There is no higher-stakes case in the criminal justice system than a murder or homicide charge. Your freedom, and in some cases your life, depends on the outcome. This is not a case to hand to a lawyer who has never sat through a homicide trial — it takes a defense team that has actually done it, more than once, at the highest level.
Trial Experience That Matters When Everything Is on the Line
Dan B. Gerson has defended homicide cases — including capital murder — in Texas courts since 1974 and has been a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist since 1979. Our firm has tried murder cases to verdict, including a case in which our client received probation directly from a jury rather than a prison sentence. You can review this and other documented results on our results page.
Homicide cases are won and lost long before trial — in how the evidence was gathered, how witnesses were interviewed, whether self-defense or defense of a third person applies, and whether the forensic evidence actually supports the state’s theory. We investigate every one of these angles independently rather than simply accepting the police department’s version of events.
What We Handle
- Murder and capital murder
- Manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter
- Self-defense and defense of others claims
- Attempted murder
- Homicide investigations before charges are filed
If you are being investigated in connection with a death — even if you haven’t been arrested yet — the earlier a lawyer is involved, the more can be done to protect you. Do not speak to investigators without a lawyer present.
Facing a murder or homicide charge? Call 713.227.5125 immediately.