Gutheinz Law Firm, LLP

11/07/2025

Gutheinz Law Firm Partners Michael John Gutheinz and James O’Leary Gutheinz just received Honorary Texas Admiral Commissions from Governor Greg Abbott. This is a prestigious award similar to the Kentucky Colonel- Think Col. Sanders. Way to go, bros.

02/27/2025

Bomb Threat

The Brazoria County Court House complex, Angleton, Texas, together with four blocks of surrounding real estate were evacuated today due to bomb threats. All three of the Gutheinz partners were inside the building when this happened. Allegedly there was a call about two car bombs.Mike, Jim and I have been waiting for hours to get to our cars. Note: If placed on a jury panel to consider this want to be terrorist fate, the defense may want to strike me for cause.

02/23/2025

Our Cruise to Mexico and Honduras was Awesome!

Lori and I journeyed across the Gulf of America to three destinations in Mexico and Honduras. There we saw two toed sloths, monkeys and parrots and fed hundreds of iguanas. We watched a real wrestling match and participated in two formals.

08/03/2023

https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/2/23799135/why-people-cheat-sports-school-work-doping-psychology-dishonesty

The variety of ways people take moral shortcuts is long, from taking credit for someone else’s work to claiming honors never received. Such dishonesty is rampant in sports, in games, at school, on taxes and in the workplace.

05/17/2023

Attorney Joe Gutheinz was just featured in a story found in the Spring 2023 edition of the University of Southern California (U.S.C.) Viterbi Magazine. Joe earned his Master of Science degree in Systems Management from USC.in 1984.

02/06/2023

Hi everyone, we changed our office location to 7930 Broadway Street, Suite 110, Pearland, Texas 77581

02/09/2022

Attorney Highlights: Mike and Jim Gutheinz are recognized by the University of St. Thomas Houston, for their service and successful law careers!

Please read:

A legacy for military service, the practice of law and a University of St. Thomas education plays out for two of the Gutheinz brothers, Mike ’03 and Jim '05

10/21/2021

Gutheinz Law Firm Partner was quoted about RICO laws.

Please read:

Many have insisted that RICO represents the worst the criminal justice system has to offer because of the arbitrary wielding of the government’s power to impose criminal sanctions.

05/28/2021

Airline Dark Truths: 11 Things Airlines Won’t Tell You

Joe Gutheinz, who as an Attorney practices criminal, aviation and space law and is a former Army Aviator and Special Agent with the FAA, U.S. Department of Transportation OIG and NASA OIG gives his insights in the following article about aviation safety.

From health issues to the environmental impacts of every flight, let's dig deeper into the dark truths behind an airplane and the aviation industry.

05/19/2021

Gutheinz Law Firm partner Joe Gutheinz’s was featured in a story geared towards future law students today detailing his daily routine as a criminal defense attorney. Please read:

I have been a criminal defense attorney for the last 24 years. Just about 5 days per week I am ... Read More

04/01/2021

ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHT:

We are proud to announce Mr. Joseph Gutheinz Has Been Recognized as a Super Lawyer for 2021!!

Joe Gutheinz, a partner in the Gutheinz Law Firm, LLP, has been selected to the 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

Joe Gutheinz has practiced law since 1997 and is a former Army Aviator and a retired Federal law enforcement officer. His father was a Marine Corps Officer who became a lawyer upon retirement from the Corps and two of his six sons are his law partners and Reserve Army Officers.