Law, like medicine, is a highly-specialized field. There are over 60 broad disciplines, each with approximately 100 sub-categories.
You wouldn’t hire a general family physician for your surgery. Don’t hire a general family attorney to defend you on a DWI, Drug, Weapon, Assault, Fraud or other serious criminal charge in Houston, Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston or surrounding counties.
In a serious criminal charge, with your freedom, reputation, career and family’s well-being at stake, a civil or general attorney won't have the expertise and connections needed to defend you.
“Will the Real Victim Please Stand Up?”
In many cases, the Defendant is the real victim: In the War on Drugs, it’s often the little guy with the drug problem whom jail does nothing to help. Or the nurse practitioner working for pain clinics, prescribing pain pills for patients according to the protocols of the physician director. In Family Violence, the hapless husband is usually presumed to be the brute, sacrificed to the system at the whim of his wife’s vengeful anger and lies. In DWI’s, pity the poor soul who has a couple beers after a hard days’ work – M.A.D.D. lobbies for zero tolerance to result in the arrest of anyone who drinks and drives – although that’s not against the law - and obtained ridiculous grading standards for sobriety tests which stone-cold sober citizens can’t pass. In Sex Crimes, a willing consort, often the instigator - and a youthful, precocious one at that - need only cry foul play for a thousand ulterior motives and the rest is history – who needs evidence. Laws and the politics behind Harris County’s latest hot offenses ~ such as pain clinic cases ~ are complex and fluid, changing every time the Texas Legislature meets. Carl Haggard is up on the latest, fighting their unjust & unintended consequences everywhere possible. He knows the politics of the judges & the prevailing mood of jurors toward all types of offenses ~ and uses this knowledge in defending our clients.
Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard understands --
 His sterling reputation for integrity makes him one of Harris County’s most-respected criminal defense attorneys.
Houston, Texas Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard is at the forefront of Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys with a history of winning results for clients.
Clients rely on Carl Haggard’s expertise:
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Former Harris County Misdemeanor and District Court Chief Prosecutor, Responsible for Training and Supervising Trial Attorneys in D.A.’s Office
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Nationally Certified Mediator-Arbitrator, Triple Certification
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Nationally-Known Author and Speaker on Civil Rights and Constitutional Issues
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Licensed to Practice in all Texas State Courts, United States Federal District Courts, The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the
United States Supreme Court
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Cum Laude Graduate from Law School
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Former U of H Law Center Adjunct Professor of Law
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Thousands of cases and trials: Misdemeanor, Felonies, Juvenile
Since 1973, Houston-area clients have relied on Houston, Texas Harris County Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard for successful defenses in all types of Federal, District, Misdemeanor and Juvenile criminal charges.
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"My husband is a police officer and I was a licensed security officer and he’s the best attorney trying cases we’ve ever seen. He’s a great trial lawyer. We call Mr. Haggard "The Hammer". ~ Pamela B.
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Houston Attorney Carl Haggard
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In a July 2008 ruling, the Court of Criminal Appeals held, regarding the use the Character Evidence: the Rules of Evidence generally forbid character evidence during the guilt phase of trial. Read more...
WARNING – A conviction in some offenses triggers an automatic suspension of your TDL. Call us to find out if yours is one. DWI’s: You have 15 days to save your TDL. Call us to learn your ALR options and what will guarantee a Dismissal to save your TDL.
Screen shot of Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard defending Houston surgeon charged with child molestation. [CDH - on right; July 2009]
Amount | Offense Level | Punishment Range
Amount | Offense Level | Punishment Range
Did you know....?
The Harris County Probation Department uses a qualitative EDT urine test which is capable of detecting any alcohol consumption within up to 80 hours. As it is qualitative, and not quantitative, trace amounts of alcohol will be detected.
Recent press conference of Houston criminal defense trial lawyer after his initial appearance in court for Houston orthopedic surgeon charged with pedophilia; Harris County Criminal Justice Center. [July, 2009]
Screen shot of Houston Criminal Defense Trial Attorney Carl Haggard in recent Harris County TV news case; defending Houston surgeon charged with child molestation.
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![Houston's Top Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard [Right] - Screen Shot of Local TV News Coverage in Child Molestation Case - Houston Surgeon Charged](http://www.haggardlaw.com/images/Image3.jpg "Houston's Top Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard [Right] - Screen Shot of Local TV News Coverage in Child Molestation Case - Houston Surgeon Charged")
![Recent [July 2009] TV news conference, Carl Haggard, Harris County Criminal Defense Attorney Defends Houston Doctor Charged with Child Molestation](http://www.haggardlaw.com/images/Image5.jpg "Recent [July 2009] TV news conference, Carl Haggard, Harris County Criminal Defense Attorney Defends Houston Doctor Charged with Child Molestation")
