Jason S. English Law: A Former Prosecutor Who Also Does Personal Injury and Estate Planning

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AT A GLANCE

I. A Second-Generation Attorney Who Started in His Father’s Practice

Jason English’s introduction to law came through his father’s personal injury practice in Tarrant County, where he worked on personal injury, wills, probate, and family law cases before law school. On his father’s advice, he then spent 2002 to 2017 as an Assistant District Attorney with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, gaining felony trial experience from the prosecution side before founding his own defense-oriented practice. That trajectory, plaintiff-side family exposure, then 15 years as a prosecutor, then private practice, is the reverse of the more common “prosecutor turned defense attorney” pattern in that it started on the civil plaintiff side.

II. Four Practice Areas, Genuinely Substantive Rather Than a Sprawl

The firm’s website maintains deep, dedicated content trees for all four of its practice areas rather than a handful of generic landing pages: DUI/DWI defense alone spans 16 distinct sub-pages (from ALR hearings to marijuana DWI to occupational driver’s licenses), criminal defense covers everything from domestic violence to white collar crime, estate planning includes wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and personal injury covers car, truck, bicycle, and scooter accidents specifically, reflecting Austin’s dockless-scooter environment. This depth across four areas, rather than a single specialty diluted into unrelated categories, is disclosed here as a structural fact readers can verify by browsing the firm’s own site.

III. Practice Areas

• DWI/DUI defense
• Criminal defense (felonies, misdemeanors, domestic violence, drug charges, white collar crime)
• Personal injury (car, truck, bicycle, and scooter accidents)
• Estate planning and probate (wills, trusts, powers of attorney)

IV. Case Outcomes

The firm’s public materials emphasize its client-centered process and recognition awards rather than publishing an itemized list of individual case dollar figures or sentencing outcomes; that gap is disclosed here rather than filled in.

V. The Client Voice

This profile located the firm’s dedicated client-reviews page and its consistent, multi-year recognition from SA Scene Magazine-style local reader polls but did not independently verify a specific volume of third-party review platform ratings (Google, Avvo) as of this research date; that gap is disclosed rather than papered over with marketing copy. Prospective clients should review the firm’s own client testimonials page directly and ask for references during a consultation.

VI. Community and Local Presence

The firm serves a specifically defined four-county area, Travis, Williamson, Hays, and Bastrop counties, rather than marketing itself as a statewide practice, and states directly that it generally cannot represent clients whose matters fall outside that region. No further independently verifiable detail on dedicated civic programs was located as of this research date.

VII. Credentials and Recognition

The firm’s own site explicitly discloses that its attorneys are “Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization,” a rare and notably direct disclosure compared to firms that simply omit the topic; the word “specialist” is not used in this profile for that reason. The firm has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, named Best DUI Lawyers and Best Criminal Defense Attorneys in Austin in both 2022 and 2024 by a local reader-poll publication, and cites membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, all third-party recognitions distinguished here from self-conferred marketing claims.

VIII. The Texas Legal Backdrop

In Texas, a first-offense DWI is generally a Class B misdemeanor, escalating with aggravating factors under Texas Penal Code Chapter 49; DWI with a child passenger, a specific topic the firm addresses directly, is a state jail felony regardless of prior offenses. Texas personal injury claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Texas estate planning and probate matters, including wills and powers of attorney, are governed by the Texas Estates Code, a distinct body of law from both criminal and personal injury practice. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your specific situation.

IX. The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Jason S. English Law’s structural strength is genuine, documented breadth across four distinct practice areas, each with real depth rather than a single specialty stretched thin, anchored by two attorneys with a combined 40 years of prosecutorial experience now applied to defense and civil work. For an Austin client dealing with overlapping legal needs, a DWI arrest that also raises estate or family concerns, for instance, that breadth under one roof is a genuine, checkable convenience.

The honest limitation is the one the firm itself discloses directly: no Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in any of its four practice areas, a credential several other Austin firms in this series do hold. A client who specifically values that formal certification should weigh that gap; a client who prioritizes prosecutorial trial experience and practice breadth may find the trade-off acceptable.

X. Methodology & Sources

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Jason S. English Law, PLLC. Primary source: the firm’s website jasonenglishlaw.com (home, about, practice area pages, locations, badges). Statutes cited in Section VIII were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).

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