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Raesz, Chris

Criminal Defense
Civil cases are typically charged an hourly rate with an up front retainer which is replenished by the client. My hourly rate for civil litigation and appeals is $300.00 per hour. An average retainer deposit is $5,000.00. The type of case typically sets the fee structure in civil matters. Criminal cases differ as hourly billing is typically not involved. An hourly arrangement can be made in a criminal matter but typically that leaves the amount to be paid by you as an unknown. The industry typically supports and requires a single amount for pretrial resolution and a separate trial fee. As a result, I typically do not charge hourly for criminal matters. If you want to hire me for a criminal case, after my review of the information, I will decide the fee amounts for pretrial and trial resolution. The same is true for criminal appeals. The clients typically want a set amount to be paid and I try to accommodate them in that regard. In both criminal and civil cases, any costs (service fees, investigators, deposition costs, transcripts, records fees, etc.) involved will be your obligation.

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Address: 306 N Carroll Blvd, Denton, TX 76201

Website: http://chrisraeszpc.com

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Raesz, Chris

Criminal Defense
Civil cases are typically charged an hourly rate with an up front retainer which is replenished by the client. My hourly rate for civil litