Flower Mound Criminal Defense Lawyers
Direct-to-attorney criminal defense for Flower Mound arrests and Denton County criminal-court matters. Co-founders Reggie and Njeri London handle every retained case personally — from arraignment through trial or appeal — from our Flower Mound office, which is Flower Mound-based — Reggie and Njeri's home community.
L and L Law Group represents clients arrested in Flower Mound, Texas and clients facing charges in the Denton County Courts Building on the full Texas Penal Code and Health & Safety Code spectrum. Founding partners Reggie London (Texas Bar No. 24043514, former Dallas County Assistant District Attorney) and Njeri London (Texas Bar No. 24043266, admitted TXND, TXED, 5th Circuit) personally handle every Flower Mound matter. Our Flower Mound office is 15 miles southwest of our Flower Mound office (about 30 minutes). Free 24/7 consultation: (972) 370-5060.
Common Flower Mound criminal charges we defend
Flower Mound is a town of about 80,000 people spread across roughly 45 square miles, sitting about 28 miles northwest of downtown Dallas, 25 miles northeast of Fort Worth, and three miles north of DFW International Airport. For a criminal case, the geography that matters is narrower than any of that. Three addresses decide almost everything about how a Flower Mound charge moves, and most people only know about the first one.
- 4150 Kirkpatrick Ln.
- The Police and Court Facility. The Flower Mound Police Department, the Flower Mound Jail, and the Flower Mound Municipal Court all share this one building, so a fine-only citation can be written, booked, and answered without leaving the property. Court hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- 6200 Canyon Falls Drive
- The Denton County Southwest Courthouse, a county satellite inside the town limits. It houses Justice of the Peace Precinct 4, Constable Precinct 4, the County Clerk, Community Supervision and Corrections, Juvenile Probation, the Tax Assessor Collector, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and Commissioner Precinct 4.
- 1450 E McKinney Street, Denton
- The Denton County Courts Building, roughly 20 miles north. Every jailable Flower Mound case is prosecuted here, along with the Criminal District Attorney's Office in Suite 3100.
What stays in town, and what does not
This is the part people get wrong. Having a county courthouse inside your town does not mean your county case is heard in it. The Southwest Courthouse handles Justice of the Peace matters, county clerk business, and probation reporting, and it is genuinely useful for all three. It is not where a Class A or Class B misdemeanor is prosecuted and it is not where a felony is tried.
Jailable misdemeanors from Flower Mound go to Denton County's five County Criminal Courts, handled by the District Attorney's Misdemeanor Trial Division, whose attorneys and investigators are assigned to those courts. Felonies are filed among the county's twelve district courts, the 16th, 158th, 211th, 362nd, 367th, 393rd, 431st, 442nd, 462nd, 467th, 477th, and 481st. Fine-only citations written by town police stay at the municipal court on Kirkpatrick Lane. Class C matters filed by county-level agencies rather than by town police can be heard by Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 at the Southwest Courthouse instead, without the drive north.
The Tarrant County sliver
Flower Mound straddles a county line, but very lopsidedly. Census place-part estimates for 2024 put 79,309 residents on the Denton County side and 681 on the Tarrant County side, which is under one percent of the town. The town's own site describes Flower Mound as located primarily in southern Denton County. Tarrant County's official list of incorporated areas does include Flower Mound among its 41 cities, towns, and municipalities, so the sliver is real, not a mapping artifact. If an offense occurred inside it, the case is filed in Tarrant County, prosecuted by a different District Attorney's Office, and set in a different courthouse, and none of the Denton County programs described below are on the table. Small probability, large consequence. Confirm the arrest address instead of assuming.
Custody and the first 72 hours
The town describes its jail as a temporary detention facility where people are held pending release, arraignment, adjudication, or transfer to another facility, and states that individuals held there spend less than 72 hours at the facility. Anything longer moves to the Denton County Jail, a 1,788-bed system operated by the Sheriff's Detention Bureau. In practice that means a family calling Kirkpatrick Lane on day three may be told the person is no longer there. Magistration and the required warnings come from Article 15.17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the factors a magistrate uses to set bail are listed in Article 17.15.
The charges we handle here
DWI under Penal Code Section 49.04 is the volume charge, and it comes with a second, separate case: the Department of Public Safety moves administratively against the driver license, and the deadline to request that hearing is 15 days from the notice. A refusal is governed by Transportation Code Section 724.035, and an occupational license, which matters in a town where nearly everyone commutes, is authorized by Section 521.242.
