Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys

Paul J. Dunham has been practicing criminal law for over three decades in Texas and has grown his criminal defense firm into one of the largest and most successful criminal defense practices in the state of Texas. Mr. Dunham's law practice has over sixty criminal defense attorneys handling cases throughout Texas ranging from DWI's, Domestic Violence, Felonies and Expunctions. ... Read more about Paul J. Dunham

Scotty Jones opened the Fort Worth division of the Dunham & Jones in 1997 and has managed it since it's opening. He has helped grow the Fort Worth criminal practice from a single attorney office to over 50 attorneys and staff combined. The Dallas-Fort Worth division of the Dunham & Jones is now one of the largest criminal defense firms in the DFW metroplex with law of ... Read more about Scotty D. Jones

Jeff Casey has been representing people arrested in Texas for over 20 years and has been practicing law for over 30 years. Mr. Casey worked his way through the University of Houston Law Center at the Harris County District Attorney’s office in Houston, Texas. He then began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney at the Brazos County District Attorney’s office i ... Read more about Jeffrey R. Casey

Gary J. Barton has lived in the San Antonio area nearly all his life and takes pride in calling San Antonio his home. Mr. Barton is a former Bexar County Felony Assistant District Attorney and uses his extensive knowledge of both sides of the criminal justice system to ensure the best outcome in every case. He h ... Read more about Gary J. Barton

Jim Erickson grew up in Austin, Texas and received his B.A. with Honors from the University of Texas in 1978. He also received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas Law School in 1982. Mr. Erickson has been practicing law for over 30 years with his focus on criminal defense. He started his felony trial work in 1988 and since then has tried over 100 jury cases, mos ... Read more about James C. Erickson

Thad Thomason has been representing Texas citizen’s accused of crimes for over 18 years. Criminal defense has been the focus of Thad’s practice for over a decade while at the Dunham & Jones.

Mr. Thomason graduated from Texas Tech University and received his legal education with honors from Texas Tech University School of Law.

During hi ... Read more about Thaddeus R. Thomason

Chris Jeansonne graduated with honors from The University of Texas – Austin with a B.A. in Economics. Mr. Jeansonne graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law where he was an Articles Editor for the Texas Tech Law Review. During his second year of law school, Mr. Jeansonne wrote an article outlining Texas DWI law and the constitutionality of Deferred Adjudication/Defe ... Read more about Christopher M. Jeansonne

Warren O. Waterman is a Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer who received his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1992. He is a former Williamson County Assistant District Attorney and served the citizens of both Williamson and Ector counties as an Assistant County Attorney. He has tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict in his 25 plus years as a lawyer.
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Allen Ayers is a criminal defense attorney in Denton, Texas, who works tirelessly to defend those accused of misdemeanors, domestic violence charges, DWI's, felonies and sex crimes. His experience in various legal capacities gives him the knowledge and skill to confidently represent clients who are facing difficult situations, no matter how challenging the case. He has served ... Read more about Allen M. Ayers

Steve Baker has lived in Dallas most of his life and is proud to defend the residents of this great city in court. Following law school, Mr. Baker served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert Junell, who is the Senior U.S. District Judge in Midland, Texas. Just a year out of law school, Mr. Baker was representing clients in federal court in Texas and in other federal courts th ... Read more about Steven M. Baker

Ivan Barrera grew up in San Juan, Texas, located in the Rio Grande Valley, and now calls San Antonio his home. He is a son to migrant field workers, a first generation American, and the first in his family to attend college.

He received his B.A. from the University of Texas Pan American in Political Science and earned his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s School ... Read more about Ivan Barrera

Darren Bertin has a been a criminal and civil trial lawyer for almost two decades, having handled complex litigation in venues across the State of Texas. Mr. Bertin has tried over 50 jury trials as a both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney.

Mr. Bertin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University, a Master of Theological Studies from Duke ... Read more about Darren C. Bertin

Amy Browning is a native of Fort Worth and proud to call Panther City her home. She has dedicated her career to criminal defense, serving as a chief felony public defender before joining private practice. Ms. Browning has practiced in counties across North Texas, fervently representing clients on all levels of criminal charges.

Ms. Browning is a graduate of Texa ... Read more about Amy K. Browning

Matthew Byrne graduated from Tulane University with a B.S. and majors in Molecular Biology and Philosophy and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

Mr. Byrne has practiced both criminal law as a defense attorney and civil law as an attorney for the State. He was part of a trial team that avoided the death pe ... Read more about Matthew L. Byrne

Michael Casaretto has an extensive criminal defense, CPS, and child support defense practice. In the course of his legal career Mr. Casaretto has been involved in important legal matters including but not limited to capital murder, sexual crimes, DWIs, and complex CPS matters. Furthermore, Michael has been involved in high profile cases seeking to protect important civil righ ... Read more about Michael R. Casaretto

Ryan W. Church has thirteen years of legal experience, the last seven exclusively in criminal law. Mr. Church has tried a variety of criminal cases in state and federal court, including DWI, theft, lottery fraud, domestic violence, unlawful weapon possession, and robbery.

