Mike-McCollum

Coordinator

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Criminal Clinic

Professor Mike McCollum is a 1962 graduate of Kimball HS in Dallas and matriculated at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Upon graduation from the University of Texas School of Law with a LLB in June 1968, he was commissioned a 2nd Lt in the United States Marine Corps and served successive tours in Southeast Asia as a SJA Defense Counsel and as an Aerial Observer.

Upon his release from active duty in June 1971, Professor McCollum returned to Dallas and simultaneously worked as a member of the 1972-75 Associate Faculty of the Caruth Institute of Owner Managed Business at SMU Cox School of Business from 72 through 75, and as an Assistant District Attorney in both the Appellate and Prosecution Divisions of Dallas County District Attorney’s Office under the legendary Henry Wade.

Mike began the general practice of law Dallas in June 1975. He was hired by the SMU (now Dedman) School of Law as a part time instructor in August 1977 and has served continuously in the criminal clinic to this day.

He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since September 1968 and was admitted to the Northern Federal District of Texas in 1971, served as a faculty member of the WESTPAC Trial Advocacy from 1991-through 1999 which provides CLE certified instruction to SJA attorneys of all five military arms serving in the western Pacific.

Mike is a long time member of both the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) the Dallas County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (DCDLA). He has published numerous articles on DWI defense and has been a speaker on that topic on many occasions.

McCollum joined the Marine Reserve in 1971 and retired from uniformed service in 1998. He is a member of the Metroplex Marine Coordination Council, is the managing trustee of the Metroplex Military Charitable Trust, and is the CEO of Metroplex Veterans Legal Services.

He has selected as a Texas Super in 2003 through 2014, was designated as one of Best Lawyer in Dallas in 2003 and as one of 10 best misdemeanor lawyers in 2014 by the DCDLA.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

• 1969-70 Staff Judge Advocate of U S Marine Corps; 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
• 4/91-99 Faculty Member of the WESTPAC Trial Advocacy Faculty; Member Emeritus.
• 1972-75 Associate Faculty of the Caruth Institute of Owner Managed Business at SMU Cox School of Business.
• 4/72-12/72 Assistant District Attorney, Appellate Division, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
• 1/73-6/73 Assistant District Attorney, Prosecution Division, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
• 6/75 to present – Private practice of law with a law concentration in criminal law.
• 1977 to present – Associate Director/Acting Director/Faculty Instructor of the SMU Dedman School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic.

PUBLICATIONS: (Partial List)

• MORE SUGGESTIONS ON THE CMI 4011AS-A INTOXILYZEROct. 5, 1990, Dallas County Criminal Bar Association seminar
• INFORMATION YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT DWI ARRESTS IN DALLAS COUNTYOct. 22, 1990, Dallas Bar Association CLE Criminal Law seminar
• CMI 4011AS-A & CMI 5OOOMarch 14, 1991, DWI Superstar Seminar, Galveston, Texas
• BASIC PREREQUISITES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL JURY TRIAL OF ANY DWI CASEVoice for the Defense, January, 1994
• CROSS-EXAMINATION OF AN INTOXILYZER 5000EXPERT, DWI Seminar, Cayman Islands, July 1995
• TEN SEMI-EASY POINTS TO MAKE IN THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF AN INTOXILYZER 5000EXPERT, Voice for the Defense, April, 1996
• CROSS OF THE TECHNICAL SUPERVISORTexas, May 6, 2011 Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers (“TCDLA”) DWI Defense project, Arlington, Texas
• CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL SUPERVISORNovember 18 & 19, 2010, TCDLA Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, November 18 & 19, 2010, San Antonio, Texas
• UNDERMINING THE BREATH TEST, TCDLAStuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, November 2 & 3, 2006
• HOW TO WIN A DWI TEST CASE WITHOUT AN EXPERT, TCDLA, DWI & Golf SeminarSherman, Texas , August 25, 2006
• DWI BREATH TEST CASE PROGRAMJanuary 26, 2007, Institute of International and Comparative law, Plano, Texas
• SELECTED TO:D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas 2003, Texas Super Lawyers 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012