Miles Brissette, Criminal Defense Attorney in Fort Worth, Texas
focused on Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, and General · 5.0/5 rating from 7 verified client reviews
Co FounderatGill & Brissette
Fort Worth, TX
Trusted criminal defense attorney serving Fort Worth.
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Miles Brissette is a co founder based in Fort Worth, TX. The practice focuses on Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, and General. Currently practicing at Gill & Brissette. Rated 5.0 out of 5 from 7 client reviews.
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- Fort Worth, TX
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- Criminal Defense · DUI/DWI · General
- Handles Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, and General matters from Fort Worth, TX.
- Recognized with AV Preeminent.
About Miles Brissette: Miles Brissette is a co founder based in Fort Worth, TX. The practice focuses on Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, and General. Currently practicing at Gill & Brissette. Rated 5.0 out of 5 from 7 client reviews.
Areas of practice
Practice areas handled by Miles Brissette
Miles concentrates on criminal defense, dui/dwi, general, government, and insurance. Each area below outlines the kind of case Miles handles, typical outcomes to expect, and how the intake process starts.
Criminal Defense
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DUI/DWI
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Criminal Defense cases in Fort Worth, Texas
Miles takes criminal defense matters in Fort Worth, Texas. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Miles agrees to represent you.
DUI/DWI cases in Fort Worth, Texas
Miles takes dui/dwi matters in Fort Worth, Texas. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Miles agrees to represent you.
General cases in Fort Worth, Texas
Miles takes general matters in Fort Worth, Texas. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Miles agrees to represent you.
Government cases in Fort Worth, Texas
Miles takes government matters in Fort Worth, Texas. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Miles agrees to represent you.
Insurance cases in Fort Worth, Texas
Miles takes insurance matters in Fort Worth, Texas. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Miles agrees to represent you.
Biography
About Miles Brissette — Attorney of Texas criminal defense experience
Miles Brissette is a co founder based in Fort Worth, TX. The practice focuses on Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, and General. Currently practicing at Gill & Brissette. Rated 5.0 out of 5 from 7 client reviews.
Miles Brissette is a board certified criminal trial attorney based in Fort Worth, Texas. He became a principal in the Law Offices of Gill & Brissette in 2015, after nearly two decades in the Tarrant County, Texas Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
Miles has investigated and litigated offenses ranging from simple thefts and DWIs to death penalty cases. He was a prosecutor in the high profile case against Chante Mallard, a Fort Worth woman convicted in 2003 of striking a man with her car, driving home with him lodged in her windshield and leaving him to die. More recently, Miles was chosen as one of a multi-jurisdictional team of special prosecutors in the 2014 death penalty case against former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams for the assassinations of Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney Mike McLelland, McLelland’s wife and his First Assistant Mark Hasse.
As Chief Prosecutor of the Tarrant County Forensic and Technical Services Unit, Miles oversaw investigation and prosecution of arson and explosives cases, as well as the office’s Regional Forensic Video Lab and the Electronic Case Management System, which was the backbone for the criminal justice system in Tarrant County. Fire dynamics became a passion for Miles as a prosecutor. His understanding of fire science earned him an international reputation for successfully pursuing complex arson cases during a period of time where many questioned the field of fire science. In 2012, A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) named him the Texas Arson Prosecutor of the Year. Miles currently serves on the board of directors for ATAC. He is the Second Vice President for the Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators.
Miles has developed a widely recognized expertise using technology to dissect the most complex litigation and discovery intensive cases. His work on the national level to establish standards for law enforcement in-car and interrogation room video continues today. He also is a member of the Texas Supreme Court’s Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT). Miles and retired State District Judge Robert Gill recently co-founded 3rd Chair Digital Forensics LLC. The firm was established to provide businesses and private attorneys access to forensic processing, review and analysis of digital multimedia evidence at a level previously available only to government attorneys.
Miles has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Christian University. He received his law degree from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.
