Brent Mayr
Board Certified in Criminal Defense and Texas Super Lawyer
- Biography
Brent Mayr is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and that has been named to Super Lawyers featured in Texas Monthly for multiple years in a row.
He has represented individuals and organizations charged or placed under investigation in a number of high profile cases and has obtained numerous dismissals and acquittals. He represented an individual charged with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering as part of a scheme involving the Zeta drug cartel and the American Quarter Horse Racing industry. His client was the only one out of multiple defendants who was acquitted of all charges. Later that same year, he and Dick DeGuerin convinced a jury to find their client, a prominent El Paso businessman, “Not Guilty” of Intoxication Manslaughter.
In Montgomery County, he has obtained dismissals and acquittals in a number of cases including Murder, Manslaughter, Criminally Negligent Homicide, DWI, and Drug cases.
- Practice Areas
- White Collar Crime
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Cannabis & Marijuana Law
- Marijuana Business Formation, Medical Marijuana
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Video Conferencing
- Fees
- Free Consultation
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24037052
- Since 2002
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- Languages
- English:
Spoken, Written - Spanish:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Managing Shareholder / Attorney
- Mayr Law, P.C.
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Current
- Assistant District Attorney
- Harris County District Attorney’s Office
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2004 –
2010
- Felony Section Chief
- Briefing Attorney
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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2003 –
2003
- Education
- South Texas College of Law
- J.D. (2002)
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1999
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2002 - Activities: Law Review, Moot Court
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- Southwestern University
- B.A. (1999) | Political Science
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1995
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1999 -
- Awards
- Lawyer of the Year
- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
- 2021
- President’s Award
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- 2021
- Texas Super Lawyers List in Criminal Defense
- Super Lawyers
- 2021
- Texas Super Lawyers List in Criminal Defense (2014-2021)
- Top 100 Criminal Defense
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 2017
- Top 100 Criminal Defense (2016 – 2017)
- Sharon Levine Unsung Hero Award
- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
- 2011
- Professional Associations
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Current
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- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Current
- Activities: Ethics Committee, Co-Chair
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- Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
- Current
- Activities: Board of Directors, Member
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- Montgomery County Criminal Lawyers Association
- Current
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State Bar of Texas
 # 24037052
- Member
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2002 –
Current -
- Publications
- Strategies for Defending DWI Cases in Texas
- Aspatore Books
- Contact & Address
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