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Law Office of Diana E. Buss: A Five-County Solo Practice Run From Southwest Austin

Most solo criminal defense practices in a fast-growing metro stay within a single county’s courthouses. Diana Buss instead built a practice that reaches across five: Travis, Hays, Williamson, Caldwell, and Bastrop. Her client reviews return again and again to the same theme — not case results, but the fact that she personally stays on the phone with clients through what several describe as the worst period of their lives. This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ coverage of Austin DUI/DWI defense attorney options.

At a Glance

Origin & Background

Buss earned her J.D. from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2010 after undergraduate study at Texas State University–San Marcos, and built a solo criminal defense practice based in southwest Austin. She is a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Austin Bar Association, and holds Better Business Bureau accreditation. Rather than concentrating on Travis County alone, her practice explicitly covers five surrounding counties — Hays, Williamson, Caldwell, and Bastrop in addition to Travis — a broader geographic reach than many single-attorney Austin practices maintain.

Austin DUI/DWI & Criminal Defense Practice Concentration

Buss’s caseload spans misdemeanor and felony charges including assault, DWI, drug charges, theft, and property crimes, plus expunctions and non-disclosures for clients seeking to clear resolved matters from their record. Case outcomes vary by charge and evidence, but her own materials note that many first-time misdemeanor matters resolve through pretrial diversion, deferred adjudication, or reduced charges, while DWI cases often turn specifically on suppression motions tied to the underlying stop or blood draw.

Track Record

Buss does not publish an aggregate case-outcome statistic on her own materials; her client reviews instead describe individual case dispositions, including dismissals and successful expungements. Individual case outcomes reflect the specific facts of each matter; past results do not predict future outcomes.

Client Voice

Buss’s reviews are notable for consistently praising responsiveness and personal attention over case results alone:

“She helped me with my case back in 2017 when I was overwhelmed and got me out of tight situations… Years later, she helped me expunge one of my charges that had been dismissed but still showed up on my background check.” — client review

“Diana helped my fiancé during an extremely rough time in our lives. She was responsive, caring, and diligent.” — client review

A separate reviewer described a dismissal in a Hays County matter after Buss handled cases in both Travis and Hays counties for the same client. Awesome Attorneys did not identify negative reviews of Buss during this research.

Beyond the Courtroom

Buss’s active membership in both the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Austin Bar Association reflects ongoing professional engagement beyond casework. Her multi-county practice structure — Travis, Hays, Williamson, Caldwell, and Bastrop — is a specific operational choice that serves clients across the wider Austin metro rather than downtown Austin alone.

Recognition

Buss is not listed as a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certified specialist, and this profile does not apply “specialist” language to her practice as a result. Her Better Business Bureau accreditation and active bar-association memberships are the verifiable, non-marketing credentials this profile can confirm; her client review record — consistent, specific, and spanning multiple years and counties — is the stronger signal for a solo practice of this size.

Texas Legal Backdrop

DWI charges in the counties Buss serves are prosecuted under Penal Code § 49.04, and — as her own materials note — a first-time misdemeanor charge frequently resolves through Travis County’s or a neighboring county’s pretrial diversion or deferred adjudication programs rather than trial, which is why an attorney’s familiarity with each county’s specific diversion criteria (not just the statute) matters for a practice spanning five counties. For expunctions, Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55 governs when arrest records from a case that did not result in a final conviction may be removed, while a nondisclosure order under Government Code Chapter 411 instead seals — rather than destroys — records tied to certain deferred adjudications.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The Law Office of Diana E. Buss’s clearest strength is geographic and structural: a solo practice that genuinely covers five Central Texas counties, with a client review record that specifically credits responsiveness and follow-through rather than generic praise — including a return client who came back years later for an expungement, a pattern that speaks to actual client satisfaction more than a five-star badge alone.

The honest trade-off is the one inherent to any solo practice: no Board Certification, and no larger team to absorb overflow if Buss’s own calendar fills — a client evaluating this office against a multi-attorney firm should ask directly about current caseload and availability. For clients who value being able to reach the attorney handling their case directly across Travis, Hays, Williamson, Caldwell, or Bastrop counties, that trade-off is often the point.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from Lawyer.com and Avvo attorney listings for Diana E. Buss, third-party legal directory profiles (Lawyers.com/Cornell Legal Information Institute), LinkedIn, and aggregated client reviews across those platforms. Statutory citations were checked against the Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Government Code as published by the Texas Legislature. No case results, credentials, or quotes were invented; all client reviews are attributed to their original platform.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by the Law Office of Diana E. Buss prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements clearly labeled as such, but no payment of any kind determines inclusion in, or the content of, this editorial profile. This article is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Diana E. Buss or Awesome Attorneys.