William Michael Helixon

A Texan since the age of three, Will Helixon has been a student of law and argument his entire life. 

Idolizing Perry Mason as a child, Will pursued competitive debate in the ninth grade, and continued debating throughout high school (Liberty, Hardin and Burleson High Schools) and college (Houston Baptist University and University of North Texas).  After four years of college debate, Will ran for student government president, winning by a landslide of two votes out of the nearly 4,000 cast (University of North Texas).  During his tenure as student government president, Will had the opportunity to meet several key Texas state government officials, and ultimately left graduate school to become the personal aide to former Texas Governor Mark White during his 1989 gubernatorial campaign. 

Immediately after the campaign, Will became the debate coach at Houston Baptist University, and simultaneously started law school.  In law school at South Texas College of Law, Will competed in both mock trial and moot court before graduating in 1993.  Hired as an attorney on a capital murder defense team two months before graduating, Will spent 8 months immersed in capitial litigation before starting his own criminal defense practice.  

Will continued as a civilian criminal defense lawyer in Houston, Texas, until joining the U.S. Army in August of 1996. During his military service, Will was stationed at the following locations:  Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Polk, Louisana; Bamberg, Germany (First Infantry Division); Hanau, Germany (Trial Defense Services); Charlottesville, Virginia; Vicenza, Italy (173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team); Arlington, Virginia (HQ, Trial Defense Services); Grafenwoehr, Germany (Special Victims Prosecutor) and Joint Base Lewis McChord, Tacoma, Washington (Special Victim Prosecutor).  Will was also deployed and/or served in the following locations: Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras; Taszar Air Base, Hungary; Baghdad International Airport, Iraq; FOB Fenty, Jalalabad, Afghanistan; and Kandahar, Afghanistan.  

Only world travel rivals Will's passion for the law and advocacy.