Honors & Recognition
Legal awards are easy to collect and easy to fake. Plenty of firms buy a badge, frame it, and call it credibility. We hold ourselves to a stricter standard. Every recognition on this page was earned one of three ways: by examination, by election, or by peer review. If it could be bought, it is not here.
Earned by Examination
Elected by the Defense Bar
The lawyers who try these cases every day chose these. You cannot campaign your way into any of them.
Executive Director & President-Emeritus, DUI Defense Lawyers Association
DUIDLA is the national professional organization for DUI defense attorneys. Its members asked Deandra Grant to lead it.
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President, Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
The presidency of the DCDLA is decided by a vote of the Dallas criminal defense bar itself. Her competitors elected her.
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President's Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
TCDLA's recognition for service to the criminal defense bar across Texas. Once is an honor. Three times is a record.
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Bad Ass Award, DUI Defense Lawyers Association
Voted on by the national DUI defense bar for courtroom results and fearless advocacy. The name is theirs. We just accepted it.
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Independent panels, confidential ballots, and judicial review. No firm can pay its way onto any list below, and the year ranges tell their own story.
Texas Super Lawyers
Fifteen consecutive years in the top 5% of Texas attorneys, selected through peer nominations and independent research.
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D Magazine, Best Lawyers in Dallas
Compiled each year through peer balloting across the Dallas legal community and reviewed by an advisory panel. Fifteen straight selections.
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The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100
Invitation-only recognition for a limited number of trial attorneys per state, based on qualifications, results, and leadership.
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Best Lawyers in America
One of the oldest peer-review guides in the profession. Selection comes from confidential evaluations by attorneys in the same practice area. Lawyers cannot pay to be listed.
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
The highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell system, reflecting top marks from fellow attorneys and judges for legal ability and ethics.
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Avvo Rating, 10.0 Superb
Avvo's highest score, calculated from experience, professional conduct, and peer endorsements.
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Justia Lawyer Rating, 10.0
Justia's top rating, based on experience, professional recognition, and standing in the legal community.
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What This Page Proves
Credentials do not win cases by themselves. But they tell you something before you ever call: whether the firm's knowledge is real, whether its peers respect it, and whether the science it claims to know has been tested by anyone other than its own marketing. Everything above was tested. That is the standard we bring to your case too.
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