Waco Criminal Defense Lawyer

Deandra Grant Law is a Waco criminal defense law firm defending people facing criminal charges in Waco and throughout McLennan County, from Class C misdemeanors to first-degree felonies. Cases from Waco PD, the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, DPS, and the departments serving Hewitt, Woodway, Bellmead, and Lorena all feed into one prosecution system: the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office and the courthouse at 501 Washington Avenue.

Our Waco office sits directly across the street from that courthouse. The team is led by partner Douglas Huff, an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist with digital forensics training, alongside managing partner Deandra Grant, a former prosecutor with more than 30 years of trial experience. The Waco criminal lawyer handling your case also covers Bell and Coryell County from this one Central Texas office.

We defend criminal cases across McLennan County: Waco, Woodway, Hewitt, Robinson, Bellmead, Lacy Lakeview, and McGregor, plus the Baylor campus area and the I-35 corridor. Arrests across the county book at the McLennan County Jail on Highway 6, the case is set at the McLennan County Courthouse on Washington Avenue, and seized drugs and blood go to the DPS crime lab in Waco, whose bench notes and records are discoverable. From this office we also cover Bell and Coryell County cases, so one Central Texas location handles the whole region.

Hewitt

Hewitt sits at the south end of the county on I-35 and Hewitt Drive, with its own police department and a municipal court that handles only Class C tickets. Anything above a Class C is filed with the McLennan County District Attorney and heard at the courthouse downtown.

Woodway

Woodway runs west along Highway 84 and is patrolled by the Woodway Public Safety Department, which combines police and fire under one roof. A Woodway arrest becomes a McLennan County case the moment it is booked.

Bellmead

Bellmead covers the I-35 and Loop 340 interchange northeast of downtown, one of the busiest stretches of highway in the county for traffic stops that turn into drug, weapon, and warrant arrests. Those cases are prosecuted at the same courthouse, two blocks from our office.

Robinson

Robinson lies south of Waco along Highway 77 and Robinson Drive, with a small police department that sends its misdemeanor and felony filings to the McLennan County District Attorney like every other agency in the county.

Baylor students and campus offenses

The Baylor University Police Department is a licensed Texas police agency, so an arrest on or near campus is a real criminal case filed in the McLennan County courts, not a campus matter. The charges we see most are possession of marijuana or a THC vape pen, minor in possession of alcohol, a fake ID, and assault after a fight. A THC cartridge is a felony in Texas even in a small amount, and a marijuana or MIP conviction can cost a driver’s license and follow a student onto job and licensing applications. Baylor’s student conduct process runs on its own track and usually moves faster than the court, so we manage both at once, with the goal of a dismissal or a result that keeps the student’s record clean. See our THC vape pen and marijuana possession pages.

Killeen and Bell County

The Waco office also defends Bell County cases, including Fort Hood soldiers arrested in Killeen, Harker Heights, and Temple. Those cases are heard at the Bell County Justice Center in Belton, and for a service member a civilian charge can carry command consequences on top of the criminal case, so the two have to be handled together. See the Bell County court guide.

Coryell County

Copperas Cove and the western side of Fort Hood fall in Coryell County, where cases are heard in Gatesville, the county seat. It is a smaller docket with its own district attorney, and we appear there from the Waco office. See the Coryell County court guide.

Every charge we defend here has its own walkthrough: Waco DWI Lawyer.