Gena Blount Bunn Longview, Texas
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Gena Bunn has argued criminal appeals before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
- Areas of Practice:
- Criminal Law, State and Federal
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- White Collar Crimes
- Appellate Law
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1994
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
- Education:
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas,
1994
J.D. - University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
1991
Bachelor of Journalism
Honors: With Honors
- Published Works:
- Balancing Fairness & Finality: A Comprehensive Review of the Texas Death Penalty (Co-Author), 5 Tex. Rev. L. & & Pol. 49-148, 2000
- Representative Cases:
- Miller-El v. Dretke, 545 U.S. 231 (U.S. 2005)
- Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668 (U.S. 2004)
- Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (U.S. 2003)
- Brewer v. Quarterman, 466 F.3.d 344 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 2006)
- Harris v. Johnson, 376 F.3.d 414 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 2004)
- Soffar v. Cockrell, 300 F.3.d 588 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 2002)
- Lucas v. Johnson, 132 F.3.d 1069 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 1998)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Addressed Prosecutors on Capital Habeas Corpus Issues, Capital Murder Seminar of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Kerrville, Texas, 2005
- Addressed Prosecutors on Capital Habeas Corpus Issues, Capital Murder Seminar of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, San Antonio, Texas, 2003
- Addressed Prosecutors on Capital Habeas Corpus Issues, Capital Murder Seminar of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Austin, Texas, 1997
- Participated on a Panel of Prosecutors from Across the Country, Annual Conference of the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 2007
- Presided Over Four-Day Conference as Association's President, Annual Conference of the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation, Portland, Oregon, 2004
- Presented Two-Hour Continuing-Legal-Education Course on Oral Argument, Appellate Advocacy Workshop, Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 2007
- Participated on a Panel Discussing Capital-Punishment Issues, Annual Conference of the National Association of Women Judges, Houston, Texas, 2005
- Participated on a Panel Discussing Capital-Punishment Issues, Annual Conference of the Council of Appellate Staff Attorneys, Dallas, Texas, 2006
- Participated on a Panel representing the Fifth Circuit along with Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones and then Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Michael McCormick, Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference on the Death Penalty, Braselton, Georgia, 1999
- Addressed Elected Attorneys General Regarding Death Penalty Issues, Annual conference of the Southern Association of Attorneys General, Savannah, Georgia, 1999
- Honors and Awards:
- Named Among Outstanding Women in Texas Government by the State Agency Council to the Governor's Commission for Women in 2005
- Recognized for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy by the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation in 2001-2002
- Selected as an Ex Officio Member of the Governor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council, 2006-2008
- Past Employment Positions:
- Office of the Texas Attorney General, Chief, Capital Litigation Division, 1998 - 2003
- Office of the Texas Attorney General, Chief, Postconviction Litigation Division, 2003 - 2008
