Sarah E. Roland
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in Denton, Texas
Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense,
Assault & Battery,
Drug & Alcohol Violations,
Sex Offenses
Education Qualification:
Texas Tech University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Criminal defense,
Assault & battery,
Drug & alcohol violations,
Sex offenses
903 N Elm StDenton, Texas, 76201
First Admitted: 2006, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://sarahroland.com/about/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- State Bar College, 2022
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Chairperson, 2012-2013
- Eastern District of Texas, 2011
- Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2011
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Innocence Project of Texas, Board of Directors, 2018
- Texas, November 2006
- Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2010, 2011
- Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Treasurer/Secretary, 2008
- Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member, 2011
- Editor, Voice for the Defense
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA), Member since 2001, 2018
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
- Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Vice-President, 2009
- State Bar of Texas, Member, 2011
Honors/Awards:
- Clifford W. Brown Award for Excellent as a Student Attorney; Texas Tech School of Law Criminal Clinic (2006)
- Hal Jackson Award, Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2014
- Outstanding Clinic Student Award; Texas Tech School of Law (2006)
- Rising Star Award 2012, Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly May Issue
- Excellence for the Future for Achievement in Advanced Criminal Law; Center for Computer- Assisted Legal Instruction (2006)
Educational Background:
- Baylor University, B.A., Major: English Literature, Minor:Business, Honors: Baylor's Phi Alpha Delta chapter, President, 2003
Texas Tech University School of Law
, 2006
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- prepared for and presented at 35th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course, speaker, Taking on the State's Forensic Expert, Criminal Defense, 2022
- presentation at TCDLA's Mental Health Seminar, speaker, Don't be Complicit, Criminal Defense, 2022
- Presented on topic of Experts and Other Witnesses for the Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Speaker, Special Teams: Experts and other Witnesses, TCDLA, Criminal Defense, 2021
- Speaker at Battling the Resistance Seminar in McKinney on March 19, 2021, speaker, Controlling the Perceptions: Experts, Criminal Defense, 2021
- Speaker at TCDLA's Annual Rusty Duncan Advance Criminal Law Course (June 18-20, 2020) (live stream), speaker, Starting at the End: The Court's Charge to the Jury, Criminal Defense, 2020
- Speaker at the SBOT's 46th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Course (July 13-16, 2020) (live stream), speaker, Starting at the End: The Court's Charge to the Jury, SBOT, Criminal Law, 2020
- “Technology in the Courtroom,” presented to the Denton County Bar Association (October 1, 2010)
- Course Director and Presenter at TCDLA's Cross-Examination Seminar (livestream) March 4-5, 2021, speaker, Cross Examining the "Soft" Science Expert, 2021
- "Seeing is Believing: A Discussion About Demonstrative Evidence," presented at the TCDLA Trial College (Huntsville, March 22, 2012)
- "Top 10 Tips for Being a Better Trial Lawyer," presented at Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course (San Antonio, June 7, 2012)
- 3rd Annual Jolly Roger Criminal Law Seminar, Course Director (Denton, 2010)
- 4th Annual Jolly Roger Criminal Law Seminar, Course Director (Denton, 2011)
- TCDLA Trial College, Faculty (Huntsville, March 2012)
- Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course, Associate Course Director (San Antonio, June 6-9, 2012)
- “Present Before Piercing: Analyzing the Presentation Requirement of Article 18.06(b) as Applied to Searches for Blood in Light of Wilson v. Arkansas,” 36 Voice for the Defense 1 (January/February 2007)
- “Coerced to Blow: Evaluating the Coercive Language of the DIC-24 and Ineffective Consent with Specific Regard to Persons Younger than 21 Years of Age,” 37 Voice for the Defense 4 (May 2008)
- “2009 Legislative Changes, Additions, Etcetera,” presented to Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (September 2009)
- “Silence is not Effective: Our Constitutional Duty in the Wake of Padilla v. Kentucky,” presented to Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (April 14, 2010)
- “Defendant’s Motion for Recall of Capias Pro Fine Warrant Issued for Non-Payment of Indigent Court Costs,” 40 Voice for the Defense 6 (July/August 2011)
- “Confessing a Lie,” written by Sarah Roland and presented at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course and Criminal Law 101 in San Antonio, Texas, by H.F. Rick Hagen (July 26-29, 2010)
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Editor of The Voice for 5 years, 2021
Industry Groups:
- Criminal Defense
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