Clint Broden
received his undergraduate degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League
institution, where he graduated magna cum
laude with honors in Political Science. He
received his law degree from the University
of Virginia in 1990 where he graduated in
the top ten percent of his class and was a
member of the Order of the Coif. While in
law school, he had articles published in the
Rutgers Law Review and the Virginia
Journal of Law and Politics.
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Broden joined a prestigious Washington, D.C. civil litigation firm. Nevertheless, his desire to practice criminal law and assist citizens accused of crimes brought him to Dallas in 1992 and he became an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Texas. In 1998, Mr. Broden and Mr. Mickelsen, another former Assistant Federal Public Defender, formed the firm Broden & Mickelsen.
Mr. Broden is board certified in the area of criminal law and his practice is limited to criminal defense work. He has received an "AV" rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating available. He was voted by his peers as a "Super Lawyer" in criminal defense in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Although he handles all types of criminal cases, Mr. Broden specializes in complex, criminal cases in federal court at both the trial and appellate level. He has represented defendants in federal courts throughout Texas as well as in California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, and Georgia. Despite the overwhelming conviction rate in federal court, Mr. Broden's clients have avoided conviction in almost sixty percent of the cases he has tried in federal court. Likewise, Mr. Broden has handled approximately sixty appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, including oral argument in over thirty cases, and has obtained some type of relief for his clients in approximately one-quarter of the cases.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Broden is an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University School of Law where he teaches trial advocacy. Mr. Broden also lectures to other criminal defense lawyers in Texas and Louisiana on various topics related to federal criminal law including detention hearings suppression motions, obscenity trials and federal sentencing guidelines. Mr. Broden also served as an Associate Municipal Court Judge in the City of Dallas from 1999-2004.
Mr. Broden is a lifetime member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, the Dallas County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas County Bar Association and the Mac Taylor American Inn of Court
Mr. Broden is married to his wife, Nancy Kennedy, a fellow criminal defense lawyer in Dallas.