Committees
• Texas Supreme Court’s Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT) (PRESENT)
• National Institute of Justice Sensors and Surveillance Technical Working Group (PRESENT)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police DVS In-Car Video Executive Committee, Testing and Certification Chair (PAST)
• National Institute of Justice Vehicular Digital Recording System Standard for Law Enforcement (PAST)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police License Plate Recognition Model Policy Committee (PAST)
• National Institute of Justice License Plate Recognition Standard for Law Enforcement Special Technical Committee (PAST)
• National Institute of Justice Interview Room Standard for Law Enforcement Special Technical Committee (PAST)
• Texas Integrated Justice Information Systems – Chair (PAST)
SPEAKING AND TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
• Texas District and County Attorneys Association – Intoxication Manslaughter School Kerrville, Texas
• Homicide Investigators of Texas Conference Fort Worth, Texas
• Tarrant County Arson Task Force Fort Worth, Texas
• North Texas Council of Governments Haltom City, Texas
• National College of District Attorneys – National Advocacy Center Columbia, South Carolina
• City of Fort Worth, Texas Police Department Academy Fort Worth, Texas
• Texas Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Greensboro, North Carolina
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Grapevine, Texas
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Nassau, Bahamas
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Nashville, Tennessee
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Dallas, Texas
• International Association of Chiefs of Police LEIM Conference Atlanta, Georgia
• LEVA Annual Conference Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
• LEVA Annual Conference San Francisco, California
• International Association of Chiefs of Police CCTV Symposium San Diego, California
• International Association of Chiefs of Police CCTV Symposium Las Vegas, Nevada
• National College of District Attorneys Las Vegas, Nevada
• National College of District Attorneys Tampa, Florida
• Ohio Capital Litigation Seminar for Prosecutors Cleveland, Ohio
• National White Collar Crime Center Economic and High Tech Crime Summit Memphis, Tennessee
• Texas District and County Attorneys Association – Technology in the Courtroom San Antonio, Texas
• Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy Ashburn, Virginia
• International Association of Chiefs of Police State and Provincial Planning Officers Section Des Moines, Iowa
• International Association of Chiefs of Police Regional Training Anchorage, Alaska
• National Institute of Justice, NIJ Annual Conference 2009 Arlington, Virginia
• Texas Department of Public Safety, Conference On Criminal Justice Information System Reporting Dallas, Texas
• Texas Association of Counties, 2010 Court and Local Government Technology Conference Austin, Texas
• U.S. Department of Justice, National Symposium on Indigent Defense Washington, D.C.
• National Institute of Justice, NIJ Annual Conference 2010 Arlington, Virginia
• Denton County, Texas Emergency Services / Fire Marshal Denton, Texas
• Violence Against Women Act – Digital Multimedia Evidence Collection Training Fort Worth, Texas
• City of Plano, Texas Police Department - Digital Multimedia Evidence Collection Presentation Plano, Texas
• Criminal Justice Institute – University of Houston Law School Houston, Texas
• National Institute of Justice Video Standards Advisory Working Group Washington, D.C.
• Major Case Investigative Team (MCIT) Task Force Fort Worth, Texas
• Texas Criminal Justice Information Users' Group Corpus Christi, Texas
• Criminal District Attorney’s Office of Rockwall, Texas – Arson Investigation Rockwall, Texas
• Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s District - Forensic & Technical Services Unit and a Digital Case Fort Worth, Texas
• National Forensics Academy Nashville, Tennessee
• Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators 58th Annual Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• Texas Criminal Justice Information Users' Group Corpus Christi, Texas
• AXIS Communications Carlsbad, California
• Greater Houston Area Fire Marshal's Council Training Conference Pasadena, Texas
• Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators 59th Annual Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• Texas Criminal Justice Information Users' Group Corpus Christi, Texas
• North Texas Fire Investigators Association Dallas, Texas
• City of Dallas, Texas Fire Rescue – Basics of a Case Packet Dallas, Texas
• Texas Ranger – In Service Training Kerrville, Texas
• ATF – Arson for Prosecutors Course San Antonio, Texas
• AXIS Communications Montréal, Canada
• North Texas Fire Inspections and Investigations Conference Richardson, Texas
• Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s District – 3RD CHAIR DIGITAL FORENSICS LLC Fort Worth, Texas
• Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Death Penalty Seminar 2015 Fort Worth, Texas
• Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s District Current Trends in Forensic Science Conf. 2015 Fort Worth, Texas
• AXIS Communications Lund, Sweden
• Center for American & International Law – Cell Phone Forensics Plano, Texas
• AXIS Communications San Antonio, Texas
• Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Death Penalty Seminar 2016 Fort Worth, Texas
• Secure360 Conference – Security and Risk Management Conference St. Paul, Minnesota
LAW-RELATED PUBLICATIONS
• 2000 National Crimes Against Children Conference Dallas, Texas
• 2001 Texas District & County Attorneys Association -- Homicide Seminar Dallas, Texas
• 2002 National District Attorneys Association – Arson for Prosecutors Columbia, South Carolina
• 2002 Trace Evidence, Firearms and Toolmarks Fort Worth, Texas
• 2002 ATF – Arson School at FLETC Glynco, Georgia
• 2003 National College of District Attorneys – Evidence for Prosecutors San Francisco, California
• 2004 National College of District Attorneys – Faculty Development Columbia, South Carolina
• 2005 LEVA Annual Conference Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
• 2006 International Association of Chiefs of Police – 113th Annual Conference Boston, Massachusetts
• 2006 Texas Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• 2007 International Association of Chiefs of Police – 114th Annual Conference New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2007 National College of District Attorneys – Technology Conference Columbia, South Carolina
• 2009 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2010 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2011 LEVA Annual Conference Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
• 2011 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2012 National Forensics Academy Nashville, Tennessee
• 2012 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2013 Texas Fire Investigation Forum, State of Texas Fire Marshal’s Office Houston, Texas
• 2013 Texas Fire Investigation Forum, State of Texas Fire Marshal’s Office Plano, Texas
