Cynthia Orr

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Personal Information

Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr was appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to the Board of Law Examiners on September 1, 2015. Ms. Orr is a partner at Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley in San Antonio, where she is a nationally recognized criminal defense attorney. She is Board Certified in both Criminal Law and Criminal Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

A 1979 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. and a 1988 graduate of St. Mary’s University Law School, Ms. Orr began her legal career clerking for Fifth Circuit Judge Emilio Garza when he was on the U.S. District Court bench in San Antonio, Texas. She is a recognized leader in the legal community and was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame. She recently served as Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association and has also served as a member of the ABA House of Delegates and on numerous ABA Committees. She has received many honors and acknowledgements for her efforts to improve the criminal justice system and has been listed in Best Lawyers in American (2005).