Awards

Recognized Honors and Awards for DWI Defense in Texas:

• Recognized as DWI Super Lawyer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 & 2024 by a survey of 66,000 lawyers in the State of Texas taken by the publishers of Law and Politics magazine and published in Texas Monthly Magazine.
• 2018 – Selected to the list of the Top 50 Attorneys in the Central and West Texas region
• Recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Texas.
• Recognized as 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Best DWI Attorney: Top Rated
• Founding member of the National College of DUI Defense
• Voted “Best Lawyer in America” for DWI Defense 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 Results published annually in the US News and World Report magazine.
• Voted 2016 “Best Lawyer in America” for DWI Defense to be seen in US News & World Report with added Tier One ranking for superiority
• Named as one of the best DWI/Criminal Defense Lawyers by Scene in SA Monthly magazine for the years: 2006,2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 and voted #1 by his peers again.
• Voted by San Antonio Scene magazine as one of “San Antonio’s Top 30 Criminal defense lawyers” in 2020, 2021, 2022 &2023
• Awarded the first annual “Defender of the Year” award in 2004 by the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (SACDLA).
• Rated 10.0 Superb by AVVO.
• Past President & Founding member of the Texas DWI Lawyers Association
• Founder & Past President San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Founding member of the National College for DUI Defense
   

Certifications in Criminal Law and Advocacy:

• Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1992
• Criminal Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1993
  * There are only 34 criminal law specialists in the State of Texas as of 12/2023

Notable Representative Cases in Texas:

• Hartman v. State of Texas, 946 S.W.2d 60 (Ct. of Crim. App. Tex. 1997)
  State v. Aquilar, 947 S.W.2d 256 (Texas Appl 1997)
• Mireles v. Tex. Dept. of Public Safety, 9 S.W.3d 128 (Tex. 1999)
• Mata v. State, 46 S.W.3d 902 (Tex.Crim.App. 2001)
• Bagheri v. State, 2002 WL 1390,335 (Tex.App.-San Antonio June 28, 2002, no pet. h. 2002)
   

Published Works on DWI Defense Strategies:

• The VOICE for the Defense
• “Cross Examining the Technical Supervisor in the DWI Case”, Vol 26 No. 5, 1997
• Collateral Estoppel As Applied to ALR/DWI Cases”, Vol 26 No 7, 1997

Join Our Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Member of Board of Directors of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association from 1997 to 2004
• Member of Executive Committee, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Member of DWI committee, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Member of Executive Committee, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Co-chair, DWI Committee, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Organization Founder and Past President, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1999 – Present
• Founding Member, National College for DUI Defense
• Strike Force for TCDLA
• Member State Bar of Texas
• Founding Member/Secretary/Past President - Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association (TDDLA) 2014