Tyrone C. Moncriffe

With over 30 years of experience, attorney Tyrone C. Moncriffe has focused his career on passionately defending the rights of others. Through his law firm, Tyrone C. Moncriffe & Associates, located in Houston, Texas, Mr. Moncriffe has provided top-quality legal counsel to his clients with legal issues related to drug crimes, theft, aggravated robbery, arson, assault, unlawful weapons possession, car-jacking, capital murder/murder, kidnapping and domestic violence.After graduating magna cum laude from Texas Southern University in 1978, Mr. Moncriffe attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston where he received his law degree in 1982. Since then, he has led an incredibly successful and distinguished career as evidenced by his many certifications, awards and accolades.Along with being board-certified in criminal law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, attorney Moncriffe is also certified for first chair in death penalty cases in Harris County. As a skilled presenter and storyteller, Mr. Moncriffe has often lectured on effective trial presentations. In fact, he was recently voted one of the favorite speakers at the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Seminar.In 2013, attorney Moncriffe was voted one of the Top 50 Black Attorneys in Houston as well as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the nation. In 2015, he received a presidential award for his work with the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. The National Association of Distinguished Counsel voted him in the Nation's Top One Percent, and he was voted Best Attorney charter member of 2015.H-Texas Best Lawyers from 2008 - 2020.Mr. Moncriffe was recently voted to the " Best Lawyers in America" in 2016 - 2021.Tyrone Moncriffe was voted "Lawyer of the Year 2017" by the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.Received the "Atticus Finch Award" from Fort Bend Criminal Defense Attorneys Association in 2019.Received "Best Lawyer of the Year Award" by Best Lawyers in 2021.Inducted into the Hall of Fame Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2022.He was inducted into the Order of Barristers at Thurgood Marshall Law School in 2024. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2024.