Texas Criminal Defense Group Testimonials

Ronnie
Humble, Texas

From Overwhelmed to Supported: Ronald’s DWI Legal Journey

After being charged with a DWI and facing the possibility of it counting as his second offense, Ronald was overwhelmed—especially when he realized he couldn’t afford the upfront costs that most lawyers demanded. Rejected for a court-appointed attorney due to owning a used, paid-off car, he felt stuck and defeated.

But everything changed when he connected with our firm. From flexible payment plans to constant, compassionate communication, Ronald finally felt supported. In this testimonial, he shares how our team—especially Garrett—stood by him through every step of the process.

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Ronnie: “My name is Ronald and I was charged with a DWI. I had one prior in the military, that one didn’t go on my record at all but I was still pretty stressed out. I was like, ‘Could this technically be my second one?’. Pretty close to my first”

0:15

Ronnie: “court date, I was out with my girlfriend and her family at her stepbrother’s birthday party at Incredible Pizza. You know, I hadn’t really put much thought to it for a while and then I was like ‘I need to hire a lawyer’. That was very stressful because I didn’t really have the money. And lawyers I did talk”

0:30

Ronnie: “to before I found ya’ll had no kinds of like payment options or anything like that. They wanted all the money upfront and so I was like, ‘I could never afford a lawyer, I’m gonna have to get a court-appointed lawyer’. At the time I had a paid off Audi. It was used.. from 2012, and even though it was from 2012,”

0:45

Ronnie: “they were like, ‘Well, you have this paid off car and you make too much money for us to give you a court-appointed lawyer so we can’t’. That was probably the lowest point of it. I had talked to one other lawyer in Houston and he still didn’t offer the payment plans but I felt”

1:00

Ronnie: “confident in him but I also just didn’t have the down payment for it upfront. and then he wanted the rest of it within like a month. I forget the gentleman that I actually first spoke to, we talked on the phone for like 45 minutes and he was super nice and very knowledgeable about the firm.”

1:15

Ronnie: “He asked me what I could put down. I had put down like $800 and then he was like, ‘We’ll work with that.’, and he sent me everything else to finance the rest of it. After that I haven’t really been stressed about anything. They told me that they have it all taken care of and they would”

1:30

Ronnie: “let me know the things I would need to know and that’s the truth. I always texted Garrett and he called me back within like a few minutes every time. I did and still do feel like I’m family. I feel like after this even though we’re all done, if I had any kind of question, I could still call Garrett”

1:45

Ronnie: “he always lets me know to never be afraid to reach out, don’t be a stranger and all that. I would definitely highly recommend y’all’s firm to anyone who was looking for help. It’s just been great. They were, they’re wonderful people.