The below 2026 rankings of Leading Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers ranks the top criminal defense law attorneys in Houston specializing in criminal defense law matters. These leading Houston Criminal Defense attorneys have been peer-recognized for their exceptional expertise, courtroom skills, and client outcomes across the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Preeminent
Mark Bennett, Bennett & Bennett
Dan Cogdell, Cogdell Law Firm PLLC
Dick DeGuerin, DeGuerin & Dickson
Christopher Downey, The Downey Law Firm
Tyler Flood, Tyler Flood & Associates
John Floyd, John T. Floyd Law Firm
Rusty Hardin, Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP
Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube, Hochglaube & DeBorde PC
W. Troy McKinney, Schneider & McKinney PC
Tyrone Moncriffe, Tyrone C. Moncriffe
Doug Murphy, Murphy & McKinney Law Firm PC
Kent Schaffer, Schaffer Kennedy Johnson
Stanley Schneider, Schneider & McKinney PC
Mark Thiessen, Thiessen Law Firm
Leading
David Bires, David R. Bires Attorney at Law
Celeste Blackburn, Celeste Blackburn PLLC
Inger Chandler, Inger H. Chandler PLLC
NealDavis, Odom Davis & Hobson
Robert Fickman, Fickman Law
Mike Hanson, Varghese Summersett PLLC
Wayne Hill, Hill Criminal Defense
Jim Lavine, Zimmermann & Zimmermann
Edward Mallett, Mallett Saper LLP
Larry McDougal Jr, McDougal Law Firm
Mandy Miller, Mandy Miller Legal PLLC
Wendell Odom Jr, Odom Davis & Hobson
Robert Pelton, Law Office of Robert Pelton
Letitia Quinones-Hollins, Quinones & Associates PLLC
Carmen Roe, Carmen Roe Law Firm
Randolph Schaffer Jr, The Schaffer Firm
Paul Schiffer, Schiffer Law Firm PLLC
Jed Silverman, Silverman Law
Christopher L. Tritico, Tritico Rainey PLLC
Joseph Vinas, Houston Criminal Firm
Jack Zimmermann, Zimmermann & Zimmermann
Recommended
Samuel Adamo, Adamo & Adamo Law Firm
James Alston, Law Office of James Alston
Lisa Andrews, Law Offices of Lisa K. Andrews
Jimmy Ardoin, Jimmy Ardoin & Associates PLLC
R. Todd Bennett, R. Todd Bennett PC
E. Tay Bond, The Law Firm of E. Tay Bond PC
Edward Chernoff, Chernoff Law
Mary Conn, Mary E. Conn & Associates
Charley Davidson, Hanszen Laporte
Rick DeToto, DeToto Law Firm
J. Gordon Dees, J. Gordon Dees PC
Lewis Dickson, DeGuerin & Dickson
Ali Fazel, Fazel Law
Charles Flood, Flood & Flood
Mark Hochglaube, Hochglaube & DeBorde PC
Dane Johnson, Johnson Johnson & Baer PC
James Kennedy, Schaffer Kennedy Johnson
Chip Bewis, Chip Lewis Law
Brent Mayr, Mayr Law PC
Robert Moen, Moen Cain & O’Brien
Thomas Moran, Schneider & McKinney PC
JoAnne Musick, DWI Defense Houston
Murray Newman, Law Office of Murray Newman
George Parnham, Parnham & Associates
Cory Roth, Cory Roth Law Office
Kyle Sampson, Kyle R. Sampson Attorney at Law
Josh Schaffer, Law Office of Josh Schaffer
Grant Scheiner, Scheiner DWI & Criminal Defense Lawyers
Mac Secrest, Secrest Law
Bill Stradley, Stradley Law Firm