Matthew Todd Banister has been licensed in Texas since Dec 2004 — 21 years — and has filed under this bar number in 350 cases since 2004, two in three of them in Fort Bend County courts. The docket is criminal: 276 of 350 filings, with civil (other) and divorce behind it. No board certifications, no disciplinary history, and no client reviews yet.
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
We hold filings under this bar number from 2004 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 outcomes121 charge records · county criminal records
Of 121 criminal charge records associated with this bar number across 121 cases, 79 (65%) have a recorded disposition. Percentages below use all 121 records.
40%12%13%35%
Dismissed or acquitted40%48
Dismissed 46Dismissed after deferral 2
Deferral recorded12%15
Deferred adjudication 15
Convicted13%16
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 4Convicted, plea or trial not recorded 8Convicted of a lesser charge 4
Other recorded status0%0
No disposition recorded35%42
By charge77 charges · 1–10 of 77
ChargeCasesConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 77
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 most350 cases · 57 courts
Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.