Joe James Sawyer has been licensed in Texas since Sep 1973 — 53 years — and has filed under this bar number in 1,376 cases since 1981, nearly all of them in Travis County courts. The docket is criminal: 1,339 of 1,376 filings. No board certifications, one disciplinary matter on record, and no client reviews yet.
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
We hold filings under this bar number from 1981 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported; the last column is a partial year.
Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Criminal charge outcomes93 charge records · county criminal records
Of 93 criminal charge records associated with this bar number across 89 cases, 81 (87%) have a recorded disposition. Percentages below use all 93 records.
28%9%39%12%13%
Dismissed or acquitted28%26
Dismissed 24Dismissed after deferral 2
Deferral recorded9%8
Other or unspecified deferral 8
Convicted39%36
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 1Convicted, plea or trial not recorded 20Convicted of a lesser charge 15
Other recorded status12%11
Waived 8Bond forfeiture 2Taken into consideration on another case 1
No disposition recorded13%12
By charge43 charges · 1–10 of 43
ChargeCasesConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 43
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 most1,376 cases · 30 courts
Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.