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Law Offices of Charles T. Ganz: 20 Years Handling Sex Crimes, Title IX, and DWI From the Same Building as Two Other TBLS-Certified Firms

Charles Ganz built his practice after eight years defending DWI/DUI cases specifically at Trichter & Murphy, P.C., then broadened into a general criminal defense docket that today includes sex crimes and Title IX matters — university disciplinary proceedings distinct from the criminal court system entirely — a practice-area combination that sets his solo firm apart from purely DWI-focused competitors.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Charles T. Ganz earned his law degree from South Texas College of Law and has served clients in the greater Houston area since 2004. He practiced DWI/DUI defense at Trichter & Murphy, P.C. from 2005 to 2013 before leaving to start his own practice in 2013, broadening from a DWI-specific background into a general criminal defense caseload. His office sits at 5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 750 — the same building that also houses Edward Mallett of Mallett Saper Berg, in Houston’s Memorial Park-adjacent corridor.

Practice Concentration

The firm handles sex crimes, Title IX proceedings, assault and battery, domestic violence, drug crimes, juvenile crimes, manslaughter, general felonies, DUI/DWI (including Texas BWI), and expunction, along with a separate personal injury practice. See this Houston Criminal Defense directory for how this DWI-to-general-criminal practice compares to other Harris County defense firms. Ganz represents clients in more than 50 Texas counties, primarily in southeast Texas, and is an active participant in the National College for DUI Defense, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Track Record

Ganz’s published case results include a not-guilty jury verdict on a DWI charge involving a physician who side-swiped a car on the way home from a hospital shift, a dismissed tampering-with-evidence charge in Fort Bend County after the state’s investigation contained multiple errors, and a dismissed aggravated assault charge in Harris County where physical evidence (vehicle description, absence of a recovered weapon or shell casings) contradicted the accuser’s identification. These are firm-published, self-reported results 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

Ganz holds an Avvo 10.0 Superb rating and a Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold award (2020). Published client testimonials describe him as answering his phone personally “no matter what time of the day,” providing detailed case updates, and successfully resolving a daughter’s DUI case with full expunction. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or unresolved reviews warranting disclosure.

Beyond the Courtroom

Ganz’s active membership across four separate state and national criminal defense organizations — the National College for DUI Defense, TCDLA, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, and NACDL — reflects sustained engagement with the broader defense bar beyond his individual caseload.

Recognition

Awesome Attorneys did not identify a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification for Ganz on his own website’s published credentials, and discloses that absence directly rather than implying a certification that could not be confirmed; a third-party aggregator description of Ganz as “Triple Board Certified” could not be independently verified against his own site or the TBLS directory and is not repeated here as fact. His Avvo 10.0 rating, Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold award, Super Lawyers and Rising Stars selections (sustained across multiple years since 2008), and National Trial Lawyers Top 100 recognition are each independently administered rating-platform or peer-nomination distinctions, separate in character from state board certification.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Title IX proceedings at Texas universities are separate from the criminal justice system entirely, operating under each institution’s own administrative disciplinary process with different evidentiary standards and no criminal penalties attached directly, though a Title IX finding can occur alongside or independent of a criminal investigation into the same conduct. Texas juvenile offenders are generally processed through a separate juvenile justice system rather than adult criminal court, with different confidentiality protections and rehabilitation-oriented dispositions for those under 17. None of this is legal advice; anyone facing a criminal charge or Title IX proceeding should consult a licensed Texas attorney about the specific facts of their case.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The Law Offices of Charles T. Ganz’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is the combination of Title IX university-disciplinary representation alongside a traditional criminal defense docket spanning sex crimes to DWI, backed by sustained multi-year Super Lawyers recognition and a Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold award. The honest trade-off: Awesome Attorneys did not identify a TBLS Criminal Law board certification for Ganz, which several other Harris County firms in this category do hold, and the firm’s published case outcomes are self-reported rather than independently re-verified by this profile. For a Harris County client facing a Title IX matter alongside or instead of a criminal charge specifically, this dual-track experience is a genuine, checkable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from the Law Offices of Charles T. Ganz’s official website (ganzdefenselaw.com), including its published case results, attorney biography, testimonials, and awards, along with independently confirmed Super Lawyers and Yelp listing data.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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