Protecting Your Freedom, Your Career, and Your Future.
Houston criminal defense attorney Pat Ruzzo has spent over 35 years defending Texans against serious criminal charges — from possession and drug offenses to assault and white collar crime. When your freedom is on the line, experience matters.
Aggressive Criminal Defense. Houston’s Courtroom-Tested Attorney.
When you are facing criminal charges, you need more than an attorney who knows the law. You need someone who has stood in a courtroom hundreds of times and fought for real people in real cases.
Pat Ruzzo has tried over 200 criminal jury trials in Texas county, district, and federal courts. He has obtained dismissals, not guilty verdicts, and favorable plea agreements in cases involving everything from first-time misdemeanors to serious felonies. He knows how prosecutors build cases — because he has fought them for three decades.
If you or someone you love has been arrested or charged with a crime in Houston or anywhere in Texas, call today for a free consultation.
Criminal Defense Practice Areas
The Law Office of Pat Ruzzo handles a wide range of criminal cases throughout Texas, including:
Drug Offenses
From first-time possession charges to serious distribution and manufacturing cases, Pat has defended clients against drug charges involving every controlled substance category. He understands how these cases are built, where the evidence is often weak, and how to challenge searches, seizures, and the state’s proof.
Assault and Violent Crimes
Assault, aggravated assault, family violence, and assault on a public servant charges carry serious consequences. Pat has defended clients at every level of these charges and understands the dynamics of cases that often come down to conflicting accounts and credibility.
White Collar Crimes
Fraud, forgery, money laundering, credit card abuse, and other financially motivated offenses require careful analysis of complex records and sophisticated defense strategies. Pat has the experience to handle these cases effectively.
Sexual Offenses
These cases demand careful, thorough handling. Pat has represented clients charged with sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, and other sex-related offenses, with full understanding of the stakes and the sensitivity these cases require.
Other Charges
Theft, robbery, weapons offenses, evading arrest, probation violations, appeals, expunctions, and non-disclosures. If it is a criminal matter, Pat handles it.
YEARS
200+ Jury Trials
Real Results
Experience in criminal defense is not just a number — it is accumulated knowledge about how prosecutors think, what juries respond to, when to fight and when to negotiate, and how to find the weaknesses in the state’s case that can change the outcome for a client.
Pat Ruzzo has tried cases in county courts, district courts, and federal courts throughout Texas. He has handled bench trials, probation revocation hearings, bond hearings, and appeals. He has obtained dismissals in serious felony cases, not guilty verdicts in jury trials, and negotiated outcomes that kept clients out of prison when the evidence was difficult.
That record matters when you are deciding who to trust with your case.
Also Defending Licensed Professionals
For licensed professionals facing criminal charges, the stakes extend far beyond the courtroom. A criminal charge — or even an arrest — can trigger a licensing board investigation that threatens your career and livelihood. The criminal case and the board investigation run on separate tracks, and what happens in one affects the other.
Pat Ruzzo is one of the few Houston criminal defense attorneys with the experience to handle both proceedings simultaneously. Whether you hold a healthcare license, a professional license, or a trade license, you should not need two separate attorneys trying to coordinate your defense. One attorney who understands both the criminal system and the licensing process handles it all.
Currently accepting cases involving nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, and other licensed professionals throughout Texas.
Why Clients Choose the Law Office of Pat Ruzzo
I’m Pat Ruzzo. I have been a criminal defense attorney in Houston, Texas for over thirty-five years. I have tried more than two hundred criminal jury trials. I have also spent decades representing nurses, pharmacists, and physician assistants before their licensing boards — because I recognized early in my career that healthcare professionals facing criminal charges need an attorney who understands both the courtroom and the boardroom.
35+ years of criminal defense experience in Houston and throughout Texas
Over 200 criminal jury trials tried to verdict
State and federal court experience
Direct client communication — you work with Pat, not a junior associate
Free initial consultation
Available 24/7 for urgent matters
When you call our office, you speak with Pat. When you go to court, Pat is there. There are no handoffs to associates or paralegals handling your case while you wonder what is happening.
Serving Houston and All of Texas
The Law Office of Pat Ruzzo is based in Houston and represents clients throughout Harris County and across Texas. Wherever your case is filed, Pat can help.
Facing Criminal Charges? Call Today.
Do not wait. The earlier you have experienced legal representation, the more options you have.
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