Ellis County Lawyers

I take immense pride in providing professional service to my clients. My office is dedicated 100% to the practice of criminal defense in Texas State courts. I value my clients' constitutional rights and will fight to protect them. My goal is to conduct a vigorous defense of my clients' cases in order to vindicate or mitigate their particular situation, thereby promoting justice through the practice of law.

Family Law Mediator
Parenting Facilitator/Coordinator
Top Attorney Fort Worth Magazine 2013-2019
2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star
Former Texas Lawyers for Texas Veteran volunteer
Extensive Jury Trial experience in Family, Criminal, Juvenile, and CPS cases

Having ridden shotgun with clients on hundreds of family law and criminal law cases, I know it's important to have a lawyer you trust. Your lawyer will give you guidance and advice through some of the toughest times of your life, so that person should be someone you are confident in. I believe that every case and every client deserves a unique solution. There are no "cookie cutter" answers in...

I practice Criminal Law, Family Law, DUI/DWI, and Personal Injury Law in Texas State and US Federal Courts. Navarro and Ellis Counties and this area of Central Texas has been home to my family for over 130 years. I pride myself in being a 5th Generation Navarro County Resident. I work hard for my clients and put their wishes first. Success, Aggression, and Common Sense is what you get when you hire me to be your attorney. I don't have any time to play with your life and the problems you are dealing with because...

My law practice consists of helping people who find themselves in difficult legal situations. Prior to opening my law practice, I was a prosecutor for approximately 10 years. Neither myself, nor any other attorney, can guarantee a specific result. However, I will devote as much attention to your case as it takes in an effort to achieve a favorable outcome. I will tell you what you need to know, even though it may not be what you want to hear. I will communicate with you as often as necessary to make sure you understand your options and approve the course...

Paul specializes in tax controversy and disputes between tax collection entities, like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or State and Local Tax (SALT) agencies, and individuals, corporations, and businesses.

Other areas of practice include criminal law, family law, immigration law, transactional law, and wills and probate. Paul also does appellate work.

Paul is admitted to practice in all state courts of Texas, including the Supreme Court of Texas, as well as the Federal Northern District of Texas Court, the Federal Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court, the United States Tax Court, the United States Immigration Court, and the United States Immigration...

Stephen Daniel works exclusively as a personal injury lawyer for Jenkins & Jenkins, P.C. He is experienced in automobile and trucking accidents, industrial accidents, workplace accidents, product liability, garbage truck accidents, motorcycle accidents (he has his motorcycle license), bus accidents, electrocutions, brain injuries, burn injuries and oilfield accidents.

John Mallios completed his Doctorate of Juris Prudence from Salmon P. Case, College of Law in 1978. After his successful completion of the Texas Bar Exam, he became a licensed attorney in all state and federal courts in all districts in the state of Texas in May of 1979.

For over 40 years, John C. Mallios & Associates has successfully represented business organizations and various plaintiffs in Texas and other states throughout the country. Various media publications, including Mealey's Litigation Reporter, have recognized John C. Mallios & Associates for the successful representation of businesses and individuals.

Medical malpractice lawyer John Polewski is the proud father of Amanda, 28, and has been married to his wife Sandi for 35 years. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Polewski is active in his community, serving on the boards of various charitable and civic organizations, as he has done throughout his career.

Licensed to practice law in both Arkansas and Texas, Mr. Polewski is now in his 32nd year of law practice.

Mr. Polewski is the recipient of numerous awards and top ratings not only from clients, but also from both major national attorney ratings services. Mr. Polewski holds the top...

Christy Jack is a nationally recognized trial attorney who has handled thousands of criminal cases during her 25-year legal career — first as a prosecutor and now as a highly sought-after criminal defense attorney. She has tried more than 200 cases before a jury, ranging from sexual assault to capital murder. Nationwide, there are few who have her level of experience handling death penalty cases.

