STRICTLY CRIMINAL Practice

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I live in the north eastcorner of Texas in Bowie County.  I was a Public Defender for 5.5 years here.  I prefer to stay local but I have traveled the State defending clients and I have lawyer friends throughout Texas I can refer you to.  I have represented clients in all Texas criminal cases except Capital Murder.  

• TEXAS MISDEMEANORS CLASS A AND CLASS B including assault and theft cases.
• STATE JAIL FELONIES LIKE UUV, POCS
• ALL TDC FELONIES including evading in a vehicle, robbery and murder trials
• TRIAL WORK- I have personally managed trials for Murder, Theft, Robbery, Sexual Assault of a Child, and Drug Trafficking.
• BOND REDUCTION HEARINGS
• PROBATION REVOCATIONS-keeping probationers out of jail through live hearings and negotiating modifications to the terms of probation.

I am Sylvia Delgado and I am a Texas licensed attorney.   I am a third generation Texan from Dallas, born during the economically booming 1960s.  I am the youngest of five kids and grew up in Dallas's southwest section, called Oak Cliff.  We all worked mostly blue collar jobs and helped run the family trucking business.   My first vote was for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and I am a devout capitalist.  

In my late 20s, my Dad and I rolled up coins to pay for classes at community college.  I transferred to The University of Dallas where  I was blessed to travel all over Europe in 1990-91 while studying the Classics, visiting the actual sites in Greece, seeing the art, while living in Rome.  (Wow!)  My core curriculum was in Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.  By the final year I was deep into Heideggar and Machiavelli; the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists.  I learned to admire the Founding Fathers and truly love the US Constitution.  I earned my B.A. in Political Philosophy in 1993 then attended and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1996.  I served as a government attorney in Austin for 15+ years including the State Bar of Texas's Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel taking lawyers to court for their bad behavior.  Finally I found my one true passion in criminal defense.  Beginning 2015, I left the city and served as Public Defender in Texarkana for 5.5 years.  I went out on my own in August of 2021 and I've spent the last three years down at the border providing Operation Lone Star (OLS) legal defense.  The Counties still appoint me on a few cases and I am retiring this year.   I can still be hired to represent Smuggling charges and most violent crimes.  I have served several thousand clients at this point so I will be happy to discuss your charges with you while  keeping your budget in mind.

I am no stranger to the jails and I will visit your loved one in jail within 3 days from the day I'm hired.  I especially work hard for the Mommas and try to step in to their shoes and treat their Son or Daughter with love and respect.   I do not believe in delaying the outcome.  Let's meet soon and get ready for Court.

All I need is a signed contract plus payment to show that I've been hired.  I will let the Courts know I am stepping in as your lawyer and I will visit the client in jail (LONG BEFORE COURT) to make sure we are on the same page and either pleading guilty, or nolo contendere, and agreeing to the best plea deal, or, pleading not guilty and getting ready to fight, fight, fight!

Yes.  I have been licensed since 1999 and doing exclusively Criminal Law cases since 2015. There is no work I love more than going to trial.  My very favorite days have been spent in Court.  But I will also tell you when NOT to fight the State's case against you via trial.   I do that because trial is not for the weak-hearted.   I love my clients, their cases, every docket appearance (even when getting hollered at) and I will Love and enjoy being your Attorney OR I WON'T TAKE YOUR CASE.  My clients don't just like me; they love me.  I think a very important part of the evaluation phase is making sure you like me and I like you.    

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