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The Saputo Law Firm represents clients in state and federal cases across Texas, and provides legal advice in criminal matters to people who are facing the prospect of litigation against the government. The firms handles serious misdemeanor and felony cases as well as matters arising out of those cases, such as record clearing, gun rights, civil asset forfeiture, and driver's license suspensions. A
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As the principle Defense Counsel at the Saputo Law Firm, Paul Saputo has represented client in counties across the state, including Dallas County, Tarrant County, Harris County, Bexar County, Montague County, Rockwall County, Collin County, Denton County, Kaufman County, Johnson County, Grayson County, Delta County, Parker County and Wise County, among others. He has also represented clients in Louisiana, California, Nevada and internationally. Paul is licensed to practice law in all state courts in Texas, including county courts, district courts, courts of appeal and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. He is also admitted to practice law in the Federal District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Western District of Texas and Western District of Oklahoma. He has represented clients facing serious felony charges including: intoxication manslaughter, murder, child s*x assault, felony DWI, aggravated assault, s*x trafficking, drug trafficking, underage s*x trafficking indecency with a child and others. His high-stakes misdemeanor clients have faced charges ranging from DWI, prostitution, theft, assault and drug possession, among others. He is a member of the Texas Bar, the Texas Bar College (an honorary society of lawyers who are among the best trained attorneys in Texas), the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the DUI Defense Lawyers Association and other leading legal organizations.
01/22/2024
We got some real Texas drama going down over in Tyler ....per usual!
The Fifth Circuit issued a scathing opinion of the "Bad Faith" prosecution of Netflix by Tyler County DA Lucas Babin, from MTV's "Undressed"
10/03/2023
Well, that didn't take long.
A federal judge in Texas held the new Texas drag show law unconstitutional, issuing a permanent injunction. We do a thorough legal analysis.
09/30/2023
Updated for 2023, this law now covers elderly and disabled individuals as well. Click the link to learn more:
The Abandoning or Endangering a Child Texas law was expanded in 2023 to cover Elderly Individuals and Disabled Individuals. More new law here.
09/20/2023
Another new law for 2023: Operation Of Unmanned Aircraft Over Correctional Facility Or Detention Facility. Click the link to learn more:
The Texas offense of Operation Of Unmanned Aircraft Over Correctional Facility Or Detention Facility allows law enforcement to prosecute people who the police believe have used drones to circumvent security procedures at jails and prisons in Texas. OPERATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER CORRECTIONAL FA...
09/19/2023
New law for 2023: The "deepfake po*******hy" law. Click the link to learn more:
The Texas offense of Unlawful Production Or Distribution Of Certain S*xually Explicit Videos was intended to combat “Deep Fake” po*******hy (or “deepfakes”), making it criminal to produce fake videos that appear to be someone engaging in s*xual acts or even just naked. UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR...
09/14/2023
Another new law for 2023. Child Grooming. Click the link below to learn more.
The Texas offense of Child Grooming attempts to criminalize the act of papmpering a child with affection in order to abuse them or “traffick” them. CHILD GROOMING ATTORNEY FAQs What is the current Texas law about Child Grooming? How can I be charged with Child Grooming? What is the punishment fo...
09/12/2023
Another September change in Texas laws: The Texas Doxxing law. Click the link to learn more.
The Texas offense of Unlawful Disclosure Of Residence Address Or Telephone Number is the law criminalizing “Doxing.” UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF RESIDENCE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER ATTORNEY FAQs What is the current Texas law about Unlawful Disclosure Of Residence Address Or Telephone Number? How ca...
09/11/2023
Updates to the Texas Penal Code have gone into effect on September 1, 2023. Here is one of the changes. Click on the link to find out more:
The Texas offense of Boating While Intoxicated With A Child Passenger gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you are intoxicated while operating any kind of watercraft that has a child under 15 years old on it. BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH A CHILD PASSENGER ATTORNEY FAQs What is the....
08/18/2023
Both our principal attorney's Paul Saputo and Nick Toufexis were nominated by their peers to the Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch in America" list.
Congratulations to both of them!
02/24/2023
Big changes announced by the Department of Public Safety regarding deregistration from the registry. Click below to read more.
In September 2022, DPS published an updated list of offenses that are eligible for s*x offender deregistration. DPS has published updated lists several times since the deregistration law was passed, and this is the latest version. This article explains some of the key updates in this September 2022....
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"Best Lawyers" -D Magazine. "Rising Star" -Super Lawyers. "NOT GUILTY" -juries across the state of Texas. These are just a few accomplishment of criminal defense attorney Paul Saputo, the Duke Law School alumnus and trial lawyer based in Dallas.
Paul Saputo is the principal criminal defense attorney at the Saputo Law Firm, where he has defended hundreds of clients in state and federal courts against prosecutions by the government. He has practiced in over 40 counties in Texas and in 5 federal district courts.
Supported by a fantastic team, including paralegal Ashley Aleman, attorney Rob Keating and receptionist Connor, the firm also handles matters arising out of those cases, such as record clearing, gun rights, civil asset forfeiture, and driver's license suspensions.
Paul’s Honors and awards include:
D Magazine’s 2018 Best Lawyers List
D Magazine’s 2018 Best Lawyers Under 40 List
One of the Three Best Rated Criminal Defense Lawyers in Dallas
2018 Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars List
Rated in the Following Practice Areas: Criminal Law - State Level Crimes Verified Experience Peer Recommended Spotless Record, Lead Counsel Rated, Thomson Reuters, 2017
Paul is licensed to practice law in all state courts in Texas, including county courts, district courts, courts of appeal and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. He is also admitted to practice law in the Federal District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas and Western District of Oklahoma. He has represented clients facing serious felony charges including: intoxication manslaughter, murder, child s*x assault, felony DWI, aggravated assault, s*x trafficking, drug trafficking, underage s*x trafficking indecency with a child and others. His high-stakes misdemeanor clients have faced charges ranging from DWI, prostitution, theft, assault and drug possession, among others. He is a member of the Texas Bar, the Texas Bar College (an honorary society of lawyers who are among the best trained attorneys in Texas), the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the DUI Defense Lawyers Association and other leading legal organizations.