Princeton Criminal Defense Lawyer

Princeton sits entirely within Collin County, just east of McKinney along US-380, which keeps the criminal-defense map straightforward. Every felony and most non-Class-C misdemeanor case is prosecuted by the Collin County District Attorney and heard at the courthouse complex in McKinney, the county seat. For Princeton residents that geography is simple: the courthouse is in the same county, and Kent Starr's office sits in the county seat where these cases are heard.

Princeton has been among the fastest-growing cities in the country in recent years, and rapid growth changes the case mix. US-380 carries heavy commuter traffic through the city, and the enforcement that comes with it produces a steady flow of DWI and criminal traffic cases, along with the stops that turn into drug-possession charges. A growing population also means more first-time arrests and more felony allegations against people who had never had contact with the court system before they were charged.

Kent represents Princeton clients across the full range of Texas charges, including assault and family-violence allegations, theft and property crimes, sex crime accusations, juvenile matters, weapons charges, murder and homicide, and probation and parole violations. Federal exposure is handled through the firm's federal criminal defense practice in the Eastern District of Texas.

One detail holds steady at Starr Law, P.C. Kent is a solo practitioner; the lawyer the client hires is the lawyer who appears at every setting and handles every cross-examination personally. He has thirty years of trial experience, has handled more than fifteen thousand cases, speaks Spanish and Portuguese in addition to English, and offers free, confidential consultations. The office at 5900 S Lake Forest Dr, Suite 200 is in McKinney, and the firm represents clients across Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis, Johnson, and Parker Counties.

Because Princeton sits wholly within Collin County, its cases run through the McKinney courts covered in the firm's Collin County criminal defense hub, and eligible dispositions may later qualify for expunction or an order of nondisclosure.

If you have been arrested in Princeton or contacted by an investigator about a case that has not yet been filed, call (214) 982-1408 for a free, confidential consultation with Kent.

Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is evaluated on its own facts.

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