Reggie London (Texas Bar No. 24043514) is a Co-Founding Partner at L and L Law Group, PLLC and a former Dallas County Assistant District Attorney. He speaks and writes on Texas DWI prosecution and defense, the practical application of the Michael Morton Act, prosecutor-to-defense practice transitions, and trial-skills development for criminal-defense practitioners. CLE presentations, TCDLA panels, and media commentary are available through the firm press contact.
Speaking topics
Reggie’s speaking practice is anchored by his dual perspective — years as a Dallas County Assistant District Attorney followed by full-time criminal-defense practice. He brings the prosecutor’s view to defense-side topics and the defense view to prosecution-skill audiences. Recurring topics include:
- Texas DWI prosecution from the defense perspective. What the State actually has to prove, how prosecutors evaluate a DWI file at intake, what arguments move plea offers, and how the Texas DWI docket actually functions in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.
- The Michael Morton Act in practice. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.14 as amended in 2014. The open-file requirement, the Brady-and-Giglio overlap, and what prosecutors actually produce vs what defense counsel can demand.
- Trial skills for misdemeanor and low-felony practice. Voir dire technique, opening statements, the cross-examination structure on standardized field-sobriety witnesses, and closing-argument frameworks. Aimed at practitioners 3-7 years out of law school.
- Prosecutor-to-defense practice transitions. Practical guidance for prosecutors considering a move to private criminal-defense practice — client development, billing structures, fee setting, ethics walls on former-prosecutor matters, and the case-management infrastructure private practice requires.
- Family-violence prosecution and defense. The Lautenberg Amendment’s federal firearms ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), the recantation-handling dynamic, the protective-order ancillary case, and the charge-reduction pathway to non-family-violence findings.
Bar and professional involvement
Reggie maintains active membership in the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, the Collin County Bar Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA), and the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He participates in TCDLA continuing-legal-education programming and serves periodic appointments to bar grievance-committee panels.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Reggie presents regularly at TCDLA, the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Collin County Bar Association, and the Texas State Bar Annual Meeting on DWI prosecution-and-defense topics, trial-skills development, and prosecutor-to-defense transitions. Selected past presentations:
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association — "DWI Prosecution from the Defense Perspective" CLE, presented at Texas State Bar Annual Meeting.
- Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association — "Voir Dire for Misdemeanor Practice" CLE workshop.
- Collin County Bar Association — "The Michael Morton Act in Practice" CLE, presented at Collin County Bar Hall in McKinney.
- South Texas College of Law — Criminal Trial Advocacy course guest lecture on cross-examination of standardized field-sobriety witnesses.
Publications
Reggie contributes to the L and L Law Group blog and selected legal-press publications on Texas criminal-defense practice topics. Selected publications:
- L and L Law Group Blog — analytical posts on Texas DWI, family-violence, and trial-skills topics. Available at Blog.
- L and L Law Group Texas Probation & Deferred Adjudication Master Guide — comprehensive analysis of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 42A community-supervision practice. Available at Texas Probation Deferred Adjudication.
- Texas State Bar Section on Litigation — periodic contributions on Texas criminal motion practice.
Press and media
Reggie is available for press commentary on Texas criminal-defense matters, particularly DWI prosecution, family-violence dynamics, and prosecutor-side perspectives on Texas criminal-justice topics. Press inquiries should be directed to info@landllawgroup.com with the subject line "Press inquiry — Reggie London." Same-day responses are standard for time-sensitive press matters; the firm phone line (972) 370-5060 reaches the partners directly for breaking-news inquiries.
Booking and inquiries
Speaking inquiries are reviewed on a rolling basis. Reggie prioritizes substantive presentation engagements (rather than anecdote-driven panels), pro bono CLE for bar associations and law schools, and topics that align with the recurring list above. Honoraria and travel are handled on standard terms.
To inquire, email info@landllawgroup.com with topic, audience, date, and venue. We will respond within five business days with availability.
Speaking, press, or CLE inquiry?
Email info@landllawgroup.com or call the firm line. We respond within five business days (same day for press deadlines).
Call (972) 370-5060Recent CLE presentations with detailed abstracts
Reggie's continuing-legal-education work draws heavily on his dual experience as a former Dallas County Assistant District Attorney and as a current criminal-defense partner. The following presentations are representative of his recurring CLE catalog.
A 90-minute presentation aimed at defense practitioners. Walks through how a Texas DWI case actually moves through the District Attorney's office — the intake review, the file-acceptance decision, the first-pass plea evaluation, the trial-prep escalation. Covers the specific arguments that move plea offers (and the ones that don't), the prosecutorial discretion thresholds in different DFW counties, and the negotiation timing that produces the best outcomes. Drawn entirely from observed prosecutor practice.