Prior to becoming a partner at the Fort Worth defense firm of Varghese Summersett, Christy served as a prosecutor for more than two decades in the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office. She was highly regarded by...

Alan Abergel is an attorney licensed by both the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas. My firm’s concentration is in the representation of entrepreneurs and their businesses. My firm provides transactional, regulatory, and administrative litigation services. My firm often acts as outside general counsel for its clients’ businesses. My firm serves many business industries including, lending, financial services, equipment leasing and finance, real estate, technology startups, professional services, music/entertainment, new media, fitness/wellness, manufacturing, restaurants, and apparel. As a Texas and California, business law firm, my firm...

Board Certified Experience. It matters when it comes to hiring your attorney. Bob Leonard brings more than 30 years of legal experience to the table. He is an expert family law attorney representing adoption, divorce and custody clients in agreed matters and in highly contentions legal battles. Each year he spends hundreds of hours in court hearings and litigation. For one hour in court, he spends at least ten more preparing the case. In addition, every year the entire team earns more than triple the number of credits required by the State Bar of Texas....

Jennifer Stanton Hargrave is an experienced family law trial attorney who is also skilled at helping clients construct creative settlement agreements. Jennifer knows that in family law, there are battles that need to be fought. However, she also knows that every divorce does not need to inevitably end in warfare, and that a non-adversarial approach can provide the best results for the whole family. Jennifer has been practicing law since 1995. She began her law career working for a litigation firm, and was then hired as in-house counsel to a corporation in the financial services industry. In 2006, she left...

I represent injured and disabled people. I help people with work injuries pursue workers' compensation claims or sue their employer for damages. I help those who become disabled get social security disability. I also help people injured due to negligence obtain a recovery against those that caused their injuries. I am Board Certified in Workers' Compensation Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I have been named a Texas SuperLawyer by Texas Monthly. The National Trial Lawyers have named me a Top 100 attorney in Texas. I was also named a Top...

Mark L. Scroggins is an aggressive and experienced trial attorney with a sound understanding of business matters that serves him well in family law. An accomplished speaker and author, Mr. Scroggins has practiced his legal expertise throughout the state of Texas for 26 years. He has written about family law matters for Texas Lawyer and has spoken about litigation technology before numerous organizations and corporate clients. Mr. Scroggins has a unique background in cutting-edge litigation technology, which is utilized by the entire Firm to increase the benefit to its litigation clients.

Named by Vogue Magazine as one of the Top Lawyers...

Jason Stephens is the founder of Stephens Law. Mr. Stephens handles cases involving serious personal injury, wrongful death, 18 wheeler wrecks, auto accidents, oil field injuries, brain injuries, and other life changing and catastrophic injuries. He has been named a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Thomas Reuters (2004-present), selected to the "Top 100 Super Lawyers" in all of Dallas/Fort Worth by Thomas Reuters (2017, 2018), voted as a "Top Attorney" for Personal Injury cases by Fort Worth, Texas magazine (2003-present), named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, rated as an AV® Rated Lawyer (the highest...

Jered Dobbs is an experienced immigration lawyer based in Dallas, Texas. His practice covers all aspects of immigration law, including deportation defense, immigration appeals, marriage and family-based green cards, citizenship matters, and litigation of immigration cases in federal district court (mandamus, habeas corpus, etc.). Mr. Dobbs also handles all kinds of business and investor visas (TN, E-1, E-2, O, P, etc.).

Brandon Barnett is an award-winning Fort Worth criminal defense and personal injury lawyer. His practice is exclusively focused on criminal defense and personal injury in Tarrant County and surrounding areas. Mr. Barnett is also a Reserve Military Judge and an adjunct law professor.

AV-rated attorney Deandra Grant is the Managing Partner at Deandra Grant Law. A graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio and SMU Dedman School of Law, she is a national speaker on DWI law and science and the co-author of the annually updated book, The Texas DWI Manual (James Publishing). Deandra is a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor and has completed the Drug Recognition Overview course. She has completed coursework in DWI forensic blood and urine testing and was trained as an operator and maintenance technician of the Intoxilyzer 5000. Deandra has certificates in Forensic Chromatography: Theory...

