Mr. Hesse was raised in Houston, Texas. He Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1994 and became an Officer of Marines in 1999. In 2003 he was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After his tour of duty, he was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps and attended Texas Tech Law School in the fall of 2003.

Mr. Hesse has an extensive background in criminal law matters. He has interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, two District Attorney’s Offices and was a Prosecutor for the Potter County Attorney’s Office in Amarillo, Texas. He has engaged in numerous jury trials and obtained victories for criminal defense clients ranging from the granting of motions to suppress the evidence to hung juries, dismissals and not guilty verdicts.

Mr. Hesse took an oath while in the United States Marine Corps to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.” Likewise, he took an oath as a Texas attorney to support the Constitution of the United States and of Texas. He believes that defending a client against a criminal charge is supporting and defending the client’s Constitutional rights, against all who may want to violate those rights. He vigorously defends his clients and never shies away from a trial.