Brian M. Schmidt

Brian Schmidt Brings an unwavering, aggressive approach to defending his clients against criminal accusations in courtrooms around East Texas. Based in Henderson County, Brians practice focuses on all aspects of criminal defense, including misdemeanor & felony DWI, drug possession, aggravated assault, and murder, to name a few. Brian also helps his clients with expunctions, occupational drivers license applications, motions for early release from probation, and administrative drivers license revocation hearings. Brian has authored a number of articles for the Voice for the Defense, the official magazine of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the Texas Bar Journal. He has spoken at multiple conferences on the aspects of criminal history in relation to mental health, and his work has been noted in the New York Times, The Texas Tribune, and the Texas Prosecutor, the official magazine for the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. Brian graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1995 with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. While at the University of Texas, he served as the President of Phi Alpha Delta, the Political Science Honor Society. His passion for criminal law took him to the University of Texas Law School, where he became a member of the American Journal of Criminal Law and a student lawyer in the University of Texas Criminal Defense Clinic.