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Board Certified San Antonio Criminal Defense Attorney

Tylden Shaeffer is a San Antonio board certified criminal defense lawyer who has concentrated his law practice on criminal law for over the past fifteen years.   Mr. Shaeffer grew up in San Antonio.   He obtained his bachelor’s degree in international relations from Brown University and he earned his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1990.  He has been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since 1990 by the Texas Supreme Court.

Mr. Shaeffer is a former federal law clerk for a Dallas Immigration Court Judge, and he has worked at several San Antonio law firms.   Mr. Shaeffer worked in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office from January of 1991 to January, 2000.

He left the D.A.’s office as a first chair felony prosecutor.   During his tenure as a prosecutor, Mr. Shaeffer tried over 100 jury trials, including several death penalty cases.   He worked in many areas of the D.A.’s office, including DWI, misdemeanor offenses, felony offenses, white collar crime, family violence cases and juvenile law.  As a private attorney, Mr. Shaeffer has handled cases in all of these areas.

·               Licensed to practice law in all state courts in Texas since 1990

·              Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

·             AV Rating by Martindale-Hubble lawyer Referral Service.

·              Licensed to practice law in the federal courts of the Western District of Texas

·              Trial advocacy training program at the National District Attorneys Association

·             Member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

·             Member Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys Association

·              Speaks Spanish and French

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