Mark White has practiced law for over 22 years in the state and federal courts of Texas. He served as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, TX where he rose to the level of Chief Prosecutor for a County Court at Law. He has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas where he investigated and prosecuted offenses related to organized crime, drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, terrorism, immigration, violation of export regulations, computer intrusion, money laundering, and other federal crimes. Mark spent 23 years in the military including his last 10 years before retirement as a reserve Special Agent in the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations where he led a detachment of other investigators who were tasked with the investigation of fraud, felony crimes against people or property in with the Air Force has an interest, and counter-terrorism and force protection.Mark is not a defense lawyer who assumes that police did their job correctly in the first place and gathered all the evidence there was to gather. Instead, he puts his deep training and experience in investigations and his courtroom experience to work for his clients to identify critical information in support of his client’s defense. He discusses findings and strategy with clients at critical stages of the defense. The objective is to win before trial by building a superior defense. However, Mark believes in the jury trial and the right of the people to a jury of their peers. He believes preparing every case for trial and taking the appropriate cases to a jury.Mark has defended people charged with: DWI, drug offenses, white collar offenses, robbery, firearms violations, aggravated sexual assault, indecency with a child, prostitution, assault, aggravated assault, arson, suspended drivers license, expunctions, theft, forgery, criminal mischief, and other offenses. Mark also has represented multiple global oil and gas, energy, and engineering companies in sensitive global internal investigations into fraud, sexual harassment and discrimination, accounting restatements, employee misconduct, contract disputes, product safety, and other violations of law or company policy.
