Criminal Defense Attorneys

Fred Howey graduated third in his class at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and was inducted as a member of Phi Delta Phi, an international legal honor society. Upon graduating law school, he set up a solo practice focusing on family law and criminal defense. He also has experience in juvenile defense and representing parents, and children, in Child Protective Service ... Read more about Fred Howey

Robert Huerta was born and raised in Houston, Texas.

He found his passion for law and advocacy while attending the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice where he regularly competed in the Houston Urban Debate League. Robert continued this passion in college where he was the President of the Mock Trial Team for the University of St. Thomas. He compe ... Read more about Robert Huerta

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Lynda graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She furthered her education at the historic Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Lynda structured her time in law school around her passion for criminal law. She previously served as President of the Criminal Law Society. As a student attorney in the estee ... Read more about Lynda Jetton

Bohumila (Bo) Jones is an associate attorney in the Fort Worth, Texas office of the Dunham & Jones. She received her Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, Cum Laude, from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. She was a Texas Christian University Scholar, on the Dean’s Honor List; and noted as an Outstanding College Student of America.

She rece ... Read more about Bohumila P. Jones

Alex Joyner was born in Dallas and currently resides in San Marcos, allowing him to practice law in Hays County and the Austin Metroplex. Mr. Joyner has an extensive range of experience that makes him an asset to clients. Mr. Joyner grew up at a religious institute that developed curriculum to be utilized world-wide. As a result, he became familiar with and helped facilitate ... Read more about Alex Joyner

Jacqueline Kasemsri received a BA in Philosophy and BBA in Business Fellows from Baylor University. She earned her law degree from Wake Forest School of Law in North Carolina.

Jacqueline knew she wanted to work in criminal defense since college. In law school, she sought out organizations and internships that would give her the skills she would need as a criminal ... Read more about Jacqueline Kasemsri

Dan was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended college in his hometown at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where he earned a degree in philosophy.

After earning his undergraduate degree, Dan attended law school at South Texas College of Law Houston. It was during this time that Dan developed a taste for criminal trial advocacy. He was an activ ... Read more about Daniel C. Krause

Brett grew up in Alvin, Texas. He first attended college at Corcordia University in Austin on a scholarship to play baseball before transferring to Texas A&M – College Station where he earned a degree in Sport Management.

After earning his undergraduate degree, Brett attended law school at South Texas College of Law Houston. While at STCL, Brett was a member of ... Read more about Brett Landriault

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J. Rafael Ledesma has lived in the Austin Area for nearly 30 years. Mr. Ledesma is a former Assistant City Attorney (Municipal Prosecutor) for the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Ledesma used that knowledge, which included extensive trial work and knowledge of Class C Misdemeanors, to work his way up to join the Dunham & Jones Law firm in 2006, and also to come back to what ... Read more about Rafael Ledesma

Clayton Littlefield graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos, earning a Bachelor of Arts, International Studies focused on international trade and business. He earned his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. During law school he was a member of the Criminal Law Association and served as its Vice President. He was active as a law ... Read more about Clayton C. Littlefield

Jodi D. Liukkonen located to Texas in 2014 from Minnesota where she was a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. Ms. Liukkonen uses her extensive knowledge of both sides of the justice system to negotiate favorable outcomes for her clients. She has tried numerous jury trials with successful verdicts of not-guilty.

Prior to becoming an attorney, she work ... Read more about Jodi Liukkonen

William B. Mange is a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been practicing in Texas since 1986. He is a former Assistant District Attorney in Travis County, Texas. Mr. Mange received both his Bachelors and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from law school, he worked as a briefing attorney ... Read more about Bill Mange

George was born and raised in San Antonio, TX. After graduating from Tom C. Clark High School, he served in the United States Marine Corps as an Infantryman in 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. After being honorably discharged in 2010, he went on to pursue his education. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2013, gradua ... Read more about George Manning

James Martin is a native of Tarrant County and currently lives in Arlington. He graduated from Texas Tech with a B.B.A. in Energy Commerce. Mr. Martin earned his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. There he was an associate editor on the Law Review and was on the Dean’s List every term. During law school, Mr. Martin spent a term interning with the Texas Court of Crimin ... Read more about James T. Martin

Mr. Mateer was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. He went to law school in Charleston, SC. He now practices law in Houston, TX as a passionate and aggressive criminal defense lawyer for Dunham & Jones, Attorneys at Law, P.C. ... Read more about Matthew Mateer

Makayla Maxwell-Stallcup received a B.S. in Business, a B.A. in Economics, and a minor in Alternative Energy Solutions from Centenary College of Louisiana. She graduated with honors and as a member of the Economics Honor Society. Makayla earned her law degree at the University of Oklahoma, where she served on the Board of Advocates.

