The below 2026 rankings of Leading Houston White-Collar Criminal Law & Government Investigations Lawyers ranks the top white collar criminal defense law attorneys in the Greater Houston metropolitan area specializing in the defense of white-collar criminal law, and government investigations matters. These leading Houston White Collar Crime Defense attorneys have been peer-recognized for their exceptional expertise, courtroom skills, and client outcomes across the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Preeminent
Dan Cogdell, Cogdell Law Firm PLLC
David Gerger, Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP
Philip Hilder, Hilder & Associates PC
Samy Khalil, Khalil Kinchen LLP
Ashlee Martin, Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP
Kent Schaffer, Schaffer Kennedy Johnson
Jeffery Vaden, Bracewell LLP
Jason Varnado, Jones Day
Leading
David Berg, Berg & Androphy
Michael Clark, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Laura Kidd Cordova, Jackson Walker LLP
Gregg Costa, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Charley Davidson, Hanszen Laporte
Dick DeGuerin, DeGuerin & Dickson
Andy Drumheller, Drumheller Hollingsworth & Monthy LLP
Lawrence Finder, R. McConnell Group PLLC
Rusty Hardin, Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP
Matt Hennessy, Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP
Derek Hollingsworth, Drumheller Hollingsworth & Monthy LLP
John Kinchen, Khalil Kinchen LLP
Samuel Louis, Holland & Knight LLP
Ryan McConnell, R. McConnell Group PLLC
Heather Peterson, Gerger Hennessy Martin & Peterson LLP
Stanley Schneider, Schneider & McKinney PC
Prerak Shah, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Recommended
Dane Ball, Murphy Ball Stratton LLP
R. Todd Bennett, R. Todd Bennett PC
Larry Campagna, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Mark Donnelly, Parker Sanchez & Donnelly PLLC
Charles Flood, Flood & Flood
Chris Flood, Flood & Flood
Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube, Hochglaube & DeBorde PC
Mark Hochglaube, Hochglaube & DeBorde PC
John Lewis, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Edward Mallett, Mallett Saper Berg LLP
Wendell Odom, Odom Davis & Hobson
Andy Parker Kelly Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Joe Roden, Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP
Andes Sanchez Gus A Saper, Mallett Saper Berg LLP
Randolph Schaffer, The Schaffer Firm
Paul Schiffer, Schiffer Law Firm PLLC
George Secrest, Bennett & Secrest PLLC
Scott Thomas, Latham & Watkins LLP
Jack Zimmermann, Zimmermann & Zimmermann PLLC