Dean Watts, Attorney at Law

09/29/2025

I am so honored to be recognized by the 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list in criminal law. This marks for the 5th year in a row! Thank you!

07/10/2025

Thank you Martindale- Hubbell for your 2025 Client Champion Award.

04/30/2025

If you or a loved one are facing criminal charges in East Texas, we are here for you. We help good people who make mistakes!

02/28/2025

Dean Watts has practiced criminal law in Nacogdoches, Texas, for over 25 years. He is Board Certified in Criminal Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is currently a committee member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, an organization he has been a member of since 1999.

He has also been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list in criminal law for the past 5 years in a row.

Dean has written numerous legal articles on criminal defense for The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

He is a graduate of George Washington University in Washington, DC, Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas, and the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia.

If you or a loved one has made a mistake and need a criminal defense attorney, we are here to help!

09/20/2023

Honored to have been selected to the 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list! This will be the third year in a row to be on the Texas Super Lawyers list.

06/16/2023

I feel honored to have been awarded the President's Award by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. It's hard to believe I have been a member for 25 years!

06/02/2023

Always honored to be recognized by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. This appeared in the May 2023 edition of the Voice for the Defense. Thanks, TCDLA!

03/22/2023

04/08/2021

Dean Watts has been selected to the 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.