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David Smith Law Firm, PLLC: A Former Brazoria County Prosecutor Pursuing a Rare Lawyer-Scientist Designation

David Smith became Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2015 after tasting the prosecution side first — as a Brazoria County felony prosecutor and Chief of the Misdemeanor Division — and has since begun coursework toward the Lawyer-Scientist designation offered by the American Chemical Society’s Chemistry and Law Division, a rare technical credential aimed at forensic and DWI toxicology evidence.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

David Smith received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2005 and began his career as a Brazoria County prosecutor, eventually serving as Chief of the Misdemeanor Division after gaining experience as a felony prosecutor. In that role he tried more than 100 cases to a jury, including murder, burglary of a habitation, aggravated robbery, aggravated sexual assault, and DWI. He became Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2015. Awesome Attorneys notes that the firm’s principal office relocated from Pearland to Houston’s Heights neighborhood in February 2026, and some third-party directories, including LinkedIn, still list the older Pearland address; this profile relies on the firm’s own current site and its February 2026 office-move announcement, both of which confirm the Houston address above.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s practice centers on criminal defense across Harris, Brazoria, and Fort Bend counties, with particular depth in DWI cases stemming from Smith’s NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Testing certification, completed in 2016. See this Houston Criminal Defense directory for how this former-prosecutor, board-certified practice compares to other Harris County defense firms. Smith’s 2025 coursework in forensic chromatography at Axion Labs in Chicago, part of the path toward the ACS Lawyer-Scientist designation, points toward an unusually technical specialization in challenging breath and blood test evidence.

Track Record

The firm’s published materials reference prosecutorial trial experience — more than 100 jury trials as a former Brazoria County prosecutor — and individual client reviews describing charge reductions, but do not publish an itemized results table with specific case names or figures. This has not been independently re-verified against court dockets by this profile; past results do not guarantee similar outcomes, and every case depends on its own specific facts.

Client Voice

Client reviews on the firm’s own site and third-party platforms describe favorable outcomes, including one reviewer whose felony drug possession charge was reduced to a misdemeanor with a single year of probation. Third-party review volume is thin — a single Yelp review at the time of this profile — consistent with a smaller, recently relocated practice; Awesome Attorneys is disclosing this limited review volume as a genuine gap rather than treating the available reviews as a comprehensive sample. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative reviews.

Beyond the Courtroom

Smith’s pursuit of the ACS Lawyer-Scientist designation — a credential combining legal and forensic-science training aimed at scrutinizing chromatography evidence used in DWI blood testing — is a distinctive, technical specialization uncommon among Houston-area criminal defense attorneys of his experience level.

Recognition

Smith’s Board Certification in Criminal Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, held since 2015, is the state’s official specialty credential. His NHTSA DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing certification and his in-progress ACS Lawyer-Scientist coursework are specialized technical trainings distinct from TBLS certification, aimed specifically at DWI forensic evidence.

Texas Legal Backdrop

A Texas DWI arrest triggers two separate proceedings — the criminal case and a civil Administrative License Revocation case against the driver’s license — with only 15 days from arrest to request the ALR hearing before an automatic suspension takes effect. Breath and blood test evidence in DWI cases can also be challenged on scientific grounds, which is the area Smith’s forensic chromatography training targets directly. None of this is legal advice; anyone facing a DWI or other criminal charge should consult a licensed Texas attorney about the specific facts of their case.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

David Smith Law Firm, PLLC’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is the combination of TBLS Criminal Law board certification, more than 100 jury trials tried from the prosecution side, and an in-progress, technically rigorous Lawyer-Scientist credential focused on DWI forensic evidence. The honest trade-off: the firm recently relocated its principal office to Houston from Pearland, and its published client-review volume is thin, so prospective clients evaluating the firm’s Houston-specific track record should ask directly about recent Harris County case experience during a consultation. For someone facing a DWI charge where breath or blood test evidence is central, the forensic-science specialization in progress is a genuine, checkable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from David Smith Law Firm, PLLC’s official website (davidsmith.law), its BBB profile, its February 2026 office-relocation announcement, and third-party listings on Yelp and LinkedIn.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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