Atty. Paul N. Saputo
Mr. Saputo has practiced throughout Texas in more than fifty Texas state and federal courts.
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Paul N. Saputo is a criminal defense and white collar attorney based in Dallas, Texas, practicing at Saputo Toufexis | Criminal Defense PLLC. They have 14+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2012. Admitted to practice in Texas, State Bar of Texas (2012). Educated at Duke University (JD, 2012). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Criminal Defense: General Practice (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in Dallas, TX and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Mr. Saputo has practiced throughout Texas in more than fifty Texas state and federal courts
- He has obtained hundreds of dismissals and acquittals for clients facing a wide array of serious charges
- He has also developed groundbreaking innovations in defense strategies and tactics
- Mr. Saputo is a graduate of the elite Duke University School of Law, a nationally recognized top-ten law school in the United States
- Before graduating law school, he worked for a Federal District Court Judge and wrote several appellate briefs for defendants in California challenging convictions related to medical marijuana laws in that state
- After law school, Mr. Saputo worked as an attorney at the internationally renowned law firm of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. While there Mr. Saputo helped represent some of the largest companies in the world and received high-level legal training
- After leaving Vinson & Elkins, he worked for and with several of the leading criminal defense attorneys in the state of Texas before he founded the firm
- Now he brings his high-level legal training and experience to each one of his clients’ cases
- And above all, his commitment to zealously representing his clients in court drives him to the great degree of success that he enjoys in the practice of criminal defense law
- Mr. Saputo has written extensively about criminal law in Texas and maintains detailed articles about all of the laws in the Texas Penal Code
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Texas
Practicing law in Texas. Legal matters in Texas are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Dallas are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Texas state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Texas brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Texas courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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