About Roger Edward
Roger Edward Haynes built his legal career in the courts of Texas and on the federal benches that hear Texas appeals. He earned a B.B.A. in business marketing from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth in 1991 and completed his J.D. at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 1995. Those academic years set a steady foundation for work that followed in both prosecution and private practice.
He began public service soon after law school. In 1996 he joined the Dallas District Lawyers Office as an assistant district lawyer. That role placed him in courtroom settings early in his career, handling matters that required day-to-day litigation and courtroom preparation. Four years later he moved into private practice as a staff lawyer at the Law Office of John M. Gioffredi in 2000, where he applied the trial experience he had gained in the public sector.
Haynes has sought and maintained admissions beyond the state bench. He is admitted to practice in Texas, before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Those admissions reflect years of active work in both state and federal matters and an interest in addressing cases that may progress beyond trial courts.
Colleagues and file histories show a lawyer comfortable with courtroom procedure and appellate filings. He developed familiarity with the practical demands of preparing records, briefing issues for higher courts, and arguing complex points to judges and juries. His path from a county prosecutor to staff lawyer in private practice illustrates a balance between public-sector trial experience and the demands of representation in civil or criminal settings.
Outside the courtroom, the record points to steady professional development rooted in his Texas education and practice. He has kept ties to the legal communities that shaped him: the university programs he attended and the offices where he worked early on. Those connections have informed the approach he takes to casework and to mentoring younger attorneys in procedural matters.
As of 2026, Haynes continues to practice in Texas and appears in both state and federal courts. He maintains an active practice that draws on his years of trial experience and his admissions to higher federal tribunals.
