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Johnson, Johnson & Baer: A Board-Certified Team With 90-Plus Years of Combined DWI Experience

Dane Johnson is both Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and certified by the American Chemical Society as a Lawyer-Scientist — a documented dual legal-and-chemistry credential behind a firm that states its attorneys handle nothing but DWI and closely related criminal defense work.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Dane Johnson leads a Houston Heights firm built around a team-oriented DWI defense model rather than a single lead attorney handling every case alone. The firm states its attorneys’ practice is exclusively focused on DWI/DUI defense, backed by more than 90 years of combined legal experience across the team. Johnson holds both Board Certification in Criminal Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and ACS/CHAL Lawyer-Scientist certification from the American Chemical Society, combining legal and chemistry-specific credentials.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s stated practice is strictly devoted to DWI defense — first-time misdemeanor DWI through felony charges, BWI, intoxication assault, DWI with a commercial driver’s license, and underage DUI — with a smaller adjacent criminal defense practice covering assault, domestic violence, and drug crimes. See this Houston DWI/DWI Defense directory for how this exclusively-DWI-focused, team-based model compares to other Harris County defense firms.

Track Record

The firm states its attorneys have secured more than 1,000 DWI case dismissals and more than 100 not-guilty verdicts. These are firm-published, self-reported figures and have 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

The firm holds an Avvo Clients’ Choice Award (2013) and an Avvo 10.0 rating, both platform-based positive-review indicators. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or unresolved reviews warranting disclosure.

Beyond the Courtroom

The firm’s team-based case model, in which every client works with the full attorney team rather than a single lawyer, reflects a specific practice-structure choice distinct from a solo-practitioner model. Johnson’s National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) membership reflects engagement with the broader national defense bar.

Recognition

Johnson’s Board Certification in Criminal Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and ACS/CHAL Lawyer-Scientist certification are two distinct, independently administered credentials — the former the state’s legal specialty certification, the latter a chemistry-specific credential. The firm’s Avvo Clients’ Choice Award, Super Lawyers recognition, Houston’s Top Lawyers placement, and Expertise.com “Best DUI Lawyer” listing are separate rating-platform and publication-driven distinctions.

Texas Legal Backdrop

A Texas DWI arrest triggers two separate proceedings: the criminal case, and a civil Administrative License Revocation (ALR) case against the driver’s license, with only 15 days from arrest to request the ALR hearing before an automatic suspension takes effect. BWI (boating while intoxicated) carries a comparable 0.08% legal intoxication threshold and penalty structure to a standard DWI. None of this is legal advice; anyone facing a DWI or related charge should consult a licensed Texas attorney about the specific facts of their case.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Johnson, Johnson & Baer’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is Dane Johnson’s dual Board Certification and ACS chemistry credential, combined with a team-based practice model built around 90-plus years of collective DWI-specific experience rather than a single named attorney. The honest trade-off: the firm’s case-dismissal and acquittal figures are self-reported rather than independently re-verified by this profile, and prospective clients should confirm during intake which attorney on the team will primarily handle their case. For a Harris County client who wants a DWI-exclusive practice with both legal and scientific credentialing behind it, this combination is a genuine, checkable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Johnson, Johnson & Baer’s official website (dwi-texas.com), including its published case results, attorney credentials, and awards.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.