Thompson, Geoffrey

Lane Thibodeaux has practiced law in the Brazos Valley area for twenty four years. He holds dual Board Certifications in Criminal Law and Personal Injury Trial Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. This combination of dual board certifications is held by only 12 active, licensed attorneys in the State of Texas.

Mr. Thibodeaux has tried more than 100 cases to juries in State and Federal court. His jury trial experience is diverse. His criminal law jury trial experience ranges from defense of capital murder charges to driving while intoxicated cases. Mr. Thibodeaux has also served as a Special Prosecutor in both felony and misdemeanor cases in multiple counties in Texas. His personal injury jury trial experience is also significant, including a jury verdict in Wise County, Texas that merited inclusion in Verdict Search - Texas as a top ten jury verdict in cases involving injuries caused by a motor vehicle for the year 2009. 

Mr. Thibodeaux has acted as lead counsel in 54 appeals, including multiple published opinions from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest appellate court for criminal cases in Texas.

Mr. Thibodeaux has been licensed by the State Bar of Texas since 1985. He is a member of both the Criminal Justice and Juvenile Law Sections of the State Bar. Mr. Thibodeaux is also licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Thibodeaux is a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He has been a member of the DWI committee for this statewide organization since 2009. He is a member of the screening committee for selection of Qualified Counsel in Capital Cases for the Second Administrative Judicial Region of Texas.  Mr. Thibodeaux is also a member of the Brazos County Bar Association, serving as President of that organization in 2008. He is a past President of the Brazos Valley Young Lawyers Association. In 1991 Mr. Thibodeaux was awarded the Brazos County Bar Association Pro Bono Award in recognition for his dedication in serving the legal needs of the underprivileged.

Mr. Thibodeaux has been a guest lecturer at the Texas A & M University Health Science Center and the Bryan, Texas campus of Blinn College. His recurring topic of lecture at Blinn College is the use of forensic evidence in criminal trials.

Mr. Thibodeaux graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government where he was a member of the National Social Science Honor Society, Phi Gamma Mu.

Mr. Thibodeaux received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 1985. In Law School, Mr. Thibodeaux was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in the study of Constitutional Law, was named to the Dean's List and inducted into the honorary advocacy fraternity, The Order of Barristers.

He is married to former Brazos County Assistant District Attorney and Baylor Law School graduate Beth Smith Thibodeaux. They have three children.

Mr. Thibodeaux's short story Bouquet by Numbers was named winner of the 2012 Texas Bar Journal Short Story Fiction Writing Contest and published in the June 2012 issue. Another of his short stories, Llano Estacado was published in the short story anthology Award Winning Tales in March of 2011. The anthology is available for purchase in both paperback and Kindle format from Amazon.com. He has also created a satirical look at the administration of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing entitled The Truth About Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. The five minute animated video can be seen here: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12148203/the-truth-about-standardized-field-sobriety-tests.

Mr. Thibodeaux also completed four marathons and three half marathons, including the 2000 New York City Marathon.