Terri R. Zimmermann

I am Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 2005) and the National Board of Trial Advocates (since 2009).

I am licensed to practice before courts in the following jurisdictions:

Texas

Maryland

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court District of Maryland

For my civilian biography, please visit www.TexasDefenseLawyers.com.

Below is my military biography:

LIEUTENANT COLONEL TERRI R. ZIMMERMANN

JUDGE ADVOCATE, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

Lieutenant Colonel Terri R. Zimmermann graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government with honors in May 1989.  In August of that year, she signed a Platoon Leaders Class (Law) contract and left for Washington, D.C., where she attended Georgetown University Law Center.  After graduation from law school in May 1992, as a First Lieutenant, she passed the Maryland bar exam and worked at a local D.C. law firm until she entered The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia in January 1993.  She graduated Bravo Company in July 1993 and moved to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.  After Naval Justice School, she became the Civil Law and Review Officer at the Joint Law Center.  She performed these duties for approximately one year, and after her promotion to Captain on 1 September 1994, she moved to the trial shop.  She was a trial counsel until she began her terminal leave at the end of May 1996.

After leaving active duty, she returned to her hometown of Houston, Texas, where she began her civilian law practice as an associate at Zimmermann & Lavine, P.C. (now Zimmermann, Lavine, Zimmermann, & Sampson, P.C.).  She passed the Texas bar exam, and practices primarily criminal defense and military law in federal, state and military courts.  She remained in the Reserves and assumed the responsibilities of appellate defense counsel at the Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee in August 1996.  She was promoted to Major in October 1999.  She transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve in August 2000 but continued to perform duties as appellate defense counsel.  She also completed special assignments for the Staff Judge Advocate, Mobilization Command and the Staff Judge Advocate, Marine Forces Reserve.  She re-joined the IMA in February 2005 and was still assigned to the Appellate Defense Division.  In April 2006 she transferred to the Legal Mobilization Training Unit at the Marine Corps Mobilization Command in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was promoted to her current rank effective 1 October 2005.

LtCol Zimmermann was mobilized and served on active duty from February to August 2008 as the Deputy Counsel to the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity at Camp Pendleton, California.  She earned a Certificate of Commendation for her service at MCTSSA.

LtCol Zimmermann also is entitled to wear the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hourglass, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal with gold star.