Andrew serves as a consultant for a wide variety of business sectors, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies implementing procedures to safeguard them against litigation. He is a certified Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) Level II Civil Rights Investigator and a certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainer. Andrew has developed training programs related to workplace harassment prevention; EEOC; COVID-19 safety; and diversity & inclusion. He served on a corporate transaction team that made national news in 2021 for finalizing the acquisition of a $2.3 billion all-cash transaction in Texas. Due to the passing of family members in Andrew's life, he...

Angelica’s primary goal is to assist clients in navigating the complex legal system so that you and your family come through your transition on solid footing, while minimizing the associated emotional toll that family law and probate matters can generate. Angelica's experience in family law, estate planning, and probate help her effectively represent her client's interests.

Angelica has experience in helping clients draft their wills, drafting powers of attorney, and probate administration. In addition, Angelica has experience in assisting clients with divorce, suits affecting the parent-child relationship, paternity, modification of custody and visitation, and termination and relinquishment of...

Mrs. Lori Ashmore Peters was admitted to practice in Texas in 1996. Her background is in Probate, Business Planning, Ancillary Probate, Estate Planning, Guardianships and Mental Health Law.

She has been certified to serve as Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem in the Probate Courts in Texas. She has served as Court appointed Attorney Ad Litem on numerous cases, as well as Guardian and Guardian Ad Litem. She works with litigation law firms as a probate consultant and speaks with litigation attorneys regarding the necessity for probate, ancillary probate and possible estate planning as it relates to lawsuits. She...

Dallas and Plano criminal lawyer J. Michael Price II and his criminal defense team have successfully defended a vast assortment of criminal matters including drunk driving, possession of drugs and other controlled substances, narcotics sales, theft, white-collar fraud, conspiracy, computer crimes, and sex offenses.

Mike Price was born in North Carolina in 1970. He moved to Sherman, Texas, in 1973 and graduated from Sherman High School in 1988. Mike completed his undergraduate studies at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and graduated cum laude in 1992. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1995 from Southern Methodist University School of Law...

Anna Summersett is Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist. This means she has achieved the highest designation possible for a criminal defense attorney, and she has been recognized as one of very few attorneys who can call themselves experts in the area of criminal law.

Anna Summersett is an experienced criminal trial attorney who has personally handled over 100 jury trials ranging from misdemeanor DWIs to Capital Murder.

As a partner at Varghese Summersett PLLC, Anna primarily handles State Criminal Cases from post-arrest investigation through jury trial. She is rated a top attorney in client satisfaction.

Anna graduated from Baylor University...

Thomas-Walters Estate Planning believes that everyone should have an estate plan to protect their assets for themselves and provide a smooth transition for their heirs and loved ones. I work with clients from all walks of life to make sure they have a plan that meets their needs both now and in the future, planning for things like potential incapacity and when they pass away. Our firm works on a flat fee basis, so there are never any surprises when it comes to financial arrangements. We pride ourselves on our customer service and client relations centered legal practice.

Sam Edwards is a partner at SSEK and has developed a wide-ranging practice representing individuals and institutions from the United States and almost every continent in the world in investment and financial disputes. Over the last decade, that representation has included hundreds of clients who range from retirees that have lost their life savings, to community banks and credit unions who have been defrauded by Wall Street in investment schemes or bad products, to states and municipalities defrauded by investment banks.

The cases Mr. Edwards has worked on include claims for unsuitable investment recommendations, churning, misrepresentations and outright fraud. The investments...

Powell Law Offices, P.C. is client focused, and resuIts driven. We focus our practice in family law (divorce, custody, child support, modifications and enforcements), bankruptcy and probate. We are tenacious and fight for our clients. We also take the time to listen to and know our clients, because the information that can win a case often comes from the details we get from everyday conversations with our clients. We are there for our clients, every step of the way. I am licensed to practice law in Texas and Michigan. I am Nationally Board Certified through the American Board of Certification...

