The Dallas County District Attorney is the elected, or appointed by the Texas Governor in the event of a vacancy, district attorney (DA) of Dallas County, Texas. Currently, this position is held by John Creuzot, a Democrat who defeated Faith Johnson, appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott...
Former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, the first Black DA elected in Texas, has died. He was 56.
Craig Watkins, Dallas' first Black District Attorney, has died.
A Dallas attorney who allegedly created tax shelters to help high-net-worth clients conceal more than one billion dollars in income from the IRS has been federally charged.
A Dallas lawyer has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money he believed was linked to narcotics trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced today. Rayshun Jackson, the 52-year-old former defense attorney who ran The Jackson Law Firm, was arrested in April 2021. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money in September 2021 and was sentenced Tuesday by Chief U.S. District Barbara M.G. Lynn. At the sentencing hearing, the prosecutor told the court that a five ye ...
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Notable structures The district is home to Dallas City Hall, the J. Erik Jonsson Central... States Attorney office. The historic Santa Fe Freight Terminal also lies in this district...
The Dallas County District Attorney’s office is discussing whether the case of the Dallas Ebola patient needs to be looked into as a criminal matter, according to news reports. Ebola "is...
As district attorney of Dallas for an unprecedented 36 years, Henry Wade was the embodiment of Texas justice.
The fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer in suburban Dallas has prompted concerns from some community leaders about whether a new district attorney's investigation will be s...