Greg Westfall
Attorney Profile
Top Rated White Collar Crimes Attorney in Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Criminal Defense: White Collar (40%),
- Criminal Defense (30%),
- Business Litigation (30%)
A highly rated criminal defense attorney at Westfall Sellers, Greg Westfall has an Avvo “Superb” rating, has been board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and for his commitment to legal ethics and professional accomplishments, he earned the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell. He represents the people of Fort Worth, Texas, who have been charged with crimes like fraud, DWI, murder, white collar crime, drug cases and sex crimes. He also handles appeals for his clients.
At The University of Texas at Arlington in 1990, he graduated with highest honors and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctor and graduate summa cum laude from Texas Tech University in 1993. A Sergeant in the United States Army, he received the United States Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the United States of America Meritorious Service Medal and the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year from the United States Army Forces.
As a legal commentator, he has appeared on programs for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, Court TV and Fox News Channel. He is currently a member of the following organizations: the College of the State Bar of Texas, The Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, the Tarrant County Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court.
A talented writer and speaker, he is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Mr. Westfall also provides federal criminal defense and is admitted by the U.S. Supreme Court and the State Bar of Texas, along with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Criminal Defense: White Collar (40%): White Collar Crime, Criminal Law - Federal
Criminal Defense (30%): Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Expungement, False Accusations, Felony, Juvenile Delinquency, Misdemeanor, Murder, Probation, Prosecution, Sex Offenses, Tax Evasion, Theft, Criminal Domestic Violence
Business Litigation (30%)
White Collar Crime, Criminal Law - Federal, Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Expungement, False Accusations, Felony, Juvenile Delinquency, Misdemeanor, Murder, Probation, Prosecution, Sex Offenses, Tax Evasion, Theft, Criminal Domestic Violence
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About Greg Westfall
Admitted: 1993, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.westfallsellers.com/attorneys/greg-westfall/
Honors/Awards:
- Thomson Reuters “Super Lawyer”, 2003-2016
- Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Roland Hill Award”, 2012
- Fort Worth, Texas Magazine “Top Attorney”, 2001-2016
- Fort Worth Business Press “Attorney of Excellence”, 2003-2005
- Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2000
Bar/Professional Activity:
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. Supreme Court , 1999
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1995
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1994
- State Bar of Texas, 1993
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Barrister, Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court, 2008-2012
- Officer, Board of Directors, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Past President, Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Experts,” State Bar of Texas, “Sex, Drugs & Surveillance”, 2013
- Use of Experts in Defense of Child Abuse Allegations,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2012
- “A Little Death Penalty Math, Part 2,” 41 Voice for the Defense 1, Jan./Feb. 2012
- “Why I Think The Death Penalty Will Die,” 41 Voice for the Defense 3, April 2012
- “The Sniff Test,” 40 Voice for the Defense 9, Oct. 2011
- “A Little Death Penalty Math,” 40 Voice for the Defense 8, Sept. 2011
- “Fashionable Racism,” 39 Voice for the Defense 7, Sept. 2010
- “Darrow’s Dream,” 39 Voice for the Defense 6, July/Aug. 2010
- “A Conversation With Justice Anthony Kennedy,” 39 Voice For The Defense 5, June 2010
- “We, the Haters,” 39 Voice For The Defense 4, May 2010
- “How Wiggins v. Smith Raised the Bar,” 39 Voice For The Defense 3, April 2010
- “The Big Lie,” 38 Voice For The Defense 10, Dec. 2009
- “Stupid Pet Tricks,” 38 Voice For The Defense 8, Oct. 2009
- “One Picture and 1,000 Words (Approximately),” 38 Voice for the Defense 6, July-Aug. 2009
- “Communicating Through Shared Experience (Part I of an Occasional Series of Deep Thoughts About Jury Communication),” 38 Voice for the Defense 6, June 2009
- “Throwing Away the Book,” The Warrior, Spring, 2003
- “The Guerilla’s Guide to Evidence,” 29 Voice for the Defense 5, May 2000
- “Experts for the Indigent,” 26 Voice for the Defense 6, July-Aug. 1997
- “Is the Court of Criminal Appeals Prepared to Limit the DeGarmo Doctrine?” 25 Voice for the Defense 10, Dec. 1996
- “Psychiatric Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Texas,” 25 Voice for the Defense 5, June 1996
- “Double Jeopardy and ALR: On to the Court of Criminal Appeals,” 25 Voice for the Defense 2, Mar. 1996
- “The Nature of This Debate: A Look at the Texas Foreign Corporation Venue Rule and a Method For Analyzing the Premises and Promises of Tort Reform,” 25 Texas Tech Law Review 903, 1995
- “Administrative License Revocation and Double Jeopardy: The Battle Begins at the Appellate Level,” 24 Voice for the Defense 7, Sept. 1995
- “But I Know It When I See It: A Practical Framework for Analysis and Argument of Informal Fiduciary Relationships,” 23 Texas Tech Law Review 835, 1992
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced Communication Seminar, October, 2016
- Trial Lawyers College, Criminal Defense Seminar, 2016
- “Storytelling,” 36th Annual Prairie Dog Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2016
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced Communication Seminar, October, 2015
- “Demonstrative Evidence,” Center for American and International Law, Advanced Criminal Law, 2015
- “Humanizing Your Client,” Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Defending Child Abuse Seminar, 2015
- Trial Lawyers College, Criminal Defense Seminar, 2015