• 2013 Texas IAAI – Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• 2013 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2013 ATF & Tarrant County College Fire Academy – Explosive Incidents Training Fort Worth, Texas
• 2014 Texas IAAI – Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar Austin, Texas
• 2014 North Texas Investigators Association Dallas, Texas
• 2014 ATF Arson for Prosecutors San Antonio, Texas
• 2014 Texas District and County Attorneys Association – Michael Morton Act Dallas, Texas
• 2014 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Criminal Law Fort Worth, Texas
• 2015 Center for American & International Law - Establishing Innocence or Guilt Plano, Texas
• 2015 Center for American & International Law – Capital Defense College Plano, Texas
• 2015 Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Death Penalty Seminar Fort Worth, Texas
• 2015 LEVA Annual Conference & Body Worn Camera Summit Clearwater, Florida
• 2016 Center for American & International Law – Capital Defense College Plano, Texas
• 2016 Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Death Penalty Seminar Fort Worth, Texas
• 2016 Input-Ace Digital Forensic Video Workflow Training Fort Worth, Texas
ORGANIZATIONS
• State Bar of Texas
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Tarrant County Arson Task Force
• International Association of Arson Investigators
• Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators – Member of the Board of Directors
• A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) – Member of the Board of Directors
• National Association of Fire Investigators
• National Rifle Association
• Law Enforcement and Emergency Video Services Association (LEVA)
• National District Attorneys Association
• Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Texas Association of Licensed Investigators
• National Fire Protection Association
Miles's approach to criminal defense cases
Miles Brissette is a board certified criminal trial attorney based in Fort Worth, Texas. He became a principal in the Law Offices of Gill & Brissette in 2015, after nearly two decades in the Tarrant County, Texas Criminal District Attorney’s Office. Miles has investigated and litigated offenses ranging from simple thefts and DWIs to death penalty cases. He was a prosecutor in the high profile…
Clients Miles works with
Miles reviews new inquiries case-by-case for criminal defense, dui/dwi, and general matters in Fort Worth and the surrounding Texas area.
Credentials
Miles Brissette's legal education and bar admissions
Texas Wesleyan University
J.D. · 1998
Texas Christian Universtiy
B.S. Texas · 1994
Miles studied at J.D. in Texas Wesleyan University and B.S. Texas in Texas Christian Universtiy.
Law school and academic background
Miles completed J.D. in Texas Wesleyan University and B.S. Texas in Texas Christian Universtiy. Formal legal training is one signal of substantive knowledge — the day-to-day practice Miles runs in Texas is where that training gets applied to real client questions.
Recognition
Awards, publications, and recognition of Miles Brissette
Miles has received 1 formal recognition from bar associations, industry bodies, and peer-review services.
AV Preeminent
Legal awards and honors
AV Preeminent.
Affiliations
Miles's professional memberships and bar associations
State Bar of Texas Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Federal Bar Association International Association of Arson Investigators
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Locations
Miles Brissette's office in Fort Worth
Miles's primary office is at 3663 Airport Freeway, Fort Worth, TX, 76118. In-person meetings are by appointment; a phone intake usually comes first.
Client feedback
Client reviews of Miles Brissette — 5.0/5 rating from 7 verified client reviews
Every review below is from a verified client of Miles. Reviews cover communication, case outcome, and value — the three signals that matter most when comparing criminal defense attorneys in Fort Worth.
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How to hire Miles Brissette — what to expect in your first consultation
Working with a new criminal defense attorney should feel structured. Here's how the first two conversations with Miles usually go, from the moment you request a consult to the day representation begins.
Consultation formats and pricing
Miles charges for the initial consult. That fee is credited toward representation if you retain Miles's office.
What to bring to your first meeting
Bring any documents you already have — police reports, medical records, filed pleadings, correspondence from an insurer, a copy of the contract at issue. If you're not sure, err on the side of bringing everything; Miles will tell you what matters and what doesn't.
Questions to ask a criminal defense attorney in Fort Worth, Texas
A short list to run through before you commit: How many criminal defense matters have you handled in the last year? What's your fee structure? Who else in the office will work on this? What's your realistic estimate of timeline and range of outcomes? How do I reach you between meetings?
Fees & payment
Fees, payment methods, and consultation options for Miles
Miles discusses fees during intake so the arrangement fits the matter. Contingency, hourly, and flat-fee options are all common in criminal defense practice — ask which fits.
Hourly rates, contingency fees, and flat-fee options
Every criminal defense matter is priced differently. Simple document review might be a flat fee. Injury litigation is often contingency. Complex commercial disputes usually run hourly with a retainer. Miles confirms the model in the engagement letter before any work starts.
Payment methods and payment plans
Miles's office accepts standard payment methods. Ask about payment plans if the retainer is a stretch — many criminal defense practices work with clients on structured schedules.
Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions about Miles Brissette
How much does it cost to hire Miles for a criminal defense case?
Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. Miles walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.
Does Miles offer a free consultation?
Miles charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain Miles's office. Some criminal defense attorneys offer free consults — check Miles's current terms during booking.
How long do criminal defense cases in Texas typically take?
Simple criminal defense matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. Miles gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.
Can Miles take my case if I'm outside Fort Worth?
Miles is licensed in Texas. Matters governed by Texas law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — Miles will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.
What should I bring to my first meeting with Miles?
Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. Miles will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.
Is Miles accepting new criminal defense clients right now?
Miles's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.
Areas served
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