About James Drummond

Jim Drummond practices law in Williamson County, Texas, with a primary focus on criminal defense, both trials and appeals, in federal and state courts. Jim has had significant success in appeals, including reversal of a state court conviction for child sexual abuse which sent an innocent man to prison until Jim’s appeals succeeded in obtaining his release.

One anonymous lawyer who responded to an inquiry from Martindale-Hubbell referred to Jim as an “excellent lawyer, of utmost integrity, and possessed of outstanding analytical and scholarly skills, an excellent communicator, articulate and highly thought of by members of the bar association.” On www.avvo.com, Jim has received a rating of “10.0- Superb,” the highest possible rating. You can also find avvo.com endorsements from former clients and other attorneys attesting to Jim’s abilities here.

Prior to entering private practice in October 2008, Jim was Supervisor of the Death Penalty Habeas Unit of the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Oklahoma City, and previously had served as Chief of the Non-Capital Trial Division of the Oklahoma Indigent defense System for nine years. Jim is licensed in Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona and is a 2011 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. From February 2014 – October 2017, Jim was an assistant public Defender for the Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases, handling death penalty defense exclusively.

Persons charged with crimes may not be guilty, or they may not have committed as severe an offense as the prosecution alleges. Our entire system of justice depends on defense lawyers who fight hard for their clients, who keep up with changes in the law, and who are willing to consult with other lawyers about their cases to make sure the best defense is offered. Any lawyer who tells you that he knows everything about an area of law is deceiving you. When Jim is not sure about a legal or strategy point, he gets other opinions before developing his arguments and strategies.

That said, Jim has presented continuing legal education courses at many seminars, and has written several scholarly articles on the law. In 2011 Jim was awarded the Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award by the Oklahoma Bar Journal for his article on Illegal searches and seizures.