Makayla has experience working ... Read more about Makayla Maxwell-Stallcup

Lonnie Maze III has been representing citizens accused of crimes for over 20 years. Lonnie was born and raised in Antioch, Tennessee and remembers when Nashville was just a small Southern city known for mostly Opryland and country music. He graduated from the University of the South (Sewanee) and received his law degree from the University of Tennessee School of Law in Knoxvill ... Read more about Lonnie Maze

Michael graduated from Emory University and SMU School of Law. He began his practice working for a Federal District Court Judge and thereafter he worked at law firms in both downtown Dallas and Fort Worth, before opening his own bankruptcy firm here in Fort Worth.

Prior to joining Dunham and Jones, Michael was a felony prosecutor in the Tarrant County DA's office ... Read more about J. Michael McBride

Laurynn attended University of Texas at Arlington and graduated Cum Laude with her B.A. in Criminal Justice. While there, she was also a collegiate athlete. She received her Juris Doctorate at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA and also graduated Cum Laude. As a law student, Laurynn interned at the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office and worked in the Juveni ... Read more about Laurynn McGowen

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With a love and desire to serve America, much like his brave family before him, Jesse Montagnino joined the military in 1998. He served in the Marine Corps infantry and played a crucial role in training many heroic Marines for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Following his Honorable Discharge in 2002, Jesse toured Florida with his wife while earning deg ... Read more about Jesse Montagnino

Roland Monteros is a graduate of The Stanford University School of Engineering and Santa Clara University School of Law. Mr. Monteros also participated in the Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers and The Harvard Law School Negotiation Project, which have provided him with valuable training and skills essential to provide effective criminal representation. Addit ... Read more about Roland Monteros

David Moody is a seasoned lawyer who practiced criminal defense in Lubbock, Texas before joining Dunham and Jones. While in Lubbock, he defended clients in all courts, including 15 years in the Federal District Court and 20 years in State District Courts throughout West Texas. He has handled virtually every type of criminal case, from serious drug conspiracy cases to minor crim ... Read more about David Moody

Mario Moreno was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated summa cum laude from Our Lady of the Lake University with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Afterwards, he graduated cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law with a Criminal Law and Innocence concentration.

Mario spent the first two years of his legal career work ... Read more about Mario G. Moreno

Wes Navidomskis is a sixth generation El Pasoan. Additionally, Mr. Navidomskis is a sixth generation lawyer. He was raised with a legacy of standing up for ordinary people and strives to fulfill that legacy. Growing up in Horizon City, Wes graduated from Clint High School and went on to attend Texas A&M University, graduating with a degree in Political Science. After colleg ... Read more about William 'Wes' Navidomskis

Cole Nettles was born and raised in Central Texas and currently lives in San Antonio. He graduated from the University of Texas – San Antonio with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. He then graduated from Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas.

Mr. Nettles has always had a passion for Criminal Defense work. To ensure he started off on the right ... Read more about Cole S. Nettles

Skyler Parks was born in Stephenville, Texas, and currently resides in Round Rock as a proud Williamson County resident. Mr. Parks graduated with honors from Lubbock’s Texas Tech University School of Law in 2020 and earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Texas Tech before that. He is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas.

During ... Read more about Skyler Parks

Chris Parks was grew up in Houston, Texas where he graduated from St. Thomas High School. After high school, Chris graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Political Science. Chris then attended and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Law with honors and in the top 10% of his class. During his last year in law school, Chris chose to intern with ... Read more about Chris Parks

James comes from a family line that has service deep in its veins. A War of Independence sergeant in Virginia, Mounted Infantryman in the Civil War, Infantrymen in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam are a part of the history that James comes from. James has served as a United State Marine repairing helicopters in the Presidential Helicopter Squadron. James has also se ... Read more about James Patterson

James Perl graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of South Carolina School of Law.

