Mike Ware

Since July 2007, Mr. Ware has been an Assistant District Attorney with Dallas County as the Special Fields Bureau Chief and as the head of the District Attorney's office Conviction Integrity Unit.  He graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a degree in philosophy.  He graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1983, where he was Research Editor for the Houston Law Review and the Houston Law Review’ Texas Rules of Evidence Handbook.  He was a law clerk for United States District Judge David O. Belew, Jr. in Fort Worth, Texas from 1983-1984.  In 1984, Mr. Ware began private practice, primarily in criminal defense.  His practice included the representation of police officers in criminal, civil, and administrative matters as well as whistle-blower claims.  He became board certified in criminal law in 1990.  His criminal defense practice involved pre-charge investigations, grand jury proceedings, trials, direct appeals, and other post-conviction proceedings in both State and Federal Courts throughout the United States.  Mr. Ware was a faculty member at the Criminal Trial Advocacy Institute in Huntsville, Texas from 1993-1996, and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.  He was also selected in 2001 by the Best Lawyers in America to be included in the Best Lawyers Consumer Guide.  From 2003-2008, Mr. Ware has been voted by his peers as a Texas Super Lawyer.  In 2006 until May of 2007, Mr. Ware was an adjunct professor at Texas Wesleyan Law School and was the supervising attorney for the Wesleyan Innocence Project.