AttorneyRuth Yvonne Burton
RB

Ruth Yvonne Burton

City of Houston

Houston, TX · Harris County · 36 years licensed

Cases
204
Licensed
36 yrs
Reviews
1.00 / 1

Ruth Yvonne Burton has been licensed in Texas since Nov 1989 — 36 years — and has filed under this bar number in 204 cases since 2017, nearly all of them in Harris County courts. The docket is criminal: 195 of 204 filings, with civil (other) behind it. No board certifications, two disciplinary matters on record, and 1 client review averaging 1.00.

Case type by yearCourt-record case types
State jail felonyState jail felonyThird-degree felonyThird-degree felonySecond-degree felonySecond-degree felonyClass A misdemeanorClass A misdemeanorFirst-degree felonyFirst-degree felonyOther CivilOther CivilClass B misdemeanorClass B misdemeanorParentage/Paternity/Voluntary…Parentage/Paternity/Voluntary LegitimationAdministrative AppealAdministrative AppealEstablishmentEstablishment3 other types3 other types’17’18’25
Cases filed by year2017 – 2025
83166’17’18’25

Showing filings under this bar number from 2017 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported.

Criminal charge outcomes200 charge records · county criminal records

Percentages use the 200 recorded charge dispositions associated with this bar number. Charges without a recorded disposition are excluded.

Dismissed or acquitted36%71
Dismissed 71
Deferral recorded5%10
Deferred adjudication 10
Convicted57%114
Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea 114
Other recorded status3%5
No bill 4Other recorded disposition 1
By charge68 charges · 1–10 of 68
ChargeDispositionsConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 68

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 most204 cases · 19 courts

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

Client reviews1 review · 1.00 average
ReviewerMatterScoreQuote
Client1 years agoLitigation: Criminal1.0★

“First of, if any of you are using this no good piece of shit, then you need to drop her.... SHE WORKS FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE..... SHE IS A SNITCH AND NEEDS TO BE DISBARRED AND WILL BE ONCE I GET DONE WITH HER. Her boyfriend HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Warren DIEPRAAM CHARGED ME WITH A CRIME OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT WHERE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OR EVEN A WITNESS. AFTER HE arrested me on the false accusation and I plead not guilty AND WANTED MY TRIAL. I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT I WAS MILITARY AND WANTED MY MILITARY SUPERIORS CONTACTED BECAUSE I NEED MY MY MILITARY COUNCIL... INSTEAD HE PUT ME THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND SENT ME RUTH YVONNE BURTON AS MY COURT APPOINTED LAWYER.....I TOLD HER THE SAME THING BUT SHE WOULD NOT LISTEN.... THEN WHEN I GAVE HER MY TRUTH AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I ALSO TOLD HER THAT THE REASON THAT LADONNA JACOBS, (THE LADY THAT MADE THE FALSE ACCUSATION WHO WAS 26 YEARS OLD AND NOT "UNDER THE AGE OF 17") made up that story was because I kicked her out of the house for trying to Rape me instead. I told her that ACTUALLY, that she had RAPED ME THE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS ACCUSATION AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I CAUGHT HER THIS TIME BEFORE SHE DID IT AGAIN. WHEN I TOLD HER EXACTLY HOW SHE DID IT, YVONNE BURTON LAUGHED AND JUST SAID THAT "A MAN CAN NOT BE RAPED BY A WOMAN " THEN I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN..... IT WAS SIX MONTHS OR SO LATER WHEN I SAW MY NEW COURT APPOINTED LAWYER.... THAT IS, AFTERSHE WENT BACK TO REPORT TO HER BOYFRIEND AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHILE THE WHOLE TIME, HER BOYFRIEND HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WARREN DIEPRAAM WAS DRAGGING ME BACK AND FORTH TO THE HOLDING CELL 48 TIMES IN 8 MONTHS TRYING TO MAKE ME TAKE A LESSER PLEA.... SPEAKING TO ME DIRECTLY... AFTER ALL, I DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY TO BEGAN WITH. Just his puppet”

Would not recommend

Sub-scores: Responsiveness 1.00 · Met expectations 1.00 · Value 1.00.

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