Mr. Perl has practiced criminal law both as a defense attorney and as a prosecutor. As a prosecutor, he has successfully tried dozens of cases to verdict in a municipal court ... Read more about James Perl

David Phillips has practiced law for almost thirty (30) years. His primary focus for the past twenty five (25) years has been in criminal defense. Mr. Phillips has successfully tried many cases by jury ranging from DWI to Capital Murder allegations. He has also tried multiple “high profile” cases in various jurisdictions throughout the state of Texas, yet is of the belief t ... Read more about David W. Phillips

Nicholas Piña, a native of Eagle Pass, graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While in law school, he took a position as an intern for the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. It was there that he discovered his passion for trial work.

After law school, Nicholas began his legal career with the Lubbock County District ... Read more about Nicholas Pina

John Anthony “Tony” Pollreisz is a licensed and experienced DWI and criminal defense attorney living in San Antonio, Texas. A proud lifelong Texan, Mr. Pollreisz was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and moved to San Antonio to earn his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of L ... Read more about John Anthony “Tony” Pollreisz

Joe Provenzano practices criminal defense law with Dunham & Jones in Nashville, Tennessee. Joe received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Mr. Provenzano’s interest in criminal defense stems from his desire to protect the rights of those being prosecuted. While in law s ... Read more about Joseph S. Provenzano

Rodney comes to Dunham & Jones with over 17 years of experience in handling both civil and criminal cases. He graduated from Midwestern State University with a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Science and worked his way through Texas Wesleyan Law School while working full time in the medical field. After law school Rodney opened Ramsey Law Office, le ... Read more about Rodney Ramsey

Simon Rawls grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where he attended Our Lady of Holy Cross College, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, the University of New Orleans where he earned his Masters of Business Administration, and Loyola College of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor.

Prior to working at Dunham & Jones, Simon worked for on ... Read more about Simon Rawls

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Zachary A. Ressler graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009 and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2014. After becoming licensed in Texas, Zac first practiced criminal defense for indigent clients in his hometown of Paris, Texas. Zac constantly fought uphill battles for his clients and, as a result, qui ... Read more about Zachary Ressler

Kelsey Robbins graduated from Texas Tech School of Law where she was selected to practice as a student attorney in the Caprock Regional Public Defender Office and Criminal Law Clinic. During her third year of law school, she accepted a position as a deputy public defender for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender. She has handled more than a thousand misdemeanor and ... Read more about Kelsey Robbins

Devon Rolle was born and raised in Frederick, Maryland. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore School of Law and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2020. After graduating law school, Devon served as the Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Adams for the Frederick County Circuit Court. Her clerkship experience provided her with valuable insight ... Read more about Devon Rolle

JD graduated from Western New Mexico University with Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice in 1997. During that time and for years after he was a police officer from 1995 – 2007. From 2001 through 2010 JD was in the U.S. Navy Reserves. In 2007 he attended law school at Texas Tech University and graduated in 2010. While in law school JD clerked for a prominent de ... Read more about Jacob 'JD' Schmidt

Alexandra Schooley, graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Sociology and Criminology, with minors in Spanish and Legal Studies.

Alex then went on to graduate from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in May 2020. As a law student, Alex interned with the Juvenile Lifers without Parole Clinic. After earning her law license, Alex began working for Dunham a ... Read more about Alexandra Schooley

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Laurel Shedd is a proud Texas A&M Aggie where she graduated with a degree in Political Science and cultural studies. After college Laurel began working for a prominent criminal defense attorney in Bryan/College Station where her passion for criminal law began. With that passion in mind, she then went on to earn her law degree at South Texas College of Law, Houston. During her t ... Read more about Laurel Shedd

Perry is a native of Abilene, and attended Abilene Christian University. He then moved to his wife’s home town of Sacramento, California, to attend law school at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. While in law school, he took a position as a clerk for the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, and began his trial career in federal ... Read more about Perry Sims

Scott graduated from The University of Texas as Austin with a B.B.A. in Finance. He then attended and received his Juris Doctorate from Baylor University School of Law. After graduating and passing the State Bar exam, he opened his own private practice, focusing primarily on criminal defense cases. Over the next 14 years, Scott handles hundreds of misdemeanor and felony cases.< ... Read more about Scott Sinsabaugh

Sara Spector has resided in the Midland area for fifteen years and has sat on numerous local charitable boards including a charter member of Midland Teen Court. Ms. Spector is a former child abuse prosecutor and utilizes her extensive knowledge of both sides of the criminal justice system to ensure the best outcome in every case. Ms. Spector has received numerous honors and was ... Read more about Sara Spector

Andrew Spoon graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science focused on public policy development, then graduated from the top-ranked trial advocacy program at Baylor Law School with a concentration in criminal law and practice and trial advocacy.

