Himes, Michael

PHILIP H. HILDER  was formerly the attorney-in-charge of the Houston Field Office of the United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force. Prior to his appointment as a special attorney with the Justice Department, Mr. Hilder was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Texas with the Presidential Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. Since leaving government service, Mr. Hilder has practiced in the area of white collar criminal defense, internal investigations and whistleblower representation. Currently, he is the ABA National Vice Chair of the White Collar Crime Committee of the Criminal Justice Section co-chair of the American Bar Association National Institute on Securities Fraud; co-chair of the ABA subcommittee on Securities Fraud; past President of the Federal Bar Association (So.TX Chapter) Criminal Law Chair.

Other accomplishments include, in part: 

• Appointed by Houston Mayor A. Parker to the Independent Police Oversight Board (2011-Present)
  
  
• Appointed by the State Bar of Texas to serve as a grievance panel member (1998 - 2004)
  
  
• Selected by the Department of Justice / American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative to train Albanian judges and attorneys in the adversary system (1999)
  
  
• Named a " Texas Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine (2003 -2012)
  
  
• Named by H Texas Magazine as a top Houston lawyer (2004 - 2010)
  
  
• Named as a top lawyer for the people (H Texas Magazine 2005 - 2009)
  
  
• Named as one of America 's Premier Lawyers by Sky Radio (2006 - 2007)
  

Mr. Hilder has consistently received the highest rating from the Martindale-Hubbell legal network (AV) and is listed in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers.  He has been involved in high profile cases, such as representing the Enron and Countrywide whistleblowers, and is a frequent legal commentator on criminal cases for television, print, and radio.

Mr. Hilder is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois (1981) and Texas (1985), is also admitted to practice before:

• U.S. Supreme Court
  
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits
  
  
• U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
  
  
• Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar 
  
  
• District of Arizona
  

Mr. Hilder graduated with honors from the University of Iowa (B.A. 1977) and received his law degree from Boston College Law School (J.D. 1981).

He has been active in bar activities:

• American Bar Association 
           National Vice Chair White Collar Criminal Defense Committee (2011-12)
           Committee on White Collar Criminal Defense 
           Current Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on Securities Fraud 
           Co-Chair of the regional So. Texas White Collar Sub-Committee (2009-2012) 
   
• Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the American Bar Association National Institute on Securities Fraud
  
  
• Federal Bar Association 
           President, Houston Chapter, 1995-96 
           Vice President 1994-95
           Chair Criminal Law Subcommittee, 2005-present
           Board of Directors, 1993-2004 
           National Delegate, 1996-97 
           Secretary, 1993-94
  
  
• Houston Bar Association Foundation Member
  
  
• Chicago Bar Association
  
  
• Bar Association for the Fifth Federal Circuit
  
  
• College of the State Bar of Texas
  
  
• American Academy of Litigation Counsel (Former Member)
  

• Illinois, 1981
  
  
• Texas, 1985
  
  
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1985
  
  
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  
  
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  
  
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  
  
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  
  
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona
  
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
  
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
  
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11^th CircutU.S. Supreme Court
  

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  • J.D. - 1981
  • Law Review: Staff Writer, Boston College Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest
    
    
• University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa
  • B.A. - 1977
  • Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honors Society Mortar Board
  • Honors: With Honors
    

• The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the Criminal Liability of Polluters By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul L. Creech
  
  
• The Clean Water Act: Criminal Exposure In Deepwater By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul L. Creech
  
  
• Strict Liability Crimes for the Pollution of American Waters. By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul L. Creech
  
  
• OSHA Individual Criminal Liability Maybe Expanding - By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul L. Creech
  
  
• Seaman's Manslaughter: The Criminalization of Death by Negligence. By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul L. Creech
  
  
• Proposed Senate Bill Offers Whistleblowers Lucrative Incentives and Robust Protection By: Philip H. Hilder and Sunida A. Louangsichampa
  
