Top Attorney – Joseph R. Gutheinz

Friendswood, TX WW/Press/– Joseph R. Gutheinz, Attorney with Gutheinz Law Firm, LLP is recognized and distinguished in The Top Attorneys of North America 2021-2022 edition.

“The Gutheinz Law Firm, where justice is the law.”

Gutheinz Law Firm, LLP, is in Friendswood, TX. This firm zealously defends and advocates for clients in the areas of criminal defense and family law, although the firm also prepares wills and has represented clients in aviation and space law cases. Joseph R. Gutheinz and his sons, has 40+ years of combined legal experience and are also all military veterans. They are there to help your with your case. Whether you are facing misdemeanor or felony charges, or you are looking to expunge an existing criminal record or seal a juvenile record, they will advocate for you. They also provide zealous juvenile defense if your child is facing charges. In complex cases, where criminal charges and divorce or custody matters intersect, they offer the comprehensive, client-recommended counsel that you need and deserve.

Joe Gutheinz is a partner in the Gutheinz law Firm LLP, with two of his six sons. Lt. Col Michael John Gutheinz (U.S. Army Reserve) and Major James O’Leary Gutheinz (U.S. Army Reserve). His father, Lt. Col. Joseph R. Gutheinz, Sr. (U.S.M.C. Deceased) was also an attorney who began practicing law only after serving as a Marine Corps Infantry enlisted man and officer for 30 years, in WW-ll, China, the Korean War and Vietnam.

Joe Gutheinz is licensed to practice law in ten courts, including the Texas Supreme Court; the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th, 10th, and 11th Circuits; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court. He practices in the areas of criminal defense handling cases involving drugs, DWI, assault, theft crimes, sex crimes, juvenile crimes and expungements, but he also practices in aviation and space law.

Mr. Gutheinz, a former Army Intelligence Officer and Aviator  founded this firm with a strong tradition of service to his community and country. He believes that his clients deserve the highest-quality representation, and he has established this throughout his firm. Joe Gutheinz transitioned from military service to law enforcement, when he became the top graduate (Honor Graduate) from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Criminal Investigators Course, Glynco Georgia and a Distinguished Graduate from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Office of Inspector General Basic Course, Glynco Georgia. Joe Gutheinz holds six college degrees and eight teaching credentials, he has taught over 200 graduate and undergraduate Criminal Justice, Risk Management, and Paralegal classes for three colleges. He is a former Adjunct Professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where he taught Mediation. He is presently both a Mediator and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Joe Gutheinz was appointed to by the Governor of Texas and served on the Texas Criminal Justice Advisory Committee on Medical and Mental Impairments, the Texas Council on Sex Offender Treatment and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Joe Gutheinz is a former FAA Civil Aviation Security Special Agent, former U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) Special Agent and a retired Senior Agent with NASA OIG. He led, as a Special Agent, 4 Federal task force investigations for NASA OIG against Omniplan Corporation, Lockheed, the Arkansas Aerospace Education Center, Rockwell Space Operation Company and its successors in interest, Boeing and United Space Alliance. His Omniplan case resulted in the largest count indictment and conviction in NASA history and the closure of 7 companies. In 1997, Joe Gutheinz investigated the Russian Space Program and the Russian Mir Space Station fire and collision and stolen Prelaunch Assessment and Review Tapes detailing the dangers of the Mir and the false statements being told about its safety.

In 1998 Joe Gutheinz created and undercover sting operation called, Operation Lunar Eclipse, the subject of upcoming movie. The Purpose of the sting operation was to catch con men selling bogus moon rocks, but what happened instead, was that a person selling the Honduras Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock for 5 Million dollars was stung by his sting operation. For the first time in history a moon rock was recovered in a sting, with the help of former Presidential candidate and billionaire H. Ross Perot. When Joe Gutheinz retired from law enforcement and began teaching, he created the Moon Rock Project for his students, where, over a 10-year period, the students helped recover 78 more Apollo era moon rocks, to include Apollo 17 Moon Rocks brought home by the governors of Colorado, West Virginia and Missouri. This success has caused media outlets like the Irish Times, New York Time, Saturday Evening Post, History Channel, Science Channel, the BBC and an Emmy Award winning documentary, “Moon for Sale”, to call Joe Gutheinz the “Moon Rock Hunter.”

Joe Gutheinz has written magazine articles relating to NASA for such publications as Geotimes Magazine and Earth Magazine.

Joe Gutheinz is the recipient of the President Council on Integrity and Efficiency Career Achievement Award, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the NASA Superior Accomplishment Award, a special Commendation from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal and the Distinguished Criminal Justice Alumni Award from California State University, Sacramento.

The Top Attorneys of North America, a New York based publication, distinguishes and profiles leading attorneys who have reached a recognizable degree of success and leadership in their field. The directory is valued for promoting awareness of the accomplishments within the North American legal community.