During his time with Baylor, he head-started a program to raise awareness for ... Read more about Andrew T. Spoon

G. Alan Steele is a native of North Texas and is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. His practice has revolved around criminal defense in the D/FW metroplex, handling cases from low level misdemeanors to high level felonies representing accused citizens in trials and in appeals. He has been practicing criminal defense for his entire caree ... Read more about G. Alan Steele

Chase Stewart, a Lubbock native, graduated from the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law in 2018 and immediately began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Lubbock. Chase quickly distinguished himself in the courtroom working on both felony and misdemeanor cases having numerous trial experience. Chase brings his trial and negotiation experience to Du ... Read more about Chase Stewart

Dan Stokes has been a criminal and civil trial lawyer in the central Texas area for over a decade. He has first chair trial experience in all levels of criminal cases, from “Super” Aggravated First Degree Offenses, all the way down to traffic tickets.

He currently serves as the Defense Bar Representative on the McLennan County DWI/Drug court, and he is a fo ... Read more about Dan Stokes

Mark Streiff was raised in Connecticut and at the age of 17 enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. While spending a decade in the Marines, Mark had a wide range of responsibilities to include providing physical security to U.S. ambassadors, embassies, the Secretary of State, and the President and conducting counterintelligence investigations and interrogations. Mark is als ... Read more about Mark Streiff

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Vincent grew up in southwest Houston in the 90’s. He developed and enhanced his analytical and problem solving skills over eleven years of engineering studies and practices, and he then refined and geared these skills toward criminal law on the streets of Houston through a seven-year law enforcement career with the Houston Police Department. After Vincent graduated from the ... Read more about Vincent Tang

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Corey Thomas grew up in Sacramento, California and recently moved to the DFW area in pursuit of his next life chapter. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and obtained his Juris Doctorate from University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Prior to working at Dunham & Jones, Corey worked for a national law fir ... Read more about Corey Thomas

Reynie Tinajero is from Amarillo, Texas and served in the United States Marine Corps following high school. After the Marine Corps Reynie attended Texas Tech University and graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1998. Upon graduation he moved to Dallas where he became an assistant district attorney in Dallas County where he was a chief felony prosecutor most of t ... Read more about Reynie Tinajero

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Austin Tomlinson graduated from South Dakota State University, with a Double Bachelor’s in History and Political Science. Austin then carried on his family’s military tradition by joining the United States Army. He served four honorable years as a Cavalry Scout, (19-D), with the 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kansas.

Following his enlistment, Austin ear ... Read more about Austin Tomlinson

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Yancarlo Villa is an attorney from Presidio, Texas. He works as a criminal defense attorney for Dunham & Jones in their Midland location. He graduated magna cum laude from Sul Ross State University with a B.A. in Political Science. Yancarlo Villa later graduated from Saint Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and was licensed to practice law in the state of Texas. Duri ... Read more about Yancarlo Villa

Victoria Walton was born and raised in Dallas. Ms. Walton graduated with honors from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas with a degree in Healthcare Administration. While attending Texas State University, she was elected Treasurer of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Iota Omega chapter. Ms. Walton then attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas where she gradua ... Read more about Victoria Walton

Caleb Weeldreyer grew up just outside of Emery, South Dakota on his family’s farm. They raised corn, soybeans, and had a cow-calf operation with 200 head of Black Angus cattle. He earned his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Sioux Falls. He went on to graduate from the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law with his JD in 2021. Caleb became lice ... Read more about Caleb Weeldreyer

Chris Wilkes is an Immigration Attorney with Dunham & Jones. Chris was born and raised in Irving, Texas. He graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.A. in Political Science and a certificate in International Peace Studies. During his time at UNT, he interned with the Department of Education’s Hispanic-serving Institution grant program.

Chris then a ... Read more about Christopher Wilkes