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Collin County Courthouse at the Russell A. Steindam Courts complex, McKinney, Texas.

[ 01 / Counsel · Collin County, Texas ]

Criminal defense in Collin County. Arkansas and Navajo Nation Supreme Court clerkships. Golden Gloves boxer. Since 1997. Fifteen thousand cases.

Principal office · McKinney, Texas

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[ 02 / The Stakes ]

When the State files a criminal charge, your future is no longer yours alone. Your job, your family, the next thirty years — all of it belongs to the prosecutor until a verdict comes back.

Since 1997, I have stood between that prosecutor and my client.

[ 03 / Counsel ]

Kent Starr at his McKinney office.
Why hire Kent Starr Criminal defense, McKinney & Collin County

I started practicing criminal law in 1997, before most of my clients were born.

The courtrooms in Collin County have not changed much since then. I have. Fifteen thousand cases later, I know which prosecutors return a phone call on a Sunday, which judges read the motion before the hearing, and which arguments land in front of which bench.

When you hire me, you get me. Not an associate, not a paralegal answering for the firm. I do the work on your case start to verdict.

Since
1997
Cases
15,000+
Five-star reviews
500+
  • Supreme Court of Arkansas · Clerkship
  • Navajo Nation Supreme Court · Clerkship
  • Magdalen College, Oxford · International Law, 1998
  • University of Denver · LLM Taxation, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Federal practice
  • State Bar of Texas · Bar Card 00798527, admitted 1997

[ 04 / Practice ]

Criminal cases tried in Collin County courts.

01 / Felony charges

Cases where the next decade is on the line.

02 / Common Texas charges

Charges that follow people who are otherwise unbothered by the law.

03 / Special tracks

Cases that need a separate procedure or come after the verdict.

All practice areas

[ 05 / Recognition ]

Recognized by the courts. And by the clients who walked out.

Google
500+ five-star reviews (as of May 2026)
Avvo
Clients' Choice (2015–2022)
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[ 06 / The Process ]

The stages of a Texas criminal case.

  1. Stage 01 of 06

    Arrest

    Police take custody. The next sixty hours determine bond, what evidence officers preserve, and how the State writes the charging instrument.

  2. Stage 02 of 06

    Magistration

    Within forty-eight hours, a Collin County magistrate reads the charges and sets bond. Counsel matters from this hearing forward.

  3. Stage 03 of 06

    Grand Jury

    Felony charges go before a grand jury. A no-bill ends the case. An indictment moves it to district court.

  4. Stage 04 of 06

    Arraignment

    First appearance in district court. Plea entered, pretrial schedule set, discovery begins.

  5. Stage 05 of 06

    Pretrial Motions

    Motions to suppress, motions in limine, expert challenges. The work that decides what the jury will hear.

  6. Stage 06 of 06

    Trial

    Voir dire, opening, the State's case, the defense, closing, verdict. Every case the State chooses to bring should be ready for this.

[ 07 / Consultation ]

Speak in confidence.

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