Dismissed
Jun 2026
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Family Violence Assault
Family violence assault charge dismissed
Dallas County Criminal Defense
Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer
Trial-tested defense for every Dallas County charge, from misdemeanor assault to first-degree felonies, led by a former Dallas County prosecutor and two forensic lawyer-scientists.
- ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
- Former Prosecutor
- Author, The Texas DWI Manual
- 500+ Cases Tried to Verdict
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Deandra Grant Law defends criminal charges across Dallas County: assault, family violence, drug, weapons, theft, sex crimes, and homicide cases. Misdemeanors are heard in the County Criminal Courts and felonies in the Criminal District Courts, both at the Frank Crowley Courts Building. The defense team is led by a former Dallas County prosecutor, and consultations are free.
Criminal Defense in Dallas
Facing Criminal Charges in Dallas County?
Deandra Grant Law defends people facing criminal charges in Dallas and throughout Dallas County, from Class C misdemeanors to first-degree felonies. The Dallas County District Attorney runs specialized prosecution units for violent crimes, drug offenses, family violence, and sex crimes, staffed by prosecutors who try the same category of case every day. A defense here has to be built to that standard.
Our Dallas team is led by partner Douglas Huff, an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist with digital forensics training, alongside managing partner Deandra Grant, a former Dallas County Assistant District Attorney with more than 30 years in these courts. When the State builds its case on forensic evidence, whether that is a lab report, a phone extraction, or a lineup, we examine the underlying records ourselves rather than accepting the summary.
What We Defend
Dallas Criminal Charges We Handle
Every level of Dallas County charge, from a Class C misdemeanor to a first-degree felony.
Assault
From a Class C ticket to aggravated assault, a first-degree felony.
Assault defenseDomestic & Family Violence
An affirmative family-violence finding follows you long after the sentence ends.
Family violence defenseDrug Crimes
Possession through delivery and manufacturing, graded by penalty group and weight.
Drug charge defenseGun & Weapon Charges
Unlawful carry, felon in possession, and prohibited-weapons charges.
Weapons defenseSex Crimes
Accusations where the registry, not the sentence, is the lasting penalty.
Sex crimes defenseMurder & Homicide
Murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide, tried by trial attorneys.
Homicide defenseTheft
Theft, burglary, and robbery, graded by value and circumstance.
Theft defenseCrimes Against Children
Charges where a CPS investigation and the criminal case run at once.
What to do firstWhite-Collar Crimes
Fraud and financial charges built on records rather than eyewitnesses.
White-collar defenseProbation Violation
A motion to revoke or adjudicate moves faster than the original case did.
Revocation defenseWarrants
Active warrants resolved on your terms, not during a traffic stop.
Clear a warrantLocal Knowledge
What Actually Happens to a Criminal Case in Dallas County
Dallas County runs its criminal cases differently from the counties around it. These are the local specifics that shape a defense here.
Where your case is heard
Misdemeanors are heard in the Dallas County Criminal Courts and felonies in the Criminal District Courts, both at the Frank Crowley Courts Building at 133 N. Riverfront Blvd.
Who prosecutes
The Dallas County District Attorney charges cases through specialized units for violent crimes, drug offenses, family violence, and sex crimes. Whatever the charge, the prosecutor across the table handles that category every day.
Jail release
After a Dallas arrest you are booked at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, next door to the courthouse. Bond and its conditions are set before your first court date, and getting them right early matters.
The forensic evidence is local
Dallas runs its own crime lab, the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences. Lab analyses generate underlying records, and we request and read them ourselves rather than accepting the summary report.
Grand jury review on felonies
Every Texas felony passes through a grand jury before indictment. A defense packet presented at that stage can end a Dallas County case before a charge is ever filed.
Case Results
Recent Dallas County Results
Real outcomes from real Dallas County cases. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Dismissed
Jul 2026
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Stalking
Stalking charge dismissed
Dismissed
Jun 2026
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Evading Arrest
Evading arrest charge dismissed
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is decided on its own facts.
All Case ResultsWhy Deandra Grant Law
What Sets This Defense Apart
Every firm says it will fight for you. What actually decides a criminal case is how well your lawyer understands the evidence.
Former Dallas County Prosecutor
Deandra Grant prosecuted cases as a Dallas County Assistant DA, so she knows exactly how the State builds them.
Two Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
Deandra Grant and Douglas Huff both hold the ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist designation from the American Chemical Society.
Digital Forensics Training
Douglas Huff has completed digital forensics training, and phone extractions and device evidence get examined, not accepted.
500+ Trials Since 1994
We work only in DWI and criminal defense, and we have tried more than 500 cases to verdict.
Published Authorities
Seventeen legal books and resources, including the treatise other Texas defense attorneys keep on their desks.
We Read the Evidence
Lab reports, phone extractions, DNA: we request the underlying records and challenge them at the technical level, not the summary the State hands over.
After You Hire Us
What We Actually Do on Every Case
From the first call, in order:
- Reach the case before indictment when we can, where a grand jury packet can end it before a charge is filed
- Demand the dash, body, and surveillance video before it’s destroyed
- Pull the full discovery file under Article 39.14: offense reports, witness statements, forensic records
- Examine the forensic evidence ourselves: lab records, chain of custody, the underlying data, not the summary
- Investigate the case the police didn’t: the witnesses never interviewed, the footage never pulled
- File the motions the evidence supports, because suppression is how weak cases end
- Build your mitigation file, with clinical assessments, at no cost to you
- Try the case if the offer isn’t right, which is why the offers get better
We quote a flat fee after a consultation at no cost to you, so the investment is known before you commit.
Reviews
What Dallas Clients Say
613 verified reviews and counting. Real Texans, real charges, real outcomes.
★★★★★
Amazing law practice!! They work so smoothly together!! Highly recommend if you need help getting out of a pickle!!
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Kaylie Prachyl
★★★★★
There aren’t enough words to express how grateful I am for Kevin Sheneberger. From the moment he took my case, he carried the weight of it so I…
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Natania Reyes
★★★★★
In the middle of circumstances that doesn't make you proud. Have a supportive and positive lawyer by your side can change the perspective and see your mistakes as…
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Attorneys
The Attorneys in These Courts
Forensic-science training, three decades of Dallas County defense, and the courtroom record to back it up.
Recognition
Recognized by the Legal Profession and the Press
Peer-reviewed ratings, bar honors, and the newsrooms that call us when a DWI story breaks.
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Serving All of Dallas County
We defend criminal cases from every corner of Dallas County: Dallas itself plus Garland, Irving, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, Carrollton, Richardson, Rowlett, DeSoto, Duncanville, Cedar Hill, and Lancaster. If the arrest happened in Dallas County, the case lands at Frank Crowley, and that is a building we work in every week. A few of these cities cross a county line, so a stop on the Rockwall County side of Rowlett or the Denton County side of Carrollton is heard in that county instead. We appear in those courts too.
Every charge we defend here has its own walkthrough: Dallas DWI Lawyer, Dallas Assault & Domestic Violence Lawyer, Dallas Drug Crimes Lawyer, Dallas Sex Crimes Lawyer, and Dallas Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer.
A Different Kind of Case?
The Rest of What We Defend
The same attorneys handle these charges across the same courthouses.
DWI Defense
A DWI arrest starts two cases at once, and the science is where both are won. It is the largest share of our practice.
DWI Defense in Dallas CountyFederal Crimes
Federal court runs on different rules and different sentencing math. We have tried cases in all four Texas districts.
Federal Crimes in Dallas CountyDallas County
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