Criminal defense attorney (Houston)

Mark Ash is a Houston criminal defense attorney who has been licensed in Texas since 1992³. He was nominated for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 at the Libertarian Party of Texas state convention in Abilene in April 2026². He sought a seat on the same court as a Libertarian candidate in 2018⁴.

• Licensed criminal defense lawyer in Texas since 1992; Houston resident since 1985³
• Graduate of South Texas College of Law and the University of Texas at El Paso³
• Not a sitting judge; Libertarian Party nominee, listed on the Secretary of State's general election candidate list¹².
• Bar poll: State Bar of Texas 2026 Judicial Poll, final vote summary dated February 10, 2026. This was a non-binding straw poll of State Bar members on contested races, taken before the March 3 primary; the Bar describes it as a preference poll only, not an endorsement. Results: Okey Anyiam 1,034 votes, Alison Fox 592, Lesli Fitzpatrick 463, Thomas Smith 391, Brent Coffee 345, Mark Ash 337 (Fox, Fitzpatrick and Coffee did not win the Republican nomination)⁵⁶.