A three-hour workshop on jury selection in Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases. Six-juror selection, the time-and-attention constraints of misdemeanor docket practice, the question-design framework for surfacing pre-existing bias on Texas-specific issues (DWI, drug crimes, family violence), the rehabilitation technique for cause challenges, and the strategic use of peremptories under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 35.15.
A two-hour presentation co-developed with Njeri. Covers the practical operation of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.14 from both sides: what defense counsel should demand at the initial-discovery stage, how the prosecutor's open-file actually functions in DA practice, the work-product exception scope, the Brady/Giglio overlap, and the appellate consequences of undisclosed favorable evidence. Includes annotated case-study materials.
A 60-minute presentation aimed at current prosecutors considering a move to private criminal-defense practice and at recent law-school graduates evaluating prosecution vs defense careers. Covers the practical infrastructure of solo and small-firm criminal-defense practice (client development, billing structure, fee setting, case management, ethics walls on former-prosecutor matters), and the unwritten norms that govern the transition in the DFW market.
Teaching philosophy and format
Reggie's CLE work is built on the premise that the best teaching for criminal-defense practitioners comes from someone who has been on the State's side of the trial table. Many CLE presentations on defense practice are taught by lifelong defense lawyers who can only describe the prosecutor's posture from external observation. Reggie can describe the prosecutor's posture from direct experience — what the DA's office considers an acceptable plea, what evidence triggers escalation to trial-prep, what defense moves materially change the State's evaluation. That direct prosecutorial perspective is the substantive value Reggie brings to defense-side CLE.
Format-wise: Reggie prefers 90-minute or longer engagements that allow substantive exposition over the typical 30-minute panel slot. Materials are prepared specifically for each engagement. Workshop formats with break-out exercises are particularly welcomed when the audience size and venue support them.
TCDLA committee and pro bono engagements
Reggie maintains active membership in the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and participates in its DWI Committee, which coordinates statewide CLE programming on DWI defense topics. He has periodically served on bar-association grievance-committee panels and is available for pro bono CLE for state bar sections, law-school programs, and public-defender offices.
Publications and contributions
Reggie contributes to the L and L Law Group blog on Texas DWI, family-violence, and trial-skills topics. He is the lead author of the firm's third compendium, currently in development:
The firm's comprehensive analysis of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 42A community-supervision practice. Covers the deferred-vs-straight probation distinction, the Motion to Revoke and Motion to Adjudicate procedural framework under art. 42A.751, the technical-vs-substantive violation analytical framework, modification authority under art. 42A.751(d), early-termination eligibility, the no-credit rule under art. 42.03 § 2, and the federal-firearms implications of various probation outcomes.
Press topics and recent commentary
Reggie is available for press commentary on Texas criminal-defense topics within his active practice areas. Recent commentary topics by category:
- Texas DWI law and enforcement — particularly intoxilyzer practice, ALR hearing dynamics, no-refusal weekend programs, and statewide trends in DA-office plea practice.
- Family violence law and enforcement — particularly the federal Lautenberg Amendment firearms ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), recantation handling, and the protective-order ancillary case dynamic.
- Dallas County District Attorney's office — institutional knowledge of office structure, policy directions, and case-evaluation practice.
- Texas misdemeanor docket practice — volume statistics, pretrial-diversion availability, county court at law sentencing practices.
- Trial-skill teaching and continuing legal education — trends in CLE pedagogy and the state of trial advocacy training in Texas.
Press inquiries reach the firm at info@landllawgroup.com with subject line "Press inquiry — Reggie London" or via (972) 370-5060 for breaking-news deadlines.
Representative engagements and ongoing commitments
Reggie maintains ongoing commitments to the Texas criminal-defense and prosecution communities. These include periodic guest lectures at Texas law schools on trial advocacy and the prosecutor-to-defense practice transition, participation on TCDLA DWI Committee programming, occasional appointments to State Bar of Texas grievance-committee panels, and ad-hoc consultation with public-defender offices on DWI-defense and trial-skills development.
Reggie is available for collegial consultations with practicing defense lawyers in DFW on specific DWI prosecution, trial-tactical, and prosecutor-side-perspective questions. The firm does not bill for these professional-courtesy exchanges. Practitioner inquiries should reach the firm by email at info@landllawgroup.com with a brief description of the case posture and specific question.
For verification of Reggie's bar admissions, education, and disciplinary history, the State Bar of Texas attorney-search tool at texasbar.com returns the authoritative public record under Texas Bar No. 24043514. Reggie's prior service as an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas County is confirmable through the Dallas County District Attorney's public employment records.