John T. Floyd Law Firm is a Houston criminal defense practice handling serious state and federal charges. Floyd is board-certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a distinction held by roughly 1% of Texas attorneys. He has spent more than 30 years in the courtroom and appears regularly as a media commentator on criminal cases.
The team defends federal fraud, health care fraud, money laundering, drug crimes, and firearms charges. On the state side, they take assault, homicide, sex crimes, and criminal appeals across Harris County.
Attorneys Christopher M. Choate and Mia Floyd round out the firm. Published case results include jury acquittals, grand jury no-bills, and pretrial dismissals. The River Oaks office books confidential consultations.
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Fred Dahr is a Houston criminal lawyer with over 20 years of practice and a record of dismissals and not-guilty verdicts. His downtown office sits three blocks from the courthouse, and he focuses almost entirely on Harris County cases.
Dahr defends aggravated robbery, drug possession, weapons charges, fraud, DWI, and murder. He also files expunctions, non-disclosures, direct appeals, and habeas corpus applications for people trying to clear a record.
Much of his caseload involves professionals and students worried about what a criminal charge does to their careers or to a licensing board review. He does not advise a client who says they are innocent to plead guilty. Consultations can be arranged by phone.
The Law Office of David A. Breston has defended clients throughout Harris County since 1997. Breston brings more than 20 years of trial experience and has represented over 4,000 people.
The firm takes assault, domestic violence, sex crimes, DWI, drug offenses, juvenile cases, and immigration matters. Record sealing and expungement are also part of the practice.
The office responds within 24 hours and works in both English and Spanish. Outside the city, Breston serves Conroe, Cypress, Pearland, Pasadena, Sugar Land, Galveston, and League City. Free consultations are available downtown.
Founded in 2000 by brothers Andrew and Greg Sullo, Sullo & Sullo has represented more than 300,000 clients across Harris County. Twelve attorneys and a 25-member staff cover DWI, theft, assault, and drug possession cases.
The firm also handles traffic tickets, immigration, and personal injury claims. Payment plans keep costs manageable, and free consultations can be scheduled online.
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Nathaniel Pitoniak is a Houston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. That background shapes how he reads a file and anticipates what the state will do next.
His practice is devoted entirely to criminal charges, including sex crimes, family violence, felonies, and white-collar offenses. He frequently represents non-citizens facing immigration consequences. Free consultations are available.
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Board certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Brett A. Podolsky has practiced in Houston for over 25 years. He worked as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney before moving to the defense side.
His jury trial record covers capital murder, robbery, DWI, drug possession, assault, and theft. The Franklin Street office also takes sex crime cases, federal charges, and expungements. Consultations are free.
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James Alston Law concentrates on federal criminal defense in Houston, work many attorneys avoid. Alston spent 12 years as a prosecutor, including four as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas.
He is board certified in criminal law and has handled more than 400 federal matters. Cases range from drug trafficking and health care fraud to white-collar crime. Alston works each file himself rather than passing it to an associate.
Neal Davis Law Firm defends serious felony cases across Harris, Montgomery, Fort Bend, and Galveston counties. Davis has 25 years of practice, has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, and served as president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association in 2019.
The firm handles sex offenses, computer crimes, DWI, fraud, and homicide, along with appeals and Title IX campus matters.
Grant Scheiner has practiced Texas criminal law since 1992 and opened his own firm in 1995. He is board certified in criminal law and a past president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
DWI work is a specialty. Scheiner is a certified instructor in standardized field sobriety testing and has training in forensic chromatography, which helps him identify errors in police and lab procedures. The firm also defends sex crimes, drug charges, and federal white-collar cases.
Ed Chernoff has worked inside the Houston criminal justice system for over 35 years, first as a Harris County prosecutor and since 1991 on the defense side. He is board-certified in criminal law and has taken more than 150 cases to trial.
Chernoff Law handles assault, DWI, theft, drug possession, sexual assault, violent crimes, and federal charges. The office answers calls day and night.
A family firm since 1975, Adamo & Adamo pairs Sam Adamo Sr. and Sam Adamo Jr., both board certified criminal law specialists with about 60 years of combined experience. Sam Sr. built the white-collar special crimes division at the Harris County DA's office before going into private practice.
The firm reports a dismissal or not-guilty rate above 40% and keeps offices in Houston and Austin.
Jay Blass Cohen founded Blass Law in 2009 and has never worked as a prosecutor. He is an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist trained in the chemistry behind blood and breath testing, which matters when a DWI case turns on lab evidence. The firm serves Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and Galveston counties.
Lisa Shapiro Strauss prosecuted cases in Dallas County, including six months as chief prosecutor in a family violence court, before opening her Bellaire firm in 1999. She defends theft, assault, drug, and DWI charges and files expunctions and non-disclosures for clients cleaning up a record.
Brian S. Laviage is a board certified criminal defense attorney serving Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and Galveston counties. He handles juvenile offenses, record expunctions, public intoxication and DWI charges, and Medicaid fraud. Consultations are free.
Carl D. Haggard spent a decade at the Harris County DA's office, rising to chief prosecutor in both misdemeanor and district courts. His downtown firm has defended felony, misdemeanor, and federal charges for over 30 years. Free case evaluations.
Looney, Smith, Conrad & Hefti keeps offices in Houston and Hempstead. Paul Looney has tried 60 criminal jury trials since 1995 with zero final convictions. The firm also covers appeals, family law, business law, professional licenses, and personal injury.