The Government Has Resources.
You Need a Defense Built to Challenge Them.
Taylor Defense Firm approaches criminal cases by taking the State's evidence apart—piece by piece.
The Police Report Is Not the Whole Case.
A criminal accusation often arrives already packaged into a narrative: an officer made an arrest, a witness gave a statement, evidence was collected, and a prosecutor filed a charge.
The defense begins by testing that narrative.
What does the body-camera video actually show? Where was the officer standing? Was the search lawful? Did the witness tell the same story twice? What did the laboratory actually test? What evidence is missing? What can the State prove in court?
Taylor Defense Firm approaches criminal defense by examining those questions before accepting the prosecution's conclusions.
He Knows How Criminal Cases Are Built Because He Has Built Them for the State.
Before representing people accused of crimes, Rudy Taylor served as an Assistant District Attorney in the 33rd and 424th Judicial Districts, prosecuting cases in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, and San Saba Counties. He later served as a Special Prosecutor in Brown County.
Taylor has practiced Texas law since 2003.
That background provides a perspective particularly useful in criminal defense: understanding how prosecutors evaluate evidence, witnesses, punishment exposure, plea negotiations, and trial risk.
The prosecution asks:
How do we prove this case?
The defense asks:
Can you?
The Defense Is More Than the Lawyer.
Legal Analysis + Investigation
Taylor Defense Firm combines legal analysis with hands-on criminal-defense investigation.
Rudy Taylor, a former Texas prosecutor practicing law since 2003, evaluates the law, evidence, trial issues, and punishment exposure.
Halena Rose, the firm's private investigator, brings a complementary background: retired U.S. Army field medic, approximately four years working in courtroom environments, approximately three of those years working exclusively with Taylor Defense Firm, and the discipline required to achieve a sixth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do under Korean Grand Master Park.
Her investigative style reflects that background:
Calm. Methodical. Persistent.
Witnesses are located. Statements are compared. Body-camera footage is reviewed. Timelines are reconstructed. Details that do not fit are investigated instead of ignored.
Because sometimes the fact that changes a criminal case is the fact nobody bothered to look for.
Texas Criminal Defense
Taylor Defense Firm represents people facing serious criminal accusations and investigates the evidence behind those accusations.
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Learn MoreTest the Evidence.
What does the State have?
What is missing?
What is admissible?
What is unreliable?
What can be suppressed?
What can be impeached?
What punishment actually applies?
What happens if twelve jurors hear this evidence?
A police report is a starting point—not the end of the investigation.
Depending upon the case, Taylor Defense Firm may examine body-camera video, dash-camera video, dispatch records, search warrants, warrant affidavits, photographs, medical records, laboratory reports, DNA evidence, cellphone extractions, text messages, social media, surveillance, jail calls, witness statements, financial records, and criminal histories.
Sometimes that evidence confirms the original report.
Sometimes it changes the case.
Understand the Law. Understand the Evidence.
Criminal cases become easier to understand when complicated legal concepts are explained in ordinary language.
The Taylor Defense Firm Criminal Defense Library provides substantive educational articles about the issues that repeatedly arise in Texas criminal cases—from warrantless searches and body-camera evidence to self-defense, DNA, THC testing, DWI blood evidence, probation, enhancements, and trial procedure.
Search & Seizure
Assault, Self-Defense & Family Violence
Drugs, THC & Hemp
DWI
Sexual Assault
Trial & Evidence
Digital Evidence
Punishment, Probation & Enhancements
Mental Health & Competency
Texas Criminal Defense
Taylor Defense Firm is based in Austin, Texas and accepts criminal matters in Texas courts depending upon the nature of the charge, location, scheduling, and availability.
The firm's experience includes matters in and around Hays, Guadalupe, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Burnet, Llano, Blanco, San Saba, Brown, and other Texas counties.
A Criminal Charge Deserves More Than an Assumption That the State Got It Right.
If you or a family member is facing a Texas criminal accusation, contact Taylor Defense Firm to determine whether the firm can assist.
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