Mike Ware, Chief, Special Fields Bureau

Mike Ware lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Ware graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a degree in philosophy.  He graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1983, where he was Research Editor for the Houston Law Review and the Houston Law Review’s, Texas Rules of Evidence Handbook.  He was a law clerk for United States District Judge David O. Belew, Jr. in Fort Worth, Texas from 1983-1984.

In 1984, Ware began private practice, primarily in criminal defense.  His practice included the representation of police officers in criminal, civil, and administrative matters as well as whistle-blower claims.  He became board certified in criminal law in 1990.  His criminal defense practice involved pre-charge investigations, grand jury proceedings, trials, direct appeals, and other post-conviction proceedings in both State and Federal Courts throughout the United States.

Mr. Ware was a faculty member at the Criminal Trial Advocacy Institute in Huntsville, Texas from 1993-1996, and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.  He was also selected in 2001 by the Best Lawyers in America to be included in the “Best Lawyers Consumer Guide.”  From 2003-2007, Mr. Ware has been voted by his peers as a Texas Super Lawyer.  In 2006 until May of 2007, Mr. Ware was an Adjunct Professor at Texas Wesleyan Law School with the Wesleyan Innocence Project and on the board of directors of the Innocence Project of Texas.

Since July 2007, Ware has been the Special Fields Bureau Chief for the Dallas County District Attorney’s office which includes the newly formed Conviction Integrity Division.  Newly elected Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and the work he is doing through the new Conviction Integrity Division are prominently featured in an article in the current (September 2007), Texas Monthly.