In Texas, the Administrative License Revocation hearing must be requested within 15 days of a DWI arrest and forces the arresting officer to testify under cross-examination before trial. L and L Law Group uses the ALR hearing as a discovery tool, locking in testimony and subpoenaing dashcam, body-cam, and breath-test records for the defense.
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Most Texas DWI clients view the ALR hearing as a hassle — a separate civil hearing about their driver's license. Strategic defense lawyers use the ALR hearing as the single best discovery tool available in any DWI case.
Why the ALR hearing matters for criminal discovery
Under Texas Transportation Code Chapters 524 and 724, an Administrative License Revocation hearing must be requested within 15 days of arrest. The hearing is before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). The State must prove probable cause for the stop and arrest. Critically — the arresting officer must testify and be subject to cross-examination. This is the only chance to cross the officer before trial.
Officer cross at the ALR
At the criminal trial, officer testimony comes after months of preparation. At the ALR hearing 30-60 days post-arrest, the officer is testifying off the report — memory is fresh on the facts but unrehearsed for the case theory. Inconsistencies between the offense report, dashcam, and ALR testimony become impeachment material at the criminal trial.
Document subpoena power
The ALR process gives us subpoena power for records the State has not yet produced in the criminal case: the dashcam, the body-worn camera, the dispatch logs, the breath test calibration records, the lab analyst's notes. Discovery in the criminal case is governed by CCP Article 39.14 but the ALR runs on its own timeline.
Even if you lose the ALR, you can win the DWI
Most ALR hearings result in license suspension. But the win-rate at ALR is irrelevant to the win-rate at the criminal trial. The ALR hearing produced the transcript, the testimony, and the document discovery that we then use to attack the criminal case. We treat the ALR as the criminal-case investigation phase.
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In our practice defending Texas criminal cases, we have represented clients in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant County criminal courts on the full Texas Penal Code and Health & Safety Code spectrum. Reggie's prosecutor background in Dallas County means we know the State's evidentiary playbook; Njeri's trial-trained motion practice anchors the suppression-driven defense work.
Last reviewed: 2026-05-13 by Njeri London and Reggie London, co-founding partners, L and L Law Group, PLLC. This content is reviewed for accuracy at least every 12 months and when statutory or case-law changes occur.
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Njeri London
Co-Founding Partner
Texas Bar No. 24043266. Admitted: TXND, TXED, 5th Circuit. Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Focus: Fourth Amendment motion practice, drug-crime defense, federal cases. Verify on Texas Bar
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