 
  • I will shortly renew my membership in the both College of the State Bar of Texas, and
  •  Houston Bar Association and join, for the first time, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association. 

I am serious about learning as much as I can in aid of your rights and interests, and of staying current in that knowledge so I can use it to best represent and protect your interests.

• From June 2003 - Apr 2004 I shared office space with the Monks Law Firm.  They helped me get started at no cost.  They were very gracious with me, but we are natural competitors.  Being in the same spaces suited neither of us , and so I sought and found alternative business offices.
• From Apr 2004 mid 2008, my office was located at 9950 Cypresswood Dr., suite 240 (Cypresswood and 249).  The building was past its prime and the owner would not invest in keeping it in tip-top shape.  Plus he wanted higher than market rates for sub-par property.  
• After Hurricane Ike  I moved to our current offices at 3920 FM 1960 West, Suite 335.  Result: HERE WE ARE!

• I am well and truly married, and very happily so, to wonderful woman and live in Northwest Harris County.