Three more lawyers added to AG Ken Paxton’s defense team

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has expanded his legal team that will defend him against charges of securities fraud in Collin County.

The Republican announced on Thursday that he has selected three more attorneys to join Dan Cogdell of Houston and Terri Moore of Fort Worth, who were retained earlier this month. Paxton called the five lawyers among the best defense attorneys in Texas.

Houston attorney Philip Hilder will be joining Cogdell as co-lead counsel. According to a news release, Hilder had been special counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Strike Force and also had worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. He is also co-chair of the American Bar Association’s National Institute on Securities Fraud.

Also added to the team is Heather Barbieri of Plano, who will serve as Paxton’s local counsel in Collin County. Barbieri was recently named 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, according to the release.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/09/three-more-lawyers-added-to-ag-ken-paxtons-defense-team.html/

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