b'RESUME\nWILLIAM P. ALLISON\n\nCAREER SUMMARY\nFor thirty-two years, Bill Allison has practiced and taught law in Austin, Texas. He began his\ncareer as a lawyer with the Community Legal Services Program, a law office sponsored by The\nUniversity Of Texas School Of Law. When the program was absorbed by the Travis County\nLegal Aid and Defender Society in 1972, he became a Legal Aid lawyer. In both these positions\nhe supervised law students in one of the Law School\xe2\x80\x99s earliest \xe2\x80\x9cclinical\xe2\x80\x9d programs, what today is\ncalled an externship.\nIn 1975, Mr. Allison was recruited to be a full time Lecturer at the UT School Of Law, teaching\nand supervising students in the newly formed Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC). The CDC was the\nLaw School\xe2\x80\x99s first true clinic with an academic component. In 1977, Mr. Allison and a student\nattorney appealed one of the Clinic\xe2\x80\x99s early cases, a free speech case, to the United States Supreme\nCourt and won. Also in 1977, Mr. Allison opened his first private practice in Austin,\nconcentrating on federal and state criminal defense, while remaining on the faculty half-time as a\nLecturer to continue teaching and supervising CDC students. He began teaching trial advocacy\nfor the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in 1978 and has taught more than fifty, one- to threeweek trial advocacy courses for lawyers and for law students at various venues around the nation.\nIn Fall 1995, Mr. Allison was invited to teach a seminar entitled, \xe2\x80\x9cFranz Kafka and the Systems\nof Punishment\xe2\x80\x9d in the Plan II Honors program at UT. He taught that course through the fall\nsemester of 2002, then turned the course over to the Hon. Robert Pitman, a UT Law School and\nCDC graduate, and now a United States Magistrate for the Western District of Texas. Mr. Allison\nretired from the la w school faulty after the summer semester, 2002, and has devoted himself to\nhis private practice. In January 2004, Mr. Allison returned to teaching full time as a Clinical\nProfessor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic.\nFrom 1993 to 1999, Mr. Allison served as Editor-in-Chief of Voice for the Defense, the monthly\nmagazine of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is recognized in The Best\nLawyers in America. In June, 2001, he was named \xe2\x80\x9cBest Defense Lawyer of the Year\xe2\x80\x9d for 20002001, by the Criminal Justice Section of the State Bar of Texas. In November 2003, Texas\nMonthly Magazine named him one of the \xe2\x80\x9cSuper Lawyers of Texas\xe2\x80\x9d (a peer reviewed award) and\none of the top fifty (50) lawyers for Central and West Texas. He has been listed in Woodward &\nWhite\xe2\x80\x99s Best Lawyers in America since 1996, and has been \xe2\x80\x9cA/V\xe2\x80\x9d rated by Martindale -Hubble\nfor over twenty years.\nIn recent years, Mr. Allison has worked to obtain the exoneration of innocent individuals who\nhave been wrongfully convic ted, cases of actual innocence. He and a team of lawyers recently\nwon the release of a young man who had spent more than 12 years in prison for a murder he did\nnot commit. Mr. Allison also won the exoneration for another innocent man who had spent 16\nyears in prison for a sexual assault he did not commit. Recently, he was part of the team that won\na $5.3 million civil rights settlement for one of these exonerated individuals. He has just\nachieved the commutation of a death penalty case in Texas for a mentally retarded man. This was\na court appointed case on which he worked for over six years.\nIn the Fall of 2003, along with David Sheppard and Prof. Robert Dawson, Mr. Allison\nincorporated the Texas Center for Actual Innocence as a Section 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt, non-\n\n1\n\n\x0cprofit corporation to find and assist actually innocent inmates who are serving long-term or death\npenalty sentences. Through the generous cooperation of the UT School Of Law and the Austin\nlaw firm of Graves Daugherty Hearon and Moody, the Center has prepared a syllabus, written a\nmanual, recruited an initial class of ten students out of fifty applicants, and screened the first\ninmate requests. This hybrid class is privately funded, with little or no cost to the law school.\nCURRENT\nPrincipal, Law Office of William P. Allison, Austin, Texas.\nPresident, Texas Center for Actual Innocence\nPROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS\nState of Texas, admitted 1971\nFifth Circuit, admitted 1972\nWestern District of Texas, admitted 1973\nUnited States Supreme Court, admitted 1976\nEastern District of Texas, admitted 1984\nSouthern District of Texas, admitted 1984, re-admitted 2001.\nNorthern District of Texas, admitted 1989\nBoard Certified in Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of Texa s, 1980.\nAmerican Bar Association\nNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers\nTexas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association\nAustin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association\nTexas Bar Foundation\nCollege of the State Bar of Texas\nEDUCATION\nLaw School:\n\nUniversity of Texas\nJ.D., 1971\n\nCollege:\n\nUniversity of the South\nSewanee, Tennessee\nB.A., History, 1967\n\nLEGAL PRACTICE\n2000 - Present:\n\nPrivate Practice, Law Office of William P. Allison, Austin, Texas.\n\n1999 - 2000:\n\nPrivate practice, Allison & Bassett, L.L.P., Austin, Texas.\n\n1992 - 1999:\n\nPrivate practice, Allison, Yeager & Bassett, L.L.P., Austin, Texas.