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Denton County DWI Defense
Denton DWI Lawyer
Charged with DWI in Denton County? A dedicated DWI Unit prosecutes it, and your case is heard across the street from our front door. Literally.
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DWI Defense in Denton
Facing a DWI in Denton County?
Deandra Grant Law defends people charged with DWI in Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, and across Denton County. We handle every level of the offense, from a first DWI to high-BAC, repeat, and felony charges, including DWI with a child passenger, intoxication assault, and drugged driving. Our Denton office sits directly across McKinney Street from the Denton County Courts Building. We are not a firm that drives in for court dates; we’re already there.
Denton County prosecutes DWI through a dedicated DWI Unit, prosecutors who handle nothing else. Against that, the defense needs to know the evidence better than the people who built it. This firm has tried more than 500 cases to verdict and is led by a forensic lawyer-scientist who wrote The Texas DWI Manual. In a blood case we request the lab’s underlying data, the chromatograms and calibration records, and read it at the chemistry level.
Getting started costs nothing. Call or schedule online to talk through what happened. You have just 15 days from arrest before your license suspension becomes automatic.
15-Day Deadline
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What We Defend
Denton DWI Charges We Handle
Every Denton County DWI charge, from a first offense to intoxication manslaughter.
First-Offense DWI
Driving while intoxicated with no prior convictions, a Class B misdemeanor.
First DWI penaltiesSecond DWI
A DWI with one prior conviction, a Class A misdemeanor with mandatory jail time.
Second DWI penaltiesThird DWI
A DWI with two prior convictions, a third-degree felony carrying two to ten years.
Third DWI penaltiesDWI 0.15
A result of 0.15 or higher raises a first DWI to Class A.
Why 0.15 mattersFelony DWI
Two priors, a child passenger, or serious injury make a DWI felony.
The felony thresholdDWI with Child Passenger
A passenger under fifteen turns a misdemeanor DWI into a felony.
Why this is a felonyIntoxication Assault
Causing serious bodily injury to another while intoxicated, a third-degree felony.
Assault penaltiesIntoxication Manslaughter
Causing a death while intoxicated, a second-degree felony carrying prison time.
Manslaughter penaltiesUnderage DWI
Drivers under twenty-one face DUI charges for any detectable amount of alcohol.
DWI vs. DUIDrug DWI (DUID)
A DWI where the intoxicant is a drug, prescribed or illegal, with no breath number involved.
How they prove itMarijuana DWI
Marijuana and edibles can support a DWI without any measurable level.
The marijuana rulesPrescription Drug DWI
A valid prescription is no defense if the medication impaired your driving.
Prescription rulesCDL DWI
A commercial license is disqualified even for a DWI in your own car.
CDL consequencesBoating DWI (BWI)
Operating a boat while intoxicated, prosecuted much like a driving DWI.
The BWI rulesLocal Knowledge
What Actually Happens to a DWI in Denton County
Denton runs its DWI cases differently from the counties around it. These are the local specifics that shape a defense here.
Where your case is heard
Denton County misdemeanor and felony cases are heard at the Denton County Courts Building, 1450 E. McKinney Street. Our office is directly across the street.
Who prosecutes
The Denton County Criminal District Attorney runs a dedicated DWI Unit. Your case will be handled by a prosecutor who works intoxication cases exclusively, which makes generic defense work easy for them to beat.
Where your blood goes
Denton County blood draws are sent out for testing, and the receiving lab's methods, calibration records, and quality control data are discoverable. We request that data in every blood case.
Jail release
After a Denton County arrest you're booked at the Denton County Jail. Lewisville, Flower Mound, and other city arrests may hold locally first. Bond is set at magistration, usually within 48 hours.
Pretrial programs
Denton County's alternative tracks and their DWI eligibility change over time. Whether your case qualifies is one of the first things we check.
Case Results
Recent Denton County Results
Real outcomes from real Denton County cases. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Dismissed
Aug 2025
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DWI charge dismissed
Not-guilty
Jul 2024
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Not guilty verdict on DWI charge at trial
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is decided on its own facts.
