Denton DWI Lawyer

At the Denton County Courts Building, 1450 E. McKinney Street. Misdemeanor DWIs go to the County Criminal Courts, felonies to the District Courts. Our office is directly across the street, and our Denton County guide covers the building.

Your prosecutor handles intoxication cases exclusively. That means shortcuts get punished and prepared defenses get respected. We build every Denton case for a specialist audience, starting with the defenses that actually work.

No. Denton sends DWI blood out to a state lab, and a lab result has failure points: the warrant affidavit, the draw, the chain of custody, preservation, the analyst's method, and the instrument's own maintenance record. The wait for the result is often where the defense begins. Our guide to the evidence in a Texas DWI case explains what we look for.

Texas applies a zero-tolerance rule to drivers under 21, so any detectable alcohol can support a charge, and a DUI by a minor is a different charge from an adult DWI. Denton County sees a high volume of these because of its universities, and the license and record consequences for a young person are worth taking seriously from the first week. Parents are welcome on the consultation, in person or by video.

They can. Both universities' student conduct codes reach off-campus arrests, and a DWI or DUI by a minor can open a conduct case through the Dean of Students that runs on its own timeline, under a lower standard of proof than the criminal court uses. The county does not send the school a notice, but a campus police stop, a probation condition, or a conviction can put the arrest in front of it. How and when to handle the school side depends on the school and the facts, and it is part of the plan from day one, not an afterthought.

Maybe. Denton County's DWI Court has run since 2007 as a probation-based treatment program for repeat DWI offenders: intensive treatment, a SCRAM monitor, an ignition interlock, and frequent court appearances over 15 to 18 months. The county also runs a Veterans Treatment Court. Neither is a diversion for a first offense, and eligibility is narrow, so whether your case fits is one of the first things we check.

Yes. Every Denton County city prosecutes at the county courts building. You may sit in a city jail briefly before transfer. Wherever the stop happened, we defend it. See our Denton County guide.

15 days from the notice of suspension to request an ALR hearing, or the suspension is automatic. Inside the window, call today. Past it, an occupational license may keep you driving.

It can. Since September 1, 2019, Texas law lets a judge grant deferred adjudication on a first DWI when your alcohol concentration was under 0.15, you have no prior conviction under the intoxication statutes, and you did not hold a commercial license at the time. An ignition interlock is a required condition, and the decision is the judge's, not automatic. Deferred is not a dismissal, but the case ends without a final conviction. It is not available where a child was in the car, or on intoxication assault or intoxication manslaughter. Our guide to deferred adjudication covers who qualifies and what it does to your record.

It depends on the charge and whether the case is headed to trial, and we are direct about numbers at the first call. The consultation costs nothing and we offer payment plans. Our fee guide explains what a DWI defense should and should not cost.

Call us. Two clocks start at once: the 15-day window to request an ALR hearing and keep your license, and the window to preserve the in-car and body-camera video before it is overwritten. Our step-by-step guide covers the rest: What to Do After a DWI Arrest.

Either. Many clients meet us in person at the Denton office, directly across the street from the courts building, but the first consultation works just as well by phone or video, so you can get advice the same day, even before you are able to come in. In-person visits are also available at any of our six Texas offices.

Yes. We defend DWI cases across North and Central Texas from six offices and route your case to the attorney and courthouse that fit. Cooke County cases at the Gainesville courthouse are handled from this office too. Find your county on our locations page.

The statute allows it: a first-offense DWI carries 72 hours to 180 days in the county jail, and up to a year if the result was 0.15 or higher. In practice a first offense in Denton County more often ends in a dismissal, a reduction, deferred adjudication where you qualify, or probation, and the jail exposure is what the defense is built to remove. The time you already spent in the Denton County Jail after the arrest counts against any sentence.