  
• THE WHISTLEBLOWER STIMULUS BILL OF 2009: Time to reevaluate that compliance program By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul Creech
  
  
• Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, A Trojan Horse By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul Creech
  
  
• The Long Arm Of The Law: FCPA Individual Liability By: Philip H. Hilder and Paul Creech
  
  
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - Published for the American Bar Association, National Institute on Securities Fraud, October 2009
  
  
• What, Retaliation? U.S. Supreme Court Expands Anti-Retaliation Rules
  By: Philip H. Hilder and Scott Mullins - Published in The American Bar Association, National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations, and In-House Counsel, 2009.
  
  
• The Possible Expansion of Anti-Retaliation Protection to Corporate Whistleblowers By: Philip H. Hilder and James G. Rytting - Published in the American Bar Association, National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations, and In-House Counsel, 2009
  
  
• Attack of the Clone: FERC's Anti-Manipulation Rule Uses SEC Tools
  By: Philip H. Hilder and Scott L. Mullins - Published in the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, 2008
  
  
• An Ethical Guide to the Non-Destruction of Evidence Written by: Philip H. Hilder, Hilder & Associates, PC
  
  
• Corporate Casual Gives Way To Suits With Stripes And Cuffs; Authored by: Philip H. Hilder and John Guidorz
  
  
• The Federal Round Up-Corporate Law Compliance Programs: A Necessary By-Product Of The Recent Organization Sentencing Guidelines - Written By: Philip H. Hilder
  
  
• HIPPA-Time for a Health Care Corporate Compliance Program - Written by: Philip H. Hilder and Lon Mullen
  
  
• Criminal News Letter- Joint Venturing a Criminal Defense Team - Written by: Philip H. Hilder and Robert S. Bennett
  
  
• Putting Heat on Fraudster: Using Civil and Criminal Process Offensively; Written by: Philip H. Hilder, Hilder & Associates, PC
  
  
• The Federal Roundup: Corporate Law Compliance Programs: A Necessary By-Product of the Recent Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, Docket, Nov/Dec, 1991
  

• Interviewed, Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room Documentry
  
   
• Power Failure The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron, by Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins
  
  
• Interviewed: Gangsters: Americas’ Most Evil; The First Kingpin Juan Raul Garza, July 12,2012 
  
  
• Texas Justice, by MARTANA.
  
  
• Thank You Power, by Deborah Norville
  
  
• George Bush, the Mafia and the CIA, by Pete Brewton.
  
  
• The Senator, by Elizabeth Drew  
   

• Energy Industry Executives
   
• Financial Services Executives
  
  
• Defense Contractors
  
  
• Healthcare Industry
  
  
• Elected Officials
  

Classes/Seminars 

American Bar Association’s Seventh Annual National Institute on Securities Fraud November 16, 2012 

21st Annual National Institute on Healthcare Fraud Program

Philip H. Hilder participated on the "Trail Practice Demonstration" panel at the 21st Annual National Institute on Healtcare Fraud Program.

Named as a top lawyer for the people (H Texas Magazine 2005 - 2009)

Named as one of America 's Premier Lawyers by Sky Radio (2006 - 2007)

Martindale Hubbell AV Highest Peer Ranking last several years including 2011

American Bar Association, Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Securities Fraud

American Bar Association, Subcommittee on Organizational Sentencing Guidelines Regional Co-chair of the white collar subcommittee 
           
Federal Bar Association, Houston Chapter, Past President and current criminal law chair

State Bar of Texas , Member

College of the State Bar of Texas , Member

Chicago Bar Association, Member

Houston Bar Association, Member

Illinois State Bar, Member

Inns of Court, Master of the Bench
 
Past Employment Positions
 
United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, Houston Field Office, Attorney in Charge, 1987 - 1990

United States Attorney's Office, Houston, Texas, Assistant United States Attorney, 1984 - 19872010

Featured in Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room Documentary