J. Brett Harrison

Brett's office is in Tyler, Texas, the county seat of Smith County, but he regularly practices all over East Texas. He makes regular court appearances in Longview, Gregg County; Palestine, Anderson County; Rusk, Cherokee County; Henderson, Rusk County; Quitman, Wood County; Athens, Henderson County; and Canton, Van Zandt County. He also takes cases in Rains County, Hopkins County, Franklin County, Camp County, Upshur County, Panola County, Angelina County, Houston County, and Freestone County. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees J. Brett Harrison included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Texas Lawyer Rising Star, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 National Trial Lawyers - Top 100 Trial Lawyers Other Sources of Feedback About J. Brett Harrison Included on the 2026Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder

• First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Smith County District Attorney's Office, 2004 - 2005
• Smith County, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, 1996 - 2004

• Speaker, The Confrontation Clause," Texas Criminal Defense Association's Downtown Bill of Rights Review - Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, Fort Worth, September 6, 2007 - September 7, 2007
• Instructor, "Courtroom Demeanor/Report Writing", Tyler Junior College Police Academy, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• "Crawford and the Confrontation Clause Update", Smith County Bar Association, 2008, 2009, 2010
• "Obtaining the Release of Adults and Juvenile", Smith County Bar Association, 2006
• "Top Ten Traps Every Pre-teen Should Know To Avoid", All Saints Episcopal School, 2012 - Present
• "Top Ten Traps Every Pre-teen Should Know to Avoid", Tyler Area Association of Legal Professionals, 2012 - Present
• Advanced Criminal Law Course , State Bar of Texas, 2007 - 2014
• Multi-Track Federal Criminal Defense Seminar and Fundamentals of Federal Criminal Defense

• Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Specialties and Certifications
• Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005
• Criminal Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2006

• State Bar of Texas
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• College of the State Bar
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization Criminal Law Exam Commission, 2007 - 2009
• National Board of Trial Advocacy Exam Commission, 2007 - 2008
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Smith County Bar Association
• Smith County Bar Foundation
• Grievance Committee, District 2 (Chair)
• DWI College