Mr. Church has obtained a number of "not guilty" jury verdicts in felony ... Read more about Ryan W. Church

Will Clark graduated with from The University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in Political Science. Mr. Clark graduated from Texas A&M University School of Law. After graduation, Mr. Clark worked for a small boutique law firm representing Fortune 500 companies in complex business litigation, before turning his time to representing immigrants attempting to gain legal status h ... Read more about William E. Clark, Jr.

Cole Combs is a lawyer who graduated from the Baylor University School of Law and has been practicing criminal defense steadily since then. His experience includes defending clients accused of murder, aggravated assault, DWI, domestic violence, possession of controlled substances, and more minor offenses such as unlawful burning.

Mr. Combs took an unusual path t ... Read more about Cole B. Combs

Andrew J. Dammann graduated from The University of North Texas with a B.A. in Philosophy. Mr. Damman graduated third in his class from Texas A&M School of Law.

Upon graduation he received the Equal Justice Award for the most pro bono hours with 301 hours of pro bono work at the Fort Worth Public Defenders Office. Mr. Dammann was on the Tex ... Read more about Andrew Dammann

Michael Derrick received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of North Texas, where he graduated with honors and as a member of the Philosophy Honors Society. He earned his law school degree from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and then returned home to Texas to begin his career as an attorney.

Michael became very passionate about criminal ... Read more about Michael D. Derrick

Ornela Y. Deseta has lived in Austin for the past 16 years. Ms. Deseta is a former Hays County Assistant Criminal District Attorney and uses her knowledge and experience working for the State to serve as an advantage to her clients. Her extensive knowledge of both sides of the criminal justice system ensures the best results in every case.

Ms. Deseta earned a J. ... Read more about Ornela Y. Deseta

Kathy Ehmann-Clardy graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She earned her law degree at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, in Fort Worth, now Texas A & M University School of Law. Ms. Ehmann-Clardy began her law career at a large, multi-state Hispanic law firm, practicing immigration, family law and criminal law. She has represe ... Read more about Kathy L. Ehmann-Clardy

Houston Criminal Defense Attorney James Elick of Dunham & Jones, Attorneys at Law, P.C. ... Read more about James Jerome 'Jim' Elick II

Ben Florey is a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been practicing law in Texas since 1977. Mr. Florey is AV rated by Martindale Hubble which means his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He is a former Assistant County and District Attorney in Travis County, Texas. Mr. Florey received both hi ... Read more about Ben C. Florey, Jr.

Kristen Gavigan practices criminal law with Dunham & Jones in Dallas, Texas. Kristen graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University before attending law school at Texas Tech University. While working as a student attorney for the Innocence Project of Texas, she gained experience protecting the rights of criminal defendants.

A five-time national, regional, ... Read more about Kristen E. Gavigan

Austin M. Hagee is a proven trial lawyer and San Antonio native who works tirelessly to defend the Constitutional Rights of his clients. Austin prides himself in being able to advocate for his clients to make sure their side of the story is told and their rights are protected through every step of the judicial process.

Austin graduated from the University of Texa ... Read more about Austin M. Hagee

Rob Hayden is a former senior felony prosecutor with over a decade of experience in criminal law. Rob worked as a prosecutor for Smith and Midland counties for a combined seven years and has tried a broad range of serious felony and misdemeanor offenses.

Additionally, Rob worked as a special prosecutor for felony family violence offenses and successfully argue ... Read more about Robert K. Hayden

Brett Hiser graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Criminology. Mr. Hiser later graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas where he first began defending clients in the Criminal Defense Clinic.

Following law school, Mr. Hiser became an Assistant District Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in th ... Read more about Brett A. Hiser

David Holmes lives in Denton, Texas where he formerly worked as a Denton County Felony Assistant District Attorney.

Mr. Holmes has over 30 years of criminal law trial experience where he has handled every kind of criminal case from minor misdemeanors to Capitol Murder. He has never lost a murder case as a prosecutor nor as a criminal defense attorney.
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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

Sean Kipp grew up in Cedar Park, Texas. He received his undergraduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Sam Houston State University. Sean received a full scholarship to the University of Nebraska College of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate.

After graduating, Sean practiced criminal defense and family law at a law firm in Bryan, Texas until m ... Read more about Sean T. Kipp

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

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

Gaby D. Marquez, a proud native El Pasoan is honored to represent her community. Ms. Marquez is a former El Paso County Assistant District Attorney and uses her knowledge and experience to the benefit of her clients. She has handled over a thousand criminal cases on both the felony and misdemeanor level. From sexual assault to simple possession cases, Ms. Marquez’s meticulous ... Read more about Gaby D. Marquez

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

Steven Mendoza is a native Texan who graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice and a Bachelors of Art in Political Science. He attended the Texas Wesleyan School of Law, where he excelled in Criminal and Constitutional law. He also interned with North Texas Legal Aid located in Downtown Fort Worth.

