Denise Oncken

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Denise Oncken of Houston is an Assistant District Attorney with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and Bureau Chief over the Special Victims and Mental Health Bureau, which includes Crimes Against Children, Adult Sex Crimes and Trafficking, Family Violence, Mental Health, Victims Services, and Child Fatality. She is a member and co-chair of the Senior Lawyers Committee with the Houston Bar Association and a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas District and County Attorney’s Association. In a volunteer capacity, she has served as a chapter chair of the Arthritis Foundation and is a member of the Houston Bar Foundation and the Texas Prosecutor Society. Oncken received a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctor Degree from South Texas College of Law at Houston. Reappointed 3/9/21.