About
Joe Pelton is a noticeably experienced lawyer with over 37 years of practice, focusing on crook protection and ethics inside the West Texas place. Joe Pelton, a local of Abilene, Texas, has been training law for over 37 years, with 18 years in Houston and 19 years in Abilene. He graduated from Abilene High School and McMurry College, now McMurry University, with a prime in Accounting in 1972. While attending the South Texas College of Law, he labored complete-time because the personal accountant for W.B. Tex and Sue Fondren Trammell. During his time in faculty, Mr. Pelton additionally served as an enlisted/commissioned soldier within the Texas Army National Guard for over 7 years. He graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia at the age of nineteen, becoming one of the youngest Commissioned Officers within the U.S. Army/Texas Army National Guard. In 1976, Mr. Pelton began working towards law in Houston, in which he served as a private lawyer for Marvin Zindler, a member of KTRK - Eyewitness News, for over two decades. He handled great instances consisting of those portrayed in The Best Little Whore House in Texas and Zindler vs. The American Nazi Party. In 1994, Mr. Pelton opened his personal office in Abilene and assisted with the last of Ed Paynters Law Office. He additionally started out teaching at McMurry University, wherein he changed into a professor for 7 years, teaching publications in American Government, Texas Government, Business Law, and Paralegal Studies. Currently, Mr. Pelton is a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and serves because the Ethics Advisor for the West Texas vicinity.
Legal Issues
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- DUI & DWI
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Municipal Law
Certificates
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish
Accepted Jurisdictions


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Costs
- Payment With Credit Card