"Best Lawyers" -D Magazine. "Rising Star" -Super Lawyers. "NOT GUILTY" -juries across the state of Texas. These are just a few accomplishment of criminal defense trial and appellate lawyer Paul Saputo.

Paul Saputo is the principal criminal defense attorney at the Saputo Law Firm. Mr. Saputo has represented hundreds of clients in state and federal courts in Texas and across the United States. His practice areas include DWI Defense, Drug Crimes, High-Stakes Misdemeanor Crimes, Sex Crimes, Major Felony Crimes, Federal Criminal Defense and Criminal Appeals. 

Mr. Saputo has been recognized by several publications and institutions, including Martindale-Hubbell, D Magazine and Super Lawyers. He has been selected as a D Magazine Best Lawyer in Dallas and Best Lawyer Under 40 for multiple consecutive years, he was rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubell, and he was selected for inclusion to the  Super Lawyers Rising Stars list multiple times. In addition, the Saputo Law Firm has been consistently awarded Lawyergist's Client Choice Award since its founding. Mr. Saputo is also rated by Lead Counsel Rated, Thomson Reuters, since 2017, in the following practice areas: Criminal Law - State Level Crimes Verified Experience Peer Recommended Spotless Record.

Mr. Saputo is a graduate of the elite Duke University School of Law and the Dallas Bar Association Civil Trial Academy. He is a current member of the Texas Bar, the Texas Bar College, the Dallas Bar Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the DUI Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and the Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, among other leading legal organizations. 

Mr. Saputo has handled cases in all major Texas cities, including Dallas, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso and San Antonio. He has pracaticed in numerous other smaller cities in counties including Tarrant, Bexar, Midland, Titus, Johnson, Kaufman, Montague, Harris, Travis and Hunt. Mr. Saputo is qualified in all Texas courts and is admitted to practice in the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Federal Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas and the Western District of Oklahoma. The firm also maintains an active driver's license practice, fighting license suspensions and helping Texas residents obtain occupational driver's licenses across the state.

The representative cases in this profile and elsewhere is not a complete list of cases that Mr. Saputo has handled. He has handled hundred of cases, ranging from DWI to homicide offenses.