Matthew Todd Banister has been licensed in Texas since Dec 2004 — 21 years — and has filed under this bar number in 185 cases since 2018, more than half of them in Fort Bend County courts. The docket is criminal: 126 of 185 filings, with civil (other) and divorce behind it. No board certifications, no disciplinary history.
Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Count
Second-degree felony27
Third-degree felony27
First-degree felony19
State jail felony18
Class B misdemeanor15
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
2026Partial
19
2025
57
2024
32
2023
10
2022
16
2021
39
2020
9
2019
2
2018
1
Showing filings under this bar number from 2018 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported; 2026 is a partial year.
Criminal charge outcomes79 charge records · county criminal records
Percentages use the 79 recorded charge dispositions associated with this bar number. Charges without a recorded disposition are excluded.
61%19%20%
Dismissed or acquitted61%48
Dismissed 46Dismissed after deferral 2
Deferral recorded19%15
Deferred adjudication 15
Convicted20%16
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 4Convicted, plea or trial not recorded 8Convicted of a lesser charge 4
Other recorded status0%0
By charge53 charges · 1–10 of 53
ChargeDispositionsConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 53
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 most185 cases · 52 courts
Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.