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced Communication Seminar, October, 2014
- Trial Lawyers College, Criminal Defense Seminar, 2015
- “Demonstrative Evidence,” Center for American and International Law, Advanced Criminal Law, 2014
- Trial Lawyers College, September Session, 2013
- Trial Lawyers College, Texas Regional, 2014
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2014
- Trial Lawyers College, Death Penalty Seminar, 2014
- Trial Lawyers College, Graduate Course I, 2014
- Trial Lawyers College, Texas Regional, 2013
- Trial Lawyers College, Texas Regional, 2013
- “Psychodrama for Lawyers,” Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 2013
- Trial Lawyers College, September Session, 2012
- Moderator, “CSI Texas,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2008
- Trial Lawyers College, Texas Regional, 2012
- “Ethics,” Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 4th Annual Jolly Roger Hal Jackson Memorial Criminal Law Seminar, 2011
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2011
- “Psychodrama for Lawyers,” Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 2011
- Trial Lawyers College, September Session, 2010
- “Hot Issues in Pending PDRs in the Court of Criminal Appeals,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2010
- Trial Lawyers College, Death Penalty Seminar, 2010
- “Negotiations and Plea Bargaining in Death Penalty Cases,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2009
- “Experts,” 29th Annual Prairie Dog Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2009
- Trial Lawyers College, Death Penalty Seminar, 2009
- “Court of Criminal Appeals Update: Significant Decisions from Sept. 2007 to June 2008,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2008
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2010
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2008
- Trial Lawyers College, California Regional, 2007
- “Technology in the Courtroom,” 20th Annual M.P. “Rusty” Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2007
- “Court of Criminal Appeals Update,” 27th Annual Prairie Dog Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2007
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2007
- “Technology in the Courtroom,” 19th Annual M.P. “Rusty” Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2006
- “Voir Dire in a Drug Case,” Criminal Defense Lawyer Project Voir Dire Course, 2006
- “Recent Decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2006
- Trial Lawyers College, 2006
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2006
- Trial Lawyers College, Colorado Regional, 2005
- Course Director, “Forensics,” Criminal Defense Lawyer Project, 2005
- Cross Examination and Impeachment, Center for American & International Law, 2005
- Capital Trial Advocacy Course, Center for American & International Law, 2005
- Capital Trial Voir Dire and Communicating With Jurors for the Defense, Center for American & International Law, 2005
- “Recent Decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2005
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2005
- Course Director, “The Effective Use and Confrontation of Experts in Criminal Trials,” Criminal Defense Lawyer Project, 2004
- “Anatomy of the Win,” Criminal Defense Lawyer Project, 2004-2005
- “Developing the Story,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project “Communicating with Juries” Seminar, 2004
- “Technology in the Courtroom,” 17th Annual M.P. “Rusty” Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2004
- “Developing the Theory Through Expert Testimony,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project “Theory of the Case” Seminar, 2001-02
- “Post-Conviction DNA Testing,” 14th Annual M.P. “Rusty” Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Short Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2001
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2001
- “Jury Instructions,” Lone Star Seminars Aruba Seminar, 1999
- “Texas Rules of Evidence Significant Decisions,” Fifth Annual Prosecutors’ Skills Seminar, 1998
- “Evidence,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project “Ultimate Trial Notebook” Seminar, 2000-01
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2002
- Capital Trial Advocacy Course, Center for American & International Law, 2004
- “Experts,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project “Day in the Life of a Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer” Seminar, 2003-04
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2004
- “Experts,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project “Evidence for the 21st Century” Seminar, 2003
- Capital Trial Advocacy Course, Center for American & International Law, 2003
- “Hearsay,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course, 2003
- Texas Criminal Trial College, 2000
- “Texas Rules of Evidence,” Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Nuts and Bolts” Seminar, 1999
- “Effective Use of Experts,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project South Padre Island Seminar, 1999
- “Expert Testimony,” Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 1997
- “Effective ALR Appeal,” DWI and ALR , Taking the Battle to Them Seminar, Courtroom Publications, 1997
- “Psychiatric Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases,” Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Project Skills course, 1996
- “Jeopardy: Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat,” Criminal Defense Lawyers Project Skills Course, 1994-95
- Feature Articles Editor, Voice for the Defense, 1998-2004
- Assistant Feature Articles Editor, Voice for the Defense, 1995-1998
- Editor, Voice for the Defense, Voice for the Defense Online, 2009-2013
- Editor-in-Chief, Texas Tech Law Review, 1992-93
Educational Background:
- University of Texas at Arlington, B.B.A., Highest Honors, 1990
- Thank you to a Tarrant County Jury who questioned the Medical Examiner's forensic science and the county lab's 0.12… https://t.co/ZsG24UORlc
- Faked up blood tests. NBD. https://t.co/KG63BxP19H
- What happens when you hire the wrong lawyer. https://t.co/Zz98EDWTiN
- Communicating Through Shared Experiences https://t.co/dL4f3wLSKk
- Faked up blood tests. NBD. https://t.co/KG63BxP19H
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Last Updated: 4/4/2019