All Case ResultsWhy Deandra Grant Law
Why Denton Clients Choose This Firm
Every firm says it will fight for you. What actually decides a DWI case is how well your lawyer understands the evidence.
Former Prosecutor
Deandra Grant prosecuted DWI cases as an Assistant DA, so she knows exactly how these cases get built.
Two Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
Deandra Grant and Douglas Huff both hold the ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist designation from the American Chemical Society.
Science Behind the Law
An M.S. in Pharmaceutical Science and a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Toxicology, plus Intoxilyzer operator and maintenance training.
500+ Trials Since 1994
We work only in DWI and criminal defense, and we have tried more than 500 cases to verdict.
We Wrote the Manual
Deandra Grant authored The Texas DWI Manual for James Publishing, the reference other lawyers use.
We Read the Lab
Denton's DWI Unit builds cases on lab numbers. We request the chromatograms, calibration records, and QC data behind them, and we challenge the chemistry, not just the paperwork.
After You Hire Us
What We Actually Do on Every Case
From the first call, in order:
- Request your ALR hearing before the 15-day deadline and use it to question the officer under oath
- Demand the dash and body camera video before it’s destroyed
- Pull the full discovery file: offense report, calibration and maintenance logs, lab records, certifications
- Read the underlying chemistry ourselves: the chromatograms, the QC data, not the summary report
- Re-score the field sobriety tests against NHTSA protocol, on video
- File the motions the evidence supports, because suppression is how DWI 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 Denton Clients Say
613 verified reviews and counting. Real Texans, real charges, real outcomes.
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My name is Emma Leiss I had Jason van dyke he is amazing he got my case dismissed no complications and even tho he was a family lawyer…
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Hope Smith
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The Dream Team is one of many ways to describe this great group of attorneys, paralegals, and office staff. Doug Huff & Jada Fairley - simply amazing attorneys!…
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Ashley Dixon
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Have worked with this firm and they are so responsive and knowledgeable! Would strongly recommend to anyone needing representation in th DFW area
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Attorneys
The Attorneys in These Courts
Forensic-science training, three decades of Denton 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 Denton County
We defend DWI cases across Denton County: Denton itself, plus Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland Village, Corinth, Little Elm, The Colony, Roanoke, Argyle, Aubrey, and Sanger. Wherever the stop happened, the case lands at the courts building across the street from our office.
Start Here
Wherever You Are in Your Case, Start Here
A DWI case has many moving parts. Find the question you're asking right now.
“I’m out of jail. Now what?”
What happens next, from booking through your first court date, and the deadline that comes first.
Booking to court date“Will I still be able to drive?”
A DWI arrest starts a second, separate case against your license, and it runs on a 15-day clock.
Save your license“What even counts as a DWI?”
What Texas actually has to prove, and the three elements every case rests on.
The three elements“What exactly am I charged with?”
Texas charges DWI at six levels, and four facts can turn a misdemeanor into a felony.
See the charge levels“How bad can the sentence get?”
What a first, second, or felony DWI carries in jail time, fines, and suspension.
Jail, fines, suspension“Is their evidence any good?”
Breath, blood, and roadside tests: what each measures and where each one goes wrong.
Where the tests fail“Was the stop even legal?”
What police need before the lights come on, what the roadside can and cannot require of you, and how to tell afterwards.
The 24 driving cues“What can be done about it?”
Every Texas DWI defense by category, from the stop through the elements the State still has to prove.
Every defense, by type“What happens next, and when?”
Every stage of a Texas DWI case, from filing through disposition, and what happens at each.
Walk through a case“How does my case end?”
Dismissal, acquittal, reduction, deferred, probation, or jail, and which endings let you clear your record.
See how cases end“What does this do to my life?”
What a DWI touches beyond the courtroom: your job, insurance, immigration status, and license.
What a conviction costs“Who should I hire, and what will it cost?”
What to ask, which credentials matter in a DWI case, what fees should cover, and the red flags.
Credentials and feesNot sure what a term means? Check the glossary.
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