\n\n1991 - 1992:\n\nPrivate practice, White, Allison & Yeager, L.L.P., Austin, Texas.\n\n1984 - 1991:\n\nPrivate practice, White and Allison, P.C., Austin, Texas.\n\n1982 - 1984:\n\nPrivate practice, Lynch, Zimmerman, White and Allison, Austin, Texas.\n\n2\n\n\x0c1981 - 1982:\n\nPrivate practice, Lynch, Zimmerman and White, Austin, Texas.\n\n1977 - 1981:\n\nPrivate sole practitioner, Austin, Texas.\n\n1975 - 1977:\n\nFull-time Lecturer-in-Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin,\nTexas.\n\n1971 - 1975:\n\nVISTA lawyer, Staff Attorney, Acting Director, Community Legal\nServices and Travis County Legal Aid and Defender Society, Austin,\nTexas. (Supervising attorney for the Legal Aid Clinic , directed by Prof.\nJack Sampson at the University Of Texas School Of Law.)\n\nUNIVERSITY TEACHING\n1995 - 2002:\n\nLecturer, Plan II Undergraduate Honors Program, teaching junior\nseminar entitled AFranz Kafka and the System of Punishment.@ (Fall\nSemester only)\n\n1975 - 2002:\n\nLecturer-in-Law, University of Texas School of Law, teaching the\nCriminal Defense Clinic.\n\nPUBLICATIONS\n\xe2\x80\x9cWitness Preparation from the Criminal Defense Perspective\xe2\x80\x9d, 30 TEX . TECH L. R. 1333 (1999).\nBlack\xe2\x80\x99s Law (Book Review), TRIAL, JOURNAL\nAMERICA, at 89 (May 1999).\n\nOF THE\n\nASSOCIATION\n\nOF\n\nTRIAL LAWYERS OF\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cTell Your Story Through Opening Statement\xe2\x80\x9d, TRIAL, JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL\nLAWYERS OF AMERICA, at 77 (Sept. 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cI\xe2\x80\x99m Outta\xe2\x80\x99 Here\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Jun 1999).\n\xe2\x80\x9cStorytelling\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Mar 1999).\n\xe2\x80\x9cTo Kill A Dog\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Dec 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cLaw and Literature\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Oct 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cIt\xe2\x80\x99s Not About You\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Sept 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cAddicted to Prison\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Jul/Aug 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cKerr-Age\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Apr 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cLitigation as Education\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Mar 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cThe Wannabes Are Winning\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Jan/Feb 1998).\n\xe2\x80\x9cChanges\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Nov 1997).\n\n-3-\n\n\x0c\xe2\x80\x9cDo You Like the Death Penalty\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Oct 1997).\n\xe2\x80\x9cUs Against Them\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (May 1997).\n\xe2\x80\x9cBecoming a Trial Warrior\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Mar 1997).\n\xe2\x80\x9cVictimology\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Nov 1996).\n\xe2\x80\x9cLegal Beagles\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Oct 1996).\n\xe2\x80\x9cReinventing the Practice of Law\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial). VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (May 1996). [This\neditorial was reprinted at 2 TEXAS P ARALEGAL JOURNAL, No.2].\n\xe2\x80\x9cThe Winning Beginning\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Apr 1996).\n\xe2\x80\x9cA Good Learning Tool\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Jan/Feb 1996).\n\xe2\x80\x9cWhat\xe2\x80\x99s Good for the Goose. . .\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Nov 1995).\n\xe2\x80\x9cThe TCDLA Electronic Bulletin Board\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Oct 1995).\n\xe2\x80\x9cJack-Booted Government Thugs Maybe\xe2\x80\x9d (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Jun 1995).\nComment (editorial), VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE (Dec 1994).\nContributing Author, Master Advocates\' Handbook, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1986.\nBook Review, 5 AM . J. CRIM. LAW 388 (1977).\nTRIAL ADVOCACY TEACHING\nNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY (NITA)\n1992:\n\nNITA National Course, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder,\nColorado.\n\n1991:\n\nNITA Southern Regional Course, Southern Methodist University School of Law,\nDallas, Texas.\n\n1988-1990:\n\nNITA National Course, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder,\nColorado.\n\n1988:\n\nNITA Mid-America Regional, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.\n\n1987:\n\nNITA Advanced National Course, University of Colorado School of Law,\nBoulder Colorado.\n\n-4-\n\n\x0c1986:\n\nNITA National Course, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder,\nColorado.\n\n1984:\n\nNITA Southern Regional Course, Southern Methodist School of Law, Dallas,\nTexas.\n\n1979:\n\nNITA Northeast Regional Course, Hofstra University School of Law,\nHempstead, New York\n\n1978:\n\nNITA Northeast Regional Course, Cornell University School of Law, Ithaca,\nNew York.\n\nEMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW\n1983-1990:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Course, Team Leader.\n\n1982:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Course.