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The United States Constitution grants important rights to any person accused of a crime including due process, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the right to representation by counsel, the right to remain silent and to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures.


When choosing a criminal defense attorney in Texas, consider the lawyer's training, experience, ratings and reviews. Attorneys that practice within the criminal justice system tend to focus on certain types of cases in either state or federal court.


Most criminal defense attorneys provide a free consultation to discuss the facts of your case and defenses that might apply. Before you decide on which attorney to hire, meet with several different attorneys in their office to discuss the case and the attorney fees required for representation.


Once you decide which attorney to hire, make sure you and the attorney sign a written fee agreement or contract that describes the attorney fees required at each stage of the case including during pre-trial negotiations, motion hearings and a bench or jury trial.


A criminal defense lawyer in Texas should fight to protect the rights of his or her client in a criminal case against felony or misdemeanor charges... Read more »

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Brooks T. Harrison

Brooks T. Harrison
Brooks Harrison - Attorneys at Law, PLLC
720 Rusk Street Suite 438
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 20 years, Brooks T. Harrison is a Personal Injury and Employment Law lawyer who attended South Texas School of Law... read more >

Alexander Bunin

Alexander Bunin
Public Defender
1310 Prairie St Ste 1300
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 38 years, Alexander Bunin is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Edward Andres Casanova

Edward Andres Casanova
Edward Casanova, Attorney at Law
1201 Mercury Dr
Houston, TX 77029
Licensed for 18 years, Edward Andres Casanova is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Korey Allen Huff

Korey Allen Huff
The Huff Law firm
1700 Post Oak 2 Blvd. Pl, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77056
Licensed for 19 years, Korey Allen Huff is a Personal Injury and Insurance Law lawyer... read more >

Robert S Wicoff

Robert S Wicoff
1201 Franklin St Rm 13
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 41 years, Robert S Wicoff is a Criminal Appellate Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Cente... read more >

Christopher M Flood

Christopher M Flood
Flood & Flood
914 Preston St Ste 800
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 38 years, Christopher M Flood is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended St. Mary's University School of Law... read more >

Philip H Hilder

Philip H Hilder
Hilder & Associates PC
819 Lovett Blvd
Houston, TX 77006
Licensed for 39 years, Philip H Hilder is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Boston College Law School... read more >

Jennifer A Bennett

Jennifer A Bennett
Bennett & Bennett
917 Franklin St 4th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 29 years, Jennifer A Bennett is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Roy Spencer Gilligan

Roy Spencer Gilligan
Gilligan Law Firm, L.L.P.
2016 Main St Ste 102
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 21 years, Roy Spencer Gilligan is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Shreya Gulamali

Shreya Gulamali
Gulamali Law Firm, PLLC
6776 Southwest Fwy Ste 340
Houston, TX 77074
Licensed for 18 years, Shreya Gulamali is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Harold Loyd Housley Jr

Harold Loyd Housley Jr
1201 Louisiana St Ste 1000
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 18 years, Harold Loyd Housley Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Texas A&M University School of Law... read more >

Terrance Andre Jewett

Terrance Andre Jewett
Jewett Legal Group
50 Briar Hollow Ln 235w
Houston, TX 77027
Licensed for 8 years, Terrance Andre Jewett is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern Univ... read more >

Robert Kent Loper

Robert Kent Loper
Loper Law
111 W 15th St
Houston, TX 77008
Licensed for 43 years, Robert Kent Loper is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Robert A Moen

Robert A Moen
Moen, & Obrien
707 Travis St Ste 1800
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 51 years, Robert A Moen is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Edward C Okwueze

Edward C Okwueze
Edward Law Group
6671 Southwest Fwy 300L
Houston, TX 77074
Licensed for 11 years, Edward C Okwueze is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended Southern University Law Center... read more >

Ben Josiah Pearce

Ben Josiah Pearce
Greco Neyland PC
701 N Post Oak Rd Ste 425
Houston, TX 77024
Licensed for 11 years, Ben Josiah Pearce is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern Univers... read more >

