Current Employment

Practicing law in the Sugar Land – Houston, Texas area since August of 1983–Civil Litigation (State and Federal), including Appeals (State and Federal), Criminal Law (State and Federal), Employment Litigation (State and Federal), Mediation (Civil and Family), Personal Injury Law, Business and Corporate Law, Administrative Law, Family Law and General Practice.

Legal Experience

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. Miami, Florida 1976 Served as a legal intern and law school graduate awaiting licensing. Handled numerous cases in the area of Family Law. Tried divorce and custody eases and handled all aspects of family law for indigent clients.

Law Offices of Cease & Cease Miami, Florida 1976- 1980

General practice of law. Handled civil and criminal cases, including first degree murder. Not guilty verdict in the first murder case tried after one week in trial.

United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps Ft. Hood, Texas 1981-1983

Served as Trial Counsel for the 1st Tiger Brigade, 2nd Armored Division. Tried 70 Courts-Martials, Record: 68-2. Served as Chief, Administrative Law. Served as Chief, Family Assistance. Johnson, Wurtzer & Westmoreland, P.C. Houston, Texas 1983-1985

Served as civil litigator, in state and federal courts. Walker & Cease, P.C. Houston, Texas 1986- 1988

Served as a Partner in the area of civil litigation, divorce and general practice Handled cases in state and federal courts. Law Offices of Allan A. Cease and Allan A. Cease & Associates, P.C. Houston – Sugar Land, Texas 1988-2000

Solo practitioner. Handling commercial litigation in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, criminal matters in state and federal courts, personal injury, divorce and custody, deceptive trade practice claims, employment-related claims and other areas of the general practice of law. Cease & Bell, P.L.L.C. Sugar Land, Texas 2000 – 2004

Attorney handling commercial litigation in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, criminal matters in state and federal courts, personal injury, divorce and custody, deceptive trade practice claims, employment-related claims and other areas of the general practice of law.

Law Offices of Allan A. Cease and Allan A. Cease & Associates, P.C. Houston – Sugar Land, Texas 2004-present

Solo practitioner. Handling commercial litigation in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, criminal matters in state and federal courts, mediation (Civil and Family), personal injury, divorce and custody, deceptive trade practice claims, employment-related claims and other areas of the general practice of law.

Teaching Experience3387th USAR School Miami, Florida 1973-1974 1976- 1977Served as a classroom instructor for various military subjects. American Technological University Killeen, Texas 1982 Instructor in the Masters Degree Program. Taught Government, Business and the Law. 2nd Armored Division Ft. Hood, Texas 198 1-1983 Taught classes to active duty military personnel on the subject of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Law of War. U.S. Army Reserves Houston, Texas 1983-1985 Taught classes to ROTC students at the University of Houston and Rice University on the Law of War and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

American Trial Lawyers Association Toronto, Canada July 2005

Presented a speech and paper on "Technology for the Solo / Small Office Law Firm"

Civil Appeals

First State Bank of Bedias v. Bishop, 1985 Tex. App. LEXIS 6174 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.], 1985) – co-counsel (Motion for Summary Judgment) and co-appellate counsel

Houston v. Southwest Concrete Constr., Inc., 835 S.W.2d 728 (Tex, App. — Houston [14th Dist.], 1992)- trial counsel and appellate counsel

Schauer v. Memorial Care Sys., 856 S.W.2d 437; 1993 Tex, App. LEXIS 779; 61 U.S.LW, 2676; 8 LE.R. Cas. (BNA) 592 (Tex. App. — Houston [1st Dist,], 1993)- trial counsel and appellate counsel

Law v. William Marsh Rice Univ., 123 S.W.3d 786 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.], 2003) – trial counsel and appellate counsel

Nguyen v. George W. Woodlev, et al., 273 S.W.3d 891; 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 9729 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.], 2008 no pet. h.) – lead appellate counsel

Criminal Appeals

Exparte Bui, 983 S.W.2d 73 (Tex. App. — Houston [1st Dist.], 1998) – trial counsel and appellate counsel

Speth v. State, 965 S.W.2d 13 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.], 1998) – trial defense counsel

Speth v. State, 6 S.W.3d 530 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999), cert. den., 2000 U.S. LEXIS 2889 (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2000) – trial defense counsel in state district court; appellate counsel to U.S. Supreme Court

State v. Mechler, 153 S.W.3d 435 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005)- trial defense counsel and co-appellate counsel