Jason Speer English

2017 - Current

Hernandez and English, LLP

Partner

Jason English and Alex Hernandez are Partners in the Austin Texas area handling civil and criminal matters. We handle matters in Travis, Hays, Caldwell, Williamson, Bastrop, Guadalupe and other Central Texas counties through our Austin office location.

2017 - Current

Jason S. English Law, PLLC

Founder and Partner

Focusing on personal injury, probate and criminal cases in Texas.

2007 - 2017

Travis County District Attorney's Office

Assistant District Attorney - Special Prosecutions

• Community Prosecutor and Liaison with the Austin Police Department and members of community. • Prosecute Public Officials, Public Corruption, and White Collar Crime for the Public Integrity Unit. • Implement Drug Market Initiative at 12th/Chicon to rehabilitate drug blighted community and divert and rehabilitate drug dealers without incarceration but with community partnerships. • Advise and Coordinate with the Austin Police Department on special problems and resulting initiatives. • Coordinate the prosecution of felony offenders with law enforcement agencies. • Represent Travis County District Attorney’s Office at local, state, and federal meetings. • First-Chair felony prosecution; beginning with voir dire and ending with closing arguments. • Present indictments to the Grand Jury.

2003 - 2006

Hays County District Attorney's Office

Assistant District Attorney

• First-Chair felony prosecution; beginning with voir dire and ending with closing arguments. • Present indictments to the Grand Jury. • Defend convictions on appeal, as well as, submit briefs in the prosecution of the State’s limited right to appeal. • Advise and manage four attorneys and a court docket of 4,000+ cases, as Chief of the Hays County District Attorney’s Office Misdemeanor Division. • Lecturer at Citizen’s Police Academy for both Hays County Sheriff’s Office and San Marcos Police Department, as well as, presenter at San Marcos High School.

2002 - 2003

Cameron County District Attorney's Office

Assistant District Attorney

Prosecuted Misdemeanor and Felony Criminal Cases, • Establish probable cause for arrests at preliminary hearings, and request appropriate bond amounts. • Argue before magistrates and judges to secure protective orders for victims of domestic violence.

2001 - 2002

Law Offices of Harold English

Associate

Handled personal injury, family law, as well as, wills and probate cases in Tarrant County, Texas.

1999 - 2001

St. Mary's University School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) (2001)

1997

Texas A&M University - College Station

B.A. (1997)