Robert Lynn Pittsford

Robert Lynn Pittsford
Kubosh Law Firm
10210 Piping Rock Ln
Houston, TX 77042
Licensed for 46 years, Robert Lynn Pittsford is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Philip Andrew Stephenson

Philip Andrew Stephenson
Carroll and Stephenson, LLP
1419 Franklin St
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 9 years, Philip Andrew Stephenson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Kevin James Connolly

Kevin James Connolly
DeHoyos & Connolly, PLLC
1211 Hyde Park Blvd
Houston, TX 77006
Licensed for 17 years, Kevin James Connolly is a Divorce and Personal Injury lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Luke Patrick Tollett

Luke Patrick Tollett
HoltTollett, P.C.
9821 Katy Fwy Ste 350
Houston, TX 77024
Licensed for 17 years, Luke Patrick Tollett is a Criminal Defense and Real Estate Law lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Abel Izaguirre

Abel Izaguirre
10520 Airline Dr Ste 100
Houston, TX 77037
Licensed for 18 years, Abel Izaguirre is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended St. Mary's University School of Law... read more >

Francisco Morfin

Francisco Morfin
1914 Memorial Dr Ste 3
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 11 years, Francisco Morfin is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern Universi... read more >

David Wayne Overhuls

David Wayne Overhuls
914 Preston St Ste 800
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 12 years, David Wayne Overhuls is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgetown University Law Center... read more >

Daniel Joseph Werlinger Jr

Daniel Joseph Werlinger Jr
Werlinger Law Group
1210 W Clay St Ste 12
Houston, TX 77019
Licensed for 15 years, Daniel Joseph Werlinger Jr is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Ned Randolph Turnbull

Ned Randolph Turnbull
Turnbull Law Group
6525 Washington Avenue
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 23 years, Ned Randolph Turnbull is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended The University of Tulsa College ... read more >

Kendric Maurece Ceaser

Kendric Maurece Ceaser
2009 Lubbock St.
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 25 years, Kendric Maurece Ceaser is a Criminal Defense and Drug Crimes lawyer... read more >

Thomas B Dupont II

Thomas B Dupont II
Dupont & Dupont
915 Franklin St 7M
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 25 years, Thomas B Dupont II is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas S... read more >

Anne E Kennedy

Anne E Kennedy
Anne E. Kennedy, Attorney At Law
1227 Heights Blvd
Houston, TX 77008
Anne E Kennedy is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Ryan B. Bormaster

Ryan B. Bormaster
R B Bormaster Law and Associates
2425 Fountain View Dr #290
Houston, TX 77057
Licensed for 23 years, Ryan B. Bormaster is a Commercial Real Estate Law and Business Law lawyer... read more >

Silvia Pubchara

Silvia Pubchara
Silvia V. Pubchara, Attorney
12 Greenway Plz Ste 1100
Houston, TX 77046
Licensed for 39 years, Silvia Pubchara is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Mekisha Walker

Mekisha Walker
Law Office of Mekisha Jane Walker
917 Franklin St Ste 100
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 22 years, Mekisha Walker is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Randall J Ayers

Randall J Ayers
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 1569
Houston, TX 77251
Licensed for 35 years, Randall J Ayers is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

E Matthew Leeper Jr

E Matthew Leeper Jr
Leeper @ Associates
5225 Katy Fwy Ste 305
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 49 years, E Matthew Leeper Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Heather Lee Peterson

Heather Lee Peterson
Nugent & Peterson
700 Louisiana St Ste 2300
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 26 years, Heather Lee Peterson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Brent Marshall Wasserstein

Brent Marshall Wasserstein
LAW OFFICES OF BRENT M. WASSERSTEIN
9898 Bissonnet St Ste 627
Houston, TX 77036
Licensed for 21 years, Brent Marshall Wasserstein is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended California Western School of Law... read more >

Derek Chase Dubois

Derek Chase Dubois
1321 Birdsall St
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 15 years, Derek Chase Dubois is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Michael David Gillman

