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Brent Mayr Secures Not Guilty Verdict for Houston Police Officer Involved in Fatal Accident
HOUSTON - Attorney Brent Mayr secured a not guilty verdict for a Houston police officer accused of killing a 71-year-old man while responding to a call. The directed verdict was issued during the trial’s second day, when District Judge Chuck Silverman acquitted...
Brent Mayr Gets Lone Acquittal for Client in Federal Money Laundering Trial Featured in Apple TV’s “Cowboy Cartel” Series
AUSTIN -- For over three weeks, federal prosecutors presented evidence to a Central Texas jury trying to convince them that five men were part of a conspiracy to launder money for the Zeta drug cartel using the quarter horse racing industry. Witnesses testified about...
Brent Mayr & Dick DeGuerin Get Not Guilty Verdict for Prominent Businessman Charged with Intoxication Manslaughter
Another high profile case. Another acquittal. Brent Mayr, along with legendary criminal defense attorney, Dick DeGuerin, managed to convince an El Paso county jury to acquit their client of felony Intoxication Manslaughter and convict only of the misdemeanor Driving...
Brent Mayr Secures Acquittal for Client on Two Counts of Criminally Negligent Homicide
Houston criminal defense attorney Brent Mayr secured an acquittal for his client. On April 24, 2014, a Montgomery Jury found a Dobbin man not guilty of two counts of criminally negligent homicide for a motor vehicle crash back on December 14, 2010. Merle Pritzkau, 66,...
Brent Mayr Convinces Grand Jury to Decline to Indict Client Accused of Murder
When a client found himself accused of murder in Montgomery County, he turned to Brent Mayr to defend him. With a thorough investigation and a compelling presentation, Brent Mayr was able to convince a grand jury that the client was justified in using self-defense...
Brent Mayr Convinces Jury to Recommend Sentence of Probation in Fatal DWI Case
In December 2018, a young man, only 19 years old, like most 19-year-olds wanting to grow up too soon, went out to a bar to drink. Because they did not check for identification, he was able to get in and drink. Over the course of over five hours, he consumed twelve...
Brent Mayr Obtains Rare Dismissal of Federal Medicare Fraud Charges
Ask any lawyer who practices federal criminal defense and they will tell you there is nothing more rare than a dismissal of criminal charges in federal court. Brent Mayr, however, earned one of these rare dismissals for a client charged with none other than Medicare...
Brent Mayr Works to Convince DA to Drop Charges Against Hempstead ISD Superintendent
Delma Flores-Smith had her entire life put on hold. Back in 2013, she was hired as superintendent of Hempstead Independent School District, brought in to help clean up a school district that was in shambles. She went to work, identifying multiple problems and...
Dry-Labbing Exposed: El Paso DPS Crime Lab Fakes Results of Blood Alcohol Tests
In 2015, criminal defense attorneys, Brent Mayr and Tommy Carter, working with the assistance of forensic toxicologist, Amanda Culbertson, were called upon to review a case of an individual arrested and charged with DWI in El Paso, Texas. A police officer had stopped...