Billy Don Hicks Jr.
The Law Offices of Bill D. Hicks P.C.
Undeniably Qualified
After graduating Texas Tech School of Law in 1997, Judge Hicks opened his own office, the Law Office of Bill D. Hicks outside of Austin. In 1998, he closed that practice and moved to El Paso, Texas where he joined the 34th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
Judge Hicks served the people of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson Counties, for 12 1/2 years as an Assistant District Attorney. During his time with the D.A.'s office, he was cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney from 2003-2008. He prosecuted everything from Class C misdemeanors to Capital Murders.
In 2010 a vacancy opened in the State District Court in El Paso County. Bill Hicks applied and after a long process, was appointed as Judge of the 243rd State District Court, here in El Paso. Judge Hicks served from late 2010 until the end of 2012. Judge Hicks received very high approval ratings from the attorneys in the El Paso Bar Association.
After leaving the bench, now former-Judge Hicks reopened The Law Office of Bill D. Hicks P.C. which he ran until late 2022 when he was once again called into public service as our District Attorney. DA Hicks served our community by reorganizing the DA's office and implementing policies which made our District Attorney's office a source of pride for our community. On January 1, 2023, Former Judge and Former DA Hicks reopened for the third time, The Law Offices of Bill Hicks. We are once again focused on our clients and fighting to be YOUR VOICE FOR JUSTICE! There is no question that Judge Bill D. Hicks is undeniably qualified to serve as Your Voice for Justice and to FIGHT FOR YOU!
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
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Free Consultation
All personal injury cases have a FREE consultation. Family law cases have a $300 consultation fee that is applied to the retainer if the client decides to hire me, so in effect it too is a free consultation if they hire me. - Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
All personal injury cases a contingent fee based cases, meaning that the client does not have to pay for our services. We take our money out of the award from the insurance proceeds. All other cases are billed on an hourly bases except certain Wills are done on a flat fee basis. -
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
We accept cash, checks and all major credit cards.
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24002277
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- Principal
- The Law Offices of Bill D. Hicks P.C.
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- I operate a general practice law firm handling personal injury, probate and family law. Although the practice is heavily weighted towards injury law, I also had a few corporate clients that I do general civil litigation work for, to include Perches Funeral Homes.
- District Attorney
- 34th Judicial District Attorney's Office
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- Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott after the disastrous administration of D.A. Yvonne Rosales upon her resignation. I rebuilt the office: eliminating an approximate 14,000 case backlog; getting the Walmart mass shooting case back on track and ready for trial; established collaborative and working relationships with state and local law enforcement agencies; stabilized the office personnel crisis; prosecuted cross border crime and riot cases; and began community outreach programs never before seen in the DA’s office.
- Principal
- The Law Offices of Bill D. Hicks P.C.
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- I operated a general practice law firm handling personal injury, criminal defense and family law. Although the practice was fairly evenly divided between the three areas of law, I also had a few corporate clients that I did civil litigation work for, to include Perches Funeral Homes.
- Managing Partner
- Ortega, McGlashan, Hicks & Perez PLLC
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- I served as the Managing Partner from 2014 through mid-2019. I oversaw the conversion of this practice from a dual office multidiscipline practice to a practice centered on personal injury work with offices in four cities and two states. I oversaw a trifold increase in revenue and a doubling in staff size during my time as Managing Partner.
- Principal
- The Law Office of Bill D. Hicks
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- I operated a general practice law firm doing criminal defense, family law and probate work. I also was appointed as the “Neutral Hearing Officer” for the City of El Paso’s Code Enforcement Hearings and conducted hearings where the City of El Paso sought to revoke a business’s license to operate due to code violations. I also conducted several mediations as a trained mediator.
- State District Judge
- 243rd Judicial District Court
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- Appointment by Governor Rick Perry. I presided over 1 of 17 District Courts in El Paso County. I had a split docket of 50% civil and 50% felony criminal cases. During the 25 months that I presided over the docket, we disposed of more cases than we were assigned. I presided over 21 jury trials during my tenure as Judge of the court. I also became a licensed Mediator and Arbitrator in November of 2012.
- Assistant District Attorney
- 34th Judicial District Attorney's Office
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- I prosecuted everything from Class C citations through Capital Murders, to include a Capital Murder, Death Penalty Case. For four years, I was cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney where I prosecuted gun violence cases in both state and federal courts. When I left the D.A.’s office, I was a Trial Team Chief with responsibility for overseeing, training and supervising newly hired attorneys.
- Texas Tech University School of Law
- J.D. (1997) | Law
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- Texas A&M University - College Station
- B.S. (1994) | Political Science
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- Honors: Minor in Sociology
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- Top 100 Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 2017 - present
- College of the State Bar
- Texas State Bar
- 2013 - present
- Federal Western District of Texas
- Admitted
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- Texas State Bar # 24002277
- Member
- - Current
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- The Impact of Domestic Violence and How the DA's Office Addresses it with Limited Resources, Domestic Violence Conference, Downtown County Annex
- El Paso County Attorney's Office
- Commencement Address, El Paso Police Academy Graduation, Bowie High School
- El Paso Police Academy
- Keynote Speaker, Ground Breaking Ceremony, Horizon Justice Center
- City of Horizon, Texas
- Commencement Address, El Paso Community College Peace Officer's Academy Graduation, El Paso Community College
- Peace Officer's Academy
- Commencement Address, CLEAT State Convention, El Paso Paso Del Norte Hotel
- Texas CLEAT
- Opening Ceremony - kickoff speaker
