AttorneyJ. Michael Monks
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J. Michael Monks

Monks Law Firm

Houston, TX · Harris County · 44 years licensed

Cases
1,750
Licensed
44 yrs

J. Michael Monks has been licensed in Texas since Nov 1982 — 44 years — and has filed under this bar number in 1,750 cases since 2017, nearly all of them in Harris County courts. The docket is criminal: 1,685 of 1,750 filings. No board certifications, no disciplinary history, and no client reviews yet.

Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Count
  • Class A misdemeanor509
  • Class B misdemeanor504
  • Third-degree felony256
  • State jail felony164
  • Second-degree felony145
Class A misdemeanorClass A misdemeanorClass B misdemeanorClass B misdemeanorThird-degree felonyThird-degree felonyState jail felonyState jail felonySecond-degree felonySecond-degree felonyFirst-degree felonyFirst-degree felonyExpunctionExpunctionAdult FelonyAdult FelonySeizure & ForfeitureSeizure & ForfeitureMotor Vehicle AccidentMotor Vehicle Accident33 other types33 other types’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
  • 2026Partial109
  • 2025197
  • 2024211
  • 2023158
  • 202279
  • 2021119
  • 2020180
  • 2019252
  • 2018255
  • 2017190
128255’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

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 outcomes1,502 charge records · county criminal records

Percentages use the 1,502 recorded charge dispositions associated with this bar number. Charges without a recorded disposition are excluded.

Dismissed or acquitted59%888
Dismissed 882Dismissed after deferral 1Acquitted 5
Deferral recorded10%150
Deferred adjudication 150
Convicted29%439
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 431Convicted at trial 4Convicted, plea or trial not recorded 3Convicted of a lesser charge 1
Other recorded status2%25
Other recorded disposition 16No bill 9
By charge239 charges · 1–10 of 239
ChargeDispositionsConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 239

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 most1,750 cases · 87 courts

Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.

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