Upon gr ... Read more about Steven M. Mendoza

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

Nathaniel Navey is a San Antonio native who takes pride in defending the Constitutional Rights of those in his community. He is a former Assistant District Attorney with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office, where he eventually rose to the position of first chair felony prosecutor. There, he tried a wide range of cases including Aggravated Robbery, Intoxication Mansl ... Read more about Nathaniel Navey

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

Nathan Ossowski has come to Central Texas via California. Mr. Ossowski choose Texas because of the people, food, and opportunity. Mr. Ossowski is a former solo criminal defense attorney where he handled charges ranging from misdemeanor DWI and Drug Possession to Felony Evading and Family Violence. Mr. Ossowski has helped his clients receive numerous dismissals and reductions ... Read more about Nathan O. Ossowski

Michael Parsons graduated with honors from Texas State University with a B.S. in Geography and a minor in Anthropology. Mr. Parsons later graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. During his third year, Michael wrote an extensive paper dealing with the adverse consequences of appointed counsel for those individuals unable to afford proper leg ... Read more about Michael L. Parsons

Charles was born in San Angelo, Texas and grew up in Abilene, Texas. He attended college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas where he earned a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminology and graduated with honors. After graduating from college, Charles enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard and shipped off to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The ... Read more about Charles Allen "Charlie" Pelowski

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

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

Matthew Pospisil graduated from Sam Houston University with a B.S. and majored in Criminal Justice. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas School of Law in Houston.

Prior to joining Dunham & Jones in Midland, Mr. Pospisil practiced as a criminal defense trial attorney in Houston handling a wide range of cases from capital murders to misdemeanor ... Read more about Matthew L. Pospisil

Brooks Richmond is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in Political Science and has her Juris Doctor from University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas. While in law school, she was a senior staff editor for the Texas Environmental Law Journal and a staff editor for the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. She interned with the Travis Coun ... Read more about Brooks Richmond

Thomas Ross is a native Houstonian and University of Houston Law School graduate. While in law school Mr. Ross interned with the Texas Innocence Network, advocating for wrongly convicted persons in prison, including death row inmates. Mr. Ross also interned with criminal defense firms where he learned to aggressively investigate and represent persons charged with crimes rangin ... Read more about Thomas A. Ross

Ryan Russo graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in English and minor in History. Mr. Russo later graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas and was licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. During law school, Mr. Russo worked for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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Casey Shepard received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law. ... Read more about Casey L. Shepard

Michael Simer grew up in Axtell, Texas, just East of Waco, and has spent most of his life in and around Central Texas. Mr. Simer graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Business Management at the age of 20 and received his Juris Doctor from Texas A&M University School of Law at the age of 23. Throughout his study of the law, Mr. Simer has ... Read more about Michael D. Simer

Brittany Sparks is a tested trial attorney with Dunham & Jones. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and continued to earn her Juris Doctorate from the University Of North Texas Dallas College Of Law.

Born in California, Ms. Sparks blazed a trail to Texas as soon as she could and has been here for fifteen years. She now liv ... Read more about Brittany T. Sparks

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

Paul Stuckle has over three decades of experience aggressively representing individuals facing the complex felonies in Texas. For the last twenty years Paul has dedicated the practice to fighting false allegations of sexual abuse. The firm has experienced great success in both having cases dismissed prior to indictment and through obtaining “not guilty” a ... Read more about Paul G. Stuckle

Curtis R. Tomme is a Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer with over 30 years of criminal law experience. He received his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University in 1978 and then obtained his law degree from Texas Tech University in 1988. He was an Assistant District Attorney for the Taylor County Texas District Attorney’s Office for 28 years. In the past three years, has bee ... Read more about Curtis R. Tomme

Paul Vasquez has over 16 years of criminal law legal experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney. Mr. Vasquez is licensed to practice in Federal Court in the Western District of Texas as well as all State District Courts. As a prosecutor he had approximately 100 jury trials ranging from DWI’s, welfare fraud, theft, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, murder and ... Read more about Pablo 'Paul' Vasquez

Paul Vincent, a life-long resident of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Texas Tech University and taught high school English for several years before studying law at Southern Methodist University. He was an assistant district attorney in Cameron and Navarro counties before devoting his career to criminal defense.

Away from ... Read more about Paul T. Vincent

Whitney A. Wayne was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, moving to a town just south of Atlanta for high school. Upon graduating from the Heritage School in Newnan, Georgia, Whitney returned to Texas after earning the prestigious Hunt Leadership Scholarship to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She graduated from SMU with University Honors, and her bachelor’s degree i ... Read more about Whitney A. Wayne

Will Williams has spent his entire career defending clients who the government has accused of violating the law. Will spent the first six years of his career at the Bowie County Public Defender’s Office where he was the First Assistant Public Defender. Will has handled the most serious of cases including Capital Murder, Murder, Aggravated Sexual Assaults, Aggravated Robbery ... Read more about William S. 'Will' Williams

Curtis Woodcock is a vigilant criminal defense attorney who strives to achieve the best results for his clients. His mastery of Spanish is exemplary and is a unique service to his clients. Curtis has brought his years of experience as a criminal defense attorney handling misdemeanor and felony cases including DWI, Felony DWI, Possession, Domestic Violence, Aggravated Assault, ... Read more about H. Curtis Woodcock