Family violence allegations are the other recurring category. The underlying charge is assault under Penal Code Section 22.01, a Class A misdemeanor for bodily injury that rises to a third degree felony with a prior family violence conviction or on an allegation of impeding breath or circulation. Bond conditions in those cases run through Article 17.152, a magistrate can enter an emergency protective order under Article 17.292, and violating that order is itself an offense under Penal Code Section 25.07.
We also see theft under Section 31.03, where the grade climbs a value ladder; possession of a controlled substance under Health and Safety Code Section 481.115, a state jail felony even below one gram of a Penalty Group 1 substance; marijuana under Section 481.121; and unlawful carrying of a weapon under Penal Code Section 46.02. Our criminal defense practice areas page goes through each one in detail.
Probation you can actually keep
Denton County's Community Supervision and Corrections Department keeps an office inside Flower Mound at the Southwest Courthouse, alongside Juvenile Probation, so a resident supervised on a Denton County case can report without driving to Denton. That is worth raising during negotiation rather than after sentencing. Community supervision and the revocation process both run through Chapter 42A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and a supervision plan a person can realistically comply with is far easier to complete than one built around a 40-mile round trip. Access to the county's five specialized treatment courts, including the First Offender Drug Program, the Drug Court, the Mental Health Treatment Court, the DWI Treatment Court, and the Veterans Treatment Court Program, comes with the Denton County case just as it would for a defendant from anywhere else in the county.
Flower Mound criminal defense FAQs
Is the Flower Mound municipal court in the same building as the police station?
Yes. The Flower Mound Municipal Court, the Flower Mound Police Department, and the Flower Mound Jail all share the Police and Court Facility at 4150 Kirkpatrick Ln. A person can be booked, held, and later answer a fine-only citation without leaving the property. Court hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. That convenience has a downside: walking back into the same building where you were booked feels informal, and people forget that a Class C conviction still leaves a permanent record.
How long will someone be held at the Flower Mound jail?
The town describes the facility as temporary detention pending release, arraignment, adjudication, or transfer, and states that individuals held there spend less than 72 hours at the facility. Longer custody moves to the Denton County Jail, a 1,788-bed system operated by the Sheriff's Detention Bureau. If a family member has been in custody more than a day, call before driving to Kirkpatrick Lane, because a transfer can happen without notice. Bail is set using the factors in Article 17.15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Is Flower Mound in Denton County or Tarrant County?
Both, but barely. Census place-part estimates for 2024 put 79,309 residents on the Denton County side and 681 on the Tarrant County side, so under one percent of the town sits in Tarrant. The town's own site says Flower Mound is located primarily in southern Denton County, and Tarrant County's list of incorporated areas includes the town among its 41 cities and municipalities. Nearly every Flower Mound case is a Denton County case, but the address where the offense occurred decides it, not where you live.
Do I have to drive to Denton for my Flower Mound case?
If the charge is jailable, yes. Class A and Class B misdemeanors are prosecuted in Denton County's five County Criminal Courts, and felonies go to one of the county's twelve district courts. All of them sit in the Denton County Courts Building at 1450 E McKinney Street, roughly 20 miles north of the town. Fine-only citations written by Flower Mound police stay at the municipal court on Kirkpatrick Lane, and probation reporting plus some county clerk business can be handled in town at the Southwest Courthouse.
What is the Southwest Courthouse in Flower Mound?
It is a Denton County satellite facility at 6200 Canyon Falls Drive, inside the town limits. It houses Justice of the Peace Precinct 4, Constable Precinct 4, the County Clerk, Community Supervision and Corrections, Juvenile Probation, the Tax Assessor Collector, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and Commissioner Precinct 4. It is convenient for Justice of the Peace matters, clerk business, and probation reporting. It is not where a jailable misdemeanor or a felony is prosecuted. Those cases are still set in Denton, about 20 miles north.
Can I report to probation without driving to Denton?
On a Denton County case, often yes. The county's Community Supervision and Corrections Department keeps an office inside Flower Mound at the Southwest Courthouse on Canyon Falls Drive, alongside Juvenile Probation, so a resident can report locally. Raise that during plea negotiations rather than afterward, because a supervision plan somebody can realistically keep is easier to complete than one built around a long commute. Community supervision and the revocation process both run through Chapter 42A of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
More Flower Mound questions
I got a DWI in Flower Mound. What happens next?