\n\nHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW\n1984:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Course.\n\n1981:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Course.\n\n1979:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Course.\n\nBENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY\n1997-2003:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Program\n\n1995:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Program.\n\n1987-1992:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Program.\n\nTEXAS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS\' ASSOCIATION\n2002:\n\nCriminal Trail Advocacy Institute, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1995-2000:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1992:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1989-1990:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Co-Director, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1987:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Co-Director, Sam Houston State\n\n-5-\n\n\x0cUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n1984-1985:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Co-Director, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1983:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Director, Sam Houston State\nUniversity School of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.\n\n1980-1982:\n\nCriminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Sam Houston State University School\nCriminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas\n.\nGEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION\n1982:\n\nGeorgia Bar Association Trial Advocacy Course, Co-Director, Emory\nUniversity School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.\n\nBAKER & BOTTS\n1988:\n\nNine Day Intensive Trial Advocacy Course for twenty-four Associates of\n\nUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW\n1994:\n\nIntensive Trial Advocacy Program.\n\nTEACHING OTHER THAN TRIAL ADVOCACY\n2002:\n\nPresented paper on Innocence Litigation to the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers\nAssociation.\n\n2002:\n\nPresented paper entitled \xe2\x80\x9cThe Strange Journey of Actual Innocence in Texas\xe2\x80\x9d, for\nthe American Journal of Criminal Law.\n\n2001:\n\nPresented paper entitled \xe2\x80\x9cContempt \xe2\x80\x93 An Ethical Guide: What It Is; How To\nAvoid It and How To Get Out of It\xe2\x80\x9d for the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers\nAssociation.\n\n2001:\n\nPresented paper on \xe2\x80\x9cAdvanced Basic Cross-Examination\xe2\x80\x9d for the Texas Criminal\nDefense Lawyers Associaiton.\n\n2000:\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cThe Future of DNA\xe2\x80\x9d, Travis County District Attorneys Office and the Austin\nPolice Department, spoke on AInnocence Initiatives in Texas,@ Austin, Texas.\n\n1998-1999:\n\nRusty Duncan Annual Short Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers\xe2\x80\x99\nAssociation. Presented paper and demonstration on AOffice Technology and the\nInternet,@ San Antonio, Texas\n\n- 6 -\n\n\x0c1999:\n\nTexas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association\xe2\x80\x99s President\xe2\x80\x99s Retreat, Presented\npaper on AStorytelling in Opening Statement,@ Ixtapa, Mexico.\n\n1999:\n\nTexas Tech University Law Review Symposium, Presented Paper on AWitness\nPreparation From the Criminal Defense Perspective,@ Lubbock, Texas\n\n1998:\n\nAmerican Trial Lawyers\xe2\x80\x99 Association Annual Convention, Presented paper on\nAStorytelling in Opening Statement,@ Washington, D.C.\n\n1999:\n\nTravis County Bar Association, Criminal Law and Procedure Section, Weekend\nRetreat, Directed session on AEthics in Local Courts,@ Hunt, Texas.\n\n1990:\n\nAdvanced Criminal Law Course, State Bar of Texas.\nAFederal Forfeiture,@ Fort Worth, Texas.\n\n1988-1990:\n\nFaculty for Travis County Women Lawyers and Federal Bar Association on\nsentencing, emphasizing the new federal Sentencing Guidelines, Austin, Texas.\n\n1988:\n\nBexar County Bar Association Criminal Law Symposium. Presented paper on\ncharge to the jury in state and federal practice, San Antonio, Texas.\n\n1987:\n\nFaculty for Travis County Women Lawyers and Federal Bar Association course\nentitled "A Day in Federal Court." Presented paper on pretrial hearings, Austin,\nTexas.\n\n1986:\n\nAdvance Criminal Law Course, State Bar of Texas. Presented paper on charge to\nthe jury in state and federal practice, Houston, Texas.\n\n1985:\n\nAdvanced Criminal Law Course, State Bar of Texas. Presented paper on charge\nto the jury in state and federal practice, Fort Worth, Texas.\n\n1985:\n\nBexar County Bar Association Criminal Law Symposium. Presented paper on\nindictments and informations, San Antonio, Texas.\n\nPresented paper on\n\nOther lectures on various topics related to criminal law, criminal procedure and the practice of\ncriminal law for the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers\' Association, the\nTexas Criminal Defense Lawyers\' Project, the Texas District and County Attorneys\' Association,\nthe Travis County Bar Association and the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.\nMILITARY SERVICE\nUnited States Navy Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1969\nOfficer, United States Navy, River Patrol Forces, Republic South Vietnam 1969-1970\nReleased from active duty, 1970, Rank: Lieutenant, j.g.\nHonorable Discharge from United States Navy, 1978, Rank: Lieutenant.\n\n- 7 -\n\n\x0c8'