42 criminal defence attorneys practise in San Antonio. Felonies are heard in the Bexar County district courts, misdemeanours in the county courts at law, and federal charges in the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas.
Bexar County operates specialty and diversion dockets — including veterans and drug court programmes — and eligibility for one of them can matter more to the outcome than any argument made at trial. Ask each attorney which programmes your case might qualify for.
Fees are normally flat and quoted by stage. Ask what is included, and how often the attorney appears before the specific court handling your case.
Lawyers listed in San Antonio also cover Personal Injury (63), Family Law (42) and DUI & DWI (37). The same practice elsewhere in Texas: Houston (20), Fort Worth (20) and Dallas (20). Across Texas the directory lists 227 attorneys in this practice; San Antonio is 1st by their number among 18 cities.