The Legal Staff
Tom Cloudt
First Assistant District Attorney
Education: J.D. Baylor University Law School; B.A.
Southwest Texas State University;
A.A.S. Austin Community College
Duties:  Assist and supervise all Felony
Prosecutors as directed by the District Attorney.
Primary caseload: Capital, First and Second
Degree Crimes Against Persons.
Experience:  First Assistant District Attorney
33rd/424th Judicial District, 1997 to present.
Assistant District Attorney 34th Judicial District
1994-1997.  Private Practice 1993-1994.
Cheryl Nelson
Assistant District Attorney
Sexual Assault and Crimes Against Children Division
Education: J.D. University of Texas School of Law.
B.A. Texas Tech University.  Double Major-History and
Political Science.
Duties: Prosecution of Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse.
Experience: Assistant District Attorney 33rd/424th Judicial
District Special Prosecution Unit, 2000-present. Assistant
District Attorney Hale and Swisher Counties, Special Prison
Prosecution Unit.
Rudy Taylor
Assistant District Attorney
Education:  J.D. South Texas College of Law; B.S. Troy State
University
Duties: Prosecution of illegal drugs; forfeiture of contraband
Experience:  Assistant District Attorney 33rd/424th Judicial
District, 2006-present.  Private practice, 2000-2006.
Will Hale
Assistant District Attorney
Education:  J.D. Southern Methodist University
Duties: General trial and appellate attorney
Experience:  Assistant District Attorney 33rd/424th Judicial
District, 2006-present.  Law Clerk for NTSB Administrative Judge,
2005-2006. Law Clerk for Air Force JAG, 2005.