Two cases start at once. The criminal case under Penal Code Section 49.04 goes to a Denton County Criminal Court in Denton, or to a district court if it is charged as a felony. Separately, the Department of Public Safety moves administratively against your driver license, and the request for that hearing is due within 15 days of the notice. Miss it and the suspension proceeds by default. Our DWI defense page covers both tracks and the occupational license option.
What happens after a family violence arrest in Flower Mound?
Expect conditions before you expect a trial date. A magistrate can enter an emergency protective order under Article 17.292 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and bond conditions in these cases are governed by Article 17.152. Violating a protective order is a separate offense under Penal Code Section 25.07. The underlying assault charge under Section 22.01 is a Class A misdemeanor for bodily injury and rises to a third degree felony with a prior family violence conviction.
Can a Flower Mound arrest be expunged?
It depends on the outcome, not on the town. An acquittal, a dismissal, or a no-bill can support an expunction that destroys the records. A completed deferred adjudication generally supports an order of nondisclosure under Government Code Section 411.0725 instead, which seals the file from most public access while leaving it visible to law enforcement and certain licensing agencies. A conviction, including a Class C conviction out of the municipal court, is much harder to clear. Our expunction and nondisclosure page sets out eligibility and waiting periods.
Which court handles a speeding ticket in Flower Mound?
A traffic citation written by Flower Mound police inside the town limits goes to the municipal court at 4150 Kirkpatrick Ln. A Class C citation written by a county-level agency rather than by town police can be filed with Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 at the Southwest Courthouse on Canyon Falls Drive. Both are fine-only courts, and both create a record if you simply pay. Paying a citation is a plea of no contest or guilty, and for some offenses that plea affects insurance, a commercial license, or an existing probation condition.
Does living near DFW Airport change anything about my case?
Not legally, though it explains a lot of Flower Mound cases. The town states that it sits about three miles north of DFW International Airport, roughly 28 miles northwest of downtown Dallas and 25 miles northeast of Fort Worth, across about 45 square miles. Many people charged here were driving to or from somewhere else entirely. Jurisdiction is decided by the address where the stop or the offense occurred, not by where you were headed and not by your mailing address. Pull that address off the report first.
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Call (972) 370-5060Why a Flower Mound charge is decided up in Denton
Flower Mound sits entirely inside Denton County, which keeps the jurisdictional picture simpler than it is for the cities that straddle a county line. A felony or a Class A or B misdemeanor here is filed by the Denton County Criminal District Attorney and heard at the county courts in Denton, with pretrial detention handled at the Denton County Jail. For a resident, that means the serious part of a case rarely plays out in town — it moves north to the county seat. Knowing which prosecutor's office holds the file and where the docket lives matters early, because bond conditions and the first settings are set there, not at the local level.
Not every Flower Mound matter leaves town, though. The Flower Mound Municipal Court keeps the fine-only Class C work — traffic citations written along the local roads, city-ordinance issues, and similar low-level offenses — and resolves them locally, separate from the county system in Denton. That division trips people up: a speeding ticket and a DWI from the same traffic stop can end up on two different dockets in two different cities, governed by different procedures. We sort out which track a charge belongs on at the start, so nothing that should be contested at the county level gets quietly treated as a routine municipal fine.
Enforcement here tends to follow a handful of arteries. FM-2499 carries the heaviest commuter flow through town, FM-1171 (Cross Timbers Road) runs east to west across the community, and SH-121 sits just off the edge for traffic moving toward the wider metroplex. Those corridors are where many stops begin. As an affluent, heavily residential suburb named for the wooded mound at its center and bordered by Lake Grapevine, Flower Mound generates a caseload that leans toward DWI, juvenile, and first-offense matters — the kinds of charges that surprise families who have never dealt with the court system before.
For someone charged in Flower Mound, the practical reality is two-fold: the courthouse that decides the outcome is in Denton, and a first offense here often carries consequences that reach a professional license, a security clearance, or a teenager's school standing. Our team handles the Denton County side of the file while keeping any local municipal piece on its own track, and we focus on the record itself — what a charge can do to someone who has never been in trouble before.
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Criminal Charges We Defend in Flower Mound
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