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Mitigation Specialist with a Team Approach

Vince Gonzales, Founder and Owner

With a focused approach to the field, Vince may be the longest-serving Mitigation Specialist in the nation, having started his practice in June of 1988 with his first death penalty case and being in continuous practice since that time.  This longevity can guarantee that he is not afraid of the courtroom and has developed the inter-personal skill required of an effective advocate for your client.

Additional Services

Death Penalty trial preparation can be daunting and intimidating. I have contracted with individuals to assist in the development of trial notebooks, digital exhibits, and special document preparation.  If you require these special legal services, I will work directly with you to make sure you get the services you need.

About Us

  

I have had training, as well as experience, in working with the issues of mental health and mental retardation. Each of the following seminars provided training with regard to working with a mentally retarded/mentally ill client:


TCDLA Capital Murder Seminar

Galveston, Texas

March 2002


TCDLA Capital Murder Seminar

Houston, Texas

March 2001


Texas Defender Services Mitigation Seminar

Dallas, Texas

April, 2001


NITA Habeas Training Seminar

Houston, Texas

2001


Federal Habeas Seminar

Habeas Assistance Training Counsel

Administrative Office, United States Court

Denver, Colorado


State Habeas Training Seminar

Habeas Assistance Training Counsel

Administrative Office, United States Court

Austin, Texas


Mental Retardation Update

Center For American and International Law

Austin, Texas


Third Annual Mental Health and the Criminal Law Seminar

Habeas Assistance Training Counsel

Administrative Office, United States Courts

Atlanta, GA


Capital Trial Advocacy

“Persuading the Jury that your 

Clientis Not a Future Danger”

The Center for American and International Law

Plano, Texas

January 17, 2003


Capital Murder Trial Training

Georgia Indigent Defense Council/GACDL

Jekyll Island, GA

February 6-9, 2003 


Federal Habeas Corpus Training

U.S. Court Administration/HAT

August 19-23, 2004

St. Louis, MO


Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Annual Criminal Defense Seminar

January 7-8, 2005


TCDLA/CDLP Forensic Seminar

September 22-23, 2005

Dallas, Texas


Third National Forensic Evidence and the Criminal Law Seminar
January 26-29, 2006
St. Anthony Wyndham Hotel
San Antonio, TX 


Fourth National Forensic Evidence and the Criminal Law Seminar
 January 18-21, 2007

Marriot New Orleans at the Convention Center

New Orleans, Louisiana 


Life in the Balance 2007

March 10-13, 2007

The Fairmont Hotel

Dallas, TX


Capital Defense Training

National Consortium for Capital Defense Training

May 10-12, 2007


Center for American and International Law

Plano, TX

Mental Health and Mental Retardation Law

December 14, 2007


Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Convicting the Innocent

April 4, 2008


Texas Tech University School of Law

Lubbock, TX

Forensics

October 23-24, 2008

TCDLA

Dallas, TX


6thNational Forensics and the Criminal Law

January 7-10, 2010

Hilton Bayfront Hotel

San Diego, California


Fourth National Seminar on Mental Health

and the Criminal Law

 January 13-16, 2011 

Royal Sonesta Hotel 

New Orleans, LA 


Eighth National Seminar on the Development and 

Integration of Mitigation Evidence 

March 31-April 2, 2011 

 Drake Hotel 

Chicago, IL


Mexican Capital Legal Assistance Program Training

April 2013

Hotel Derek

Houston, Texas


13th Annual Forensics and Innocence for Students

October 1-2, 2015

Crowne Plaza Downtown

Dallas, Texas


Bryan R. Schechmeister

 Death Penalty College

July 28 - August 2, 2018

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA


  ARC, Inc.'s Houston Mitigation Training

 December 6 - 8, 2019

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas


 Virtual Hat Training 

 The Current State of Intellectual Disability Litigation in Capital Cases

Habeas Assistance Training Counsel

Administrative Office, United States Court


Additionally, I have had experience in working with mentally retarded, mentally ill and autistic clients on numerous occasions, most recently, as a consulting expert (under the Stateof Texas vs. DeFreece) in the State of Texas vs. Johnny Paul Penry.

Additionally, I have had experience in working with mentally retarded, mentally ill and autistic clients on numerous occasions, most recently, as a consulting expert (under the Stateof Texas vs. DeFreece) in the State of Texas vs. Johnny Paul Penry and was an Invited Instructor at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law's Death Penalty Project from 2004-2106..

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