Demetrio Duarte, Jr.

A criminal defense and personal injury attorney at Duarte Molina, Demetrio Duarte Jr. represents clients in San Antonio, Texas. With over three decades of experience, he was included in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 for seven consecutive years, and he is board-certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.Mr. Duarte is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois and all federal courts in Texas. Other federal courts he is admitted to practice before include the following: the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the Supreme Court of Texas and the United States Tax Court.At St. Mary’s University, Mr. Duarte graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in History before attending law school at the University of Texas School of Law. In 1983, he earned his Juris Doctor and was a member of the Editorial Staff for the American Journal of Criminal Law. For 10 years, he was a Licensed Escrow Office for the Texas Department of Insurance and earned his Texas Estates Code Guardianship Certification in 2016.A member of the San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Mr. Duarte is also involved with the National Chapter and the San Antonio Chapter of the Mexican American Bar Association and is fluent in both Spanish and English. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas DWI Lawyers, the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.