Michael David Gillman
PO Box 592003
Houston, TX 77259
Licensed for 36 years, Michael David Gillman is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Victoria Erfesoglou

Victoria Erfesoglou
Victoria Erfesoglou, Attorney at Law
1201 Franklin St
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 13 years, Victoria Erfesoglou is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Golden Gate University School of Law... read more >

Melissa Wakefiel D Estes

Melissa Wakefiel D Estes
5225 Katy Fwy Ste 496
Houston, TX 77007
Licensed for 9 years, Melissa Wakefiel D Estes is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Oklahoma City University School of Law... read more >

Ronald Christopher Gunter

Ronald Christopher Gunter
The Gunter Law Firm
1200 Rothwell St
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 15 years, Ronald Christopher Gunter is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern... read more >

Donn A Joers

Donn A Joers
The Law Firm of Oscar Nipper, Esq.
7654 Park Pl Blvd
Houston, TX 77087
Licensed for 35 years, Donn A Joers is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

Lydia Darlene Johnson

Lydia Darlene Johnson
Thurgood Marshall School of Law /CRIMINAL DEFENSE CLINIC
3100 Cleburne St Ste 100
Houston, TX 77004
Licensed for 36 years, Lydia Darlene Johnson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Daniel Mir Malik

Daniel Mir Malik
The Business Law Firm
10801 Smithdale Rd
Houston, TX 77024
Licensed for 14 years, Daniel Mir Malik is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Loyola University New Orleans College of Law... read more >

Kenneth Paul Mingledorff

Kenneth Paul Mingledorff
Mingledorff Law Firm
430 S Texas 6 Ste 215
Houston, TX 77079
Licensed for 45 years, Kenneth Paul Mingledorff is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >

Branda Eugene Newsom

Branda Eugene Newsom
3346 E T C Jester Blvd F4
Houston, TX 77018
Licensed for 22 years, Branda Eugene Newsom is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern Univ... read more >

Lance Hac Nguyen

Lance Hac Nguyen
Law Office
6001 Savoy Dr Ste 120
Houston, TX 77036
Licensed for 25 years, Lance Hac Nguyen is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended The John Marshall Law School... read more >

Ron S Rainey

Ron S Rainey
Tritico Rainey, PLLC
1523 Yale St
Houston, TX 77008
Licensed for 36 years, Ron S Rainey is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Houston Law Center... read more >

William Lloyd Savoie

William Lloyd Savoie
The Law Office of William Savoie
PO Box 66212
Houston, TX
Licensed for 15 years, William Lloyd Savoie is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern Univ... read more >

Mark Christopher Thering

Mark Christopher Thering
Thering Law Firm, P.C.
1601 Congress St
Houston, TX 77002
Licensed for 24 years, Mark Christopher Thering is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Texas Southern ... read more >

James Arthur Woodward

James Arthur Woodward
Law Office of James Woodward
2929 Allen Pkwy Ste 200
Houston, TX 77019
Licensed for 20 years, James Arthur Woodward is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended South Texas College of Law... read more >
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Criminal Defense Certification

TBLS Board Certification in Criminal Law - The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) certifies lawyers as specialists in Criminal Law if they have substantial experience, involvement, competence, and training in this specialty area of practice.


The TBLS defines the term "criminal law" to include "misdemeanor and felony crimes, arrest, detention, plea bargains, jury and non-jury trials (for individuals 17 years of age or older)."



Criminal Defense Specialty Areas

NBLSC Certification in Criminal Trial Advocacy - The National Board of Legal Specialty Certification is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) to certify attorneys as specialists in criminal trial advocacy.



Nonprofit Legal Associations

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Founded in 1958, NACDL is the largest organization for criminal defense lawyers fighting to preserve fairness within America's criminal justice system. The organization has more than 10,000 direct members including criminal defense attorneys in private practice, public defenders in state or federal court, U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges.


Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

TCDLA has a proud history of supporting and educating criminal defense lawyers in the the state while advocating for the rights of the accused. Many of the top criminal defense attorneys in Texas are active within this organization.


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