Deandra M. Grant – Attorney at Law

Co-Author of The Texas DWI Manual - a trial guide for Texas lawyers. Named b y D Magazine as one of the Best Women Lawyers in Dallas, 2010

Education and Experience

Deandra Grant graduated in 1990 from Trinity University in San Antonio with a B.S. in Business Administration. She earned her law degree from the SMU School of Law and was licensed by the State Bar of Texas in 1993. Having spent her last year of law school as an intern with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, she began work there as an assistant district attorney in January 1994.

Deandra’s tenure as a prosecutor focused on DWI prosecution. In 1995, she founded her own firm and began defending citizens accused of DWI. She has practiced criminal law for 17 years and has represented hundreds of Texans charged with criminal offenses including DWI, violent felonies and sex crimes. As a former prosecutor, she knows first hand how to counter the prosecutor’s evidence and strategy.

Operator and Testing Experience

Deandra has spent hundreds of hours in training courses and programs related to DWI defense. She has participated in numerous ‘‘dosing’’ experiments in which people are given specific amounts of alcohol over certain time periods and then tested to see the effect of the alcohol on their mental and physical capabilities. She attended and successfully completed the operator certification course for the Intoxilyzer 5000, the breath-test machine used in Texas. She learned how to operate the machine and the science behind it. She also participated in experiments related to the inaccuracy of the machine. Deandra has completed the certification course to administer standard field sobriety testing, the same National Highway Traffic Safety Administration training course that teaches police officers nationwide how to identify drunk drivers during traffic stops.  She has also completed the SFST Instructor course.  In 2008, she completed coursework in Atlanta, Georgia, on DWI forensic blood and urine testing.  Deandra regularly speaks at legal seminars, teaching other lawyers trial tactics in defending  DWI cases.  For a list of her recent speaking engagements, click here.

Training and Certifications

• 2010 Mega-Breath Testing Course (Atlanta, GA)
• 2010 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (SPEAKER)
• 2010 CCCDLA DWI Meeting (SPEAKER)
• 2010 AAJ's DWI Seminar (SPEAKER)
• 2009 DWI Defense Project (SPEAKER)
• 2009 State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course (SPEAKER)
• 2009 DCDLA DWI Seminar (SPEAKER)
• 2009 Field Sobriety Instructor Certification
• 2008 Forensic DWI Blood & Urine Testing Seminar
• 2008 Mastering Scientific Evidence (DWI Forensics)
• 2008 Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case
• 2008 Field Sobriety Testing Certification
• 2007 Mastering Scientific Evidence (DWI Forensics)
• 2007 Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case (SPEAKER)
• 2006 Dallas Bar Association Criminal Law & DWI Seminar
• 2005 Advanced DWI Cross-Examination Seminar
• 2005 National College for DUI Defense Winter Session: Duty, Honor & Success
• 2005 National College for DUI Defense Summer Session
• 2005 Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case
• 2005 Mastering Scientific Evidence (DWI Forensics)
• 2004 Intoxilyzer 5000 operator certification course

Legal Organization Memberships

• National College for DUI Defense
• State Bar of Texas
• College of the State Bar
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (2007-10 board member)
• Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Denton County Criminal Lawyers Association
• Plano Bar Association
• Dallas Bar Association (2007 Criminal Justice Committee chair)
• American Association for Justice

Deandra has served as the moderator of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Associationonline discussion group since 2005 and both founded and has served as the moderator of the Texas DWI Defenders online discussion group since 2006.

The Law Offices of Deandra M. Grant P.C.has a main office in Plano and a satellite office in Dallas. Deandra accepts DWI cases in Collin, Dallas and Denton counties including Plano, Dallas, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Wylie, Garland, Mesquite Texas and the surrounding communities.