John S. Cossum has been licensed in Texas since Oct 1981 — 45 years — and has filed under this bar number in 107 cases since 2017, four in five of them in Harris County courts. The docket is criminal: 54 of 107 filings, with divorce and family behind it. No board certifications, no disciplinary history.
Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Count
Divorce with Children16
Third-degree felony15
Class B misdemeanor14
Class A misdemeanor12
Divorce12
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
2026Partial
3
2025
10
2024
11
2023
11
2022
13
2021
27
2020
5
2019
13
2018
8
2017
6
Showing filings under this bar number from 2017 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported; 2026 is a partial year.
Criminal charge outcomes44 charge records · county criminal records
Percentages use the 44 recorded charge dispositions associated with this bar number. Charges without a recorded disposition are excluded.
80%18%
Dismissed or acquitted80%35
Dismissed 35
Deferral recorded0%0
Convicted18%8
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 8
Other recorded status2%1
No bill 1
By charge18 charges · 1–10 of 18
ChargeDispositionsConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 18
These are record associations, not win rates: representation at disposition is not established, and several attorneys can appear on one charge. Outcomes are the latest recorded disposition of each charge; a missing disposition does not establish whether a charge is pending or how it ended. Percentages are rounded. No defendant details are shown.
Courts appeared in most107 cases · 43 courts
Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.