Noel Henry Reese

Noel Henry Reese is the founding member and a senior partner at Reese & Escobar, L.L.P. He was born in Gonzales, Texas on October 22, 1968. After growing up in Gonzales, he attended Texas Military Institute in San Antonio, Texas where he graduated with honors. He then attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1991.

Before law school, he worked a year as a Probation Officer in Gonzales and Lavaca Counties. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1994 and was licensed to practice law in the State of Texas in 1995 and he was licensed to practice in the United States District Court, Wester District of Texas in 1999. He is also a licensed real estate broker in the State of Texas.

He has lived in Mexico on several occasions and is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Reese is a published author in one of the law journals of the State Bar of Texas having served as the editor on the State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Gonzales County Bar Association, the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Mr. Reese is a seasoned trial lawyer having tried numerous jury trials throughout South Central Texas including Gonzales, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Hays, Karnes, DeWitt, Wilson, Atascosa, and Lavaca counties and having worked in numerous other counties. He knows the judges from Austin to San Antonio to Victoria and all the counties in-between.

Criminal Law Trial Success

Mr. Reese is especially talented in criminal law. Early in his career, he sucessfully obtained a Not Guilty verdict for Mexican National charged with Attempted Capital Murder. He has also obtained Not Guilty verdicts on numerous other cases including, but not limited to DWIs, sex offenses, Assault, Aggravated Assault of a Police Officer, etc. He has also obtained favorable sentences from judges and juries in serious cases such as murder and kidnapping to simple cases such as DWIs.

In criminal law, Mr. Reese has been able to successfully defend clients prior to indictment. He has assisted clients in numerous cases prior to indictment where the clients have been "no billed" by the grand juries meaning they were not forced to defend themselves in court before judge or jury.

He has done this in difficult cases like Intoxication Manslaughter and Indecency with a Child as well as simpler cases like Failure to Stop and Render Aid.

He has also obtained favorable rulings form judges. He has reduced felony DWIs to misdemeanor DWIs on numerous occasions. He has also successfully obtained dismissals on drug cases based on entrapment and illegal searches.

Because of Mr. Reese's success before the judges and juries around south central Texas, he has been able to get incredible deals form the area prosecutors. He has reduced numerous DWIs to Class C misdemeanors. He has also obtained dismissals and reductions to lesser including offenses on hundreds of cases. Mr. Reese has even been featured on the front page of the San Antonio Express News for successfully defending a Conspiracy to Commit Capital Murder case which was reduced to a lesser included offense with credit for time served. See "Was Prison death plot just a con? Odd story of conspiracy to kill Judge Luitjen gets even odder," San Antonio Express News, December 29, 2002.

Noel Reese has won numerous appeals and writs including Possession of Cocaine, Felony DWI, and Delivery of Cocaine. While in law school, he clerked for Bee Anne Smith, Justice on the Third Court of Appeals.

Family Law

Mr. Reese is also a seasoned family law lawyer. He has routinely convinced the other side to concede to his clients demands. He is especially skilled at handling the cases at high net worth individuals. His extensive experience in business and his understanding of complex financial statements serves his clients well in this side of the family law market. He and the members of his firm are also talented at obtaining custody for his clients. For clients who have been ordered to pay child support, he has made sure such court ordered payments are reasonable under the law.

Civil Law

Mr. Reese has been the lawyer in numerous business and personal injury cases. He has obtained the maximum insurance coverage on many personal injury and wrongful death cases in the past because of his readiness to go to trial. He has been successful in deceptive practice trade cases and has tried cases against billion dollar corporations. At the firm, he has been responsible for million dollar plus settlements on behalf of his clients.

Mr. Reese has extensive knowledge of the real estate field. His staff and him personally prepare real estate documents for banks, title companies and individuals routinely. He is also a real estate broker and investor.

Because of Reese's extensive business experience, he is a master at assisting in small and medium size businesses. Noel has also developed systems in the law practice so that it operates like a business, not just a group of lawyers sharing office space. This in turn has saved the firm's clients lots of money because their cases have been handled efficiently. Reese has even formed Mogul Masters, L.L.C. which teaches other lawyers and businesses how to run successful businesses.

Reese has extensive experience in oil & gas. He is a principal in Tri-Force Exploration, L.L.C. which manages a series of oil & gas limited partnerships. Tri-Force Explorer I, L.P. is currently working to develop projects in Gonzales County, Texas, Nevada, and North Texas.

Mr. Reese is committed to aggressively representing his clients. Mr. Reese and his team truly care about their clients. If you or one of your loved ones needs an experienced lawyer to provide defense, obtain a maximum recovery, assist them in their business, call or email Reese & Escobar, L.L.P. today.