ERIK L. SMITH

  Professional Associations & Memberships:

• Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

• DUI Defense Lawyers Association

• Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association

• American Chemical Society

 

Education:

 

• University of Houston – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – Spanish and Political Science

• South Texas College of Law – Houston (J.D.)

 

Certifications and Awards:

 

• ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist

• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) – Practitioner

• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) – Instructor

• Drug Recognition Expert Course (DECP)

 

Bar Admissions:

 

• All Texas Courts

 

 

Erik Smith is a graduate of South Texas College of Law – Houston. Erik was raised in Houston and graduated from The University of Houston. Erik worked as an intern at the Harris County Public Defender’s Office where he helped defend indigent clients against criminal allegations.

 

Additionally, Erik is an ACS-CHAL Lawyer Scientist. Erik has certificates in Forensic Chromatography: Theory & Practice, Forensic Analysis of Solid Drugs, and Forensic Principles of DUID issued by Axion Labs and the American Chemical Society.

 

Erik moonlights as a local musician and you might find him performing onstage at venues across the Houston area. Erik also has a teenage daughter and together they enjoy training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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