Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Austin, TX

Certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Amber Vazquez is a criminal defense attorney at the Vazquez Law Firm. She represents clients in Austin, Texas, and throughout the state when they have been accused of committing a crime. Her experience extends to cases of theft, driving while intoxicated, drug possession, family violence, assault, aggravated assault, attempted capital murder, murder, burglary of a habitation and sexual assault of a child.

As one of the most sought-after criminal defense lawyers in the state, Ms. Vazquez regularly appears on media programs for CNN, Fox News, KEYE and KXAN. For almost a decade, she has been included in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 and the Austin City Council awarded her the Distinguished Service Award in 2018. A former presiding director of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, she also served on the Austin City Council’s Judicial Committee and as a member of the Travis County Women Lawyers Foundation Board.

In 1997, Ms. Vazquez earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She then attended the Sturm College of Law of University of Denver and in 2001, she graduated with her Juris Doctor. After law school, she worked with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas.

Admitted to practice in the state of Texas, Ms. Vazquez is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. In 2013 she was given the Criminal Justice Award by the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association, and she volunteers in her community as the board president of Truth Be Told and on the committee of Greenlights 501.