KATHERINE SCARDINO

Katherine was raised in Jacksonville, Texas, in the heart of the Piney Woods. She came to Houston in 1962 and worked as a secretary until she started undergraduate school at the University of St Thomas, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Afterwards, she received her law degree from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law in 1984. She received her license to practice law shortly thereafter, and has lived in Houston, Texas where she has maintained her law office since that time.
Katherine has been a speaker at various seminars sponsored by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the State Bar of Texas, and other local organizations.

current LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• State Bar of Texas (1984)

• Federal district Court (southern district - 1985)

• federal district court (eastern district - 2001)

• United States court of appeals - fifth Circuit (1996)

• supreme court of the united states of america (1995)

• certified for appointments death penalty cases (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 9th Administrative districts)
  (Federal - Southern district of texas)
  (federal - eastern district of texas)