I'm a criminal defense lawyer with a passion for the law and protecting the innocent from being wrongly convicted of criminal allegations. I come from a family of attorneys and have grown up sharing their love of legal studies and history of the law. I served as a special prosecutor for both the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office early in my career. After a few years prosecuting for the government, I began my career as a defense attorney in Dallas, Texas. Shortly after I became a partner at Clancy & Clancy...

Steve Jumes is Certified in Criminal Law by the State of Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2003. Before becoming a defense practitioner, he was supervisor of the Grand Jury Division of the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office as well as specialized in the prosecution of sexual and physical child abuse cases for that office. While working as a a prosecutor for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office he specialized in Public Integrity prosecutions. Additionally, while working for the United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas he handled white collar cases involving tax refund fraud, wire fraud,...

Consumer bankruptcy is the only area of law that I practice. It is my experience that the best way to serve my clients is to devote all my time to one area of law.

I have selected this area to specialize in because it dramatically impacts peoples lives in a real way. It is a very rewarding experience to meet with a client in crisis who is facing the loss of their property, experiencing loss of sleep and loss of good will with friends and family members, and having the opportunity to improve their situation. ...

Fort Worth Criminal Defense Attorney Jeff C. Kennedy represents individuals accused, charged, or under investigation for criminal matters ranging from misdemeanor charges to the most serious felony offenses. With over 25 years of legal experience in defending clients charged with criminal offenses, criminal defense lawyer Jeff C. Kennedy has the experience, knowledge, expertise, and proven record to provide clients with the best possible defense of criminal charges. Our goal in every criminal case is to fully investigate every aspect of the case, develop an effective and aggressive defense strategy, and achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.

Litigation:  
Adrian represents clients in adversarial proceedings covering civil, criminal, and administrative matters.  He has achieved favorable results in the form of jury/bench verdicts and relief being granted at each of these levels, including on appeals.  Additionally, Adrian has been able to recover on offensive claims and defeat defensive claims simply by issuing letters, thus generating significant cost savings. 

Energy: 
Adrian cut his teeth in the oil and gas industry.  He takes personal pride in having built his client base by identifying and recovering unpaid (or stolen) royalties.  Those successes have led to Adrian taking over leasing operations for hundreds of thousands...

Benson Varghese is the Managing Partner at Varghese Summersett, one of the largest criminal defense firm in Tarrant County. He is also a Board Certified in Criminal Law, a distinction held by less than 1 percent of attorneys in Texas. Visit https://www.versustexas.com/ for more about Benson and Fort Worth Criminal Defense Attorneys at Varghese Summersett PLLC. Benson is also the founder of their family law practice: https://www.familytexas.com Benson is an experienced litigator who has tried over 100 state and federal cases to Texas juries. He is often called upon to handle complex cases and has become a go-to attorney for intoxication-related offenses...

Originally from New Orleans, Kathy E. Roux graduated from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While in law school, she was elected Freshman Class Representative and appointed Ombudsman for LSU’s Student Government Association. She won 1st place for the Southern Region in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition, and was chosen to represent LSU in the National Moot Court competition.
After graduation, she began working for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in New Orleans, practicing poverty law. While there, her practice areas included Consumer Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection, Housing Law, and the Low...

James Aulbaugh is a graduate of Texas A&M University (B.S. A. Economics), the Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business (Master of Business Administration) and the Texas Tech University School of Law (Doctorate of Jurisprudence). After law school, James Aulbaugh served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office for 13 years. During that time, James was assigned thousands of cases to prosecute, ranging from misdemeanors to Capital Murders. Outside of trial, James quickly developed a reputation for reasonableness, acute case analysis, fairness, and integrity while plea bargaining over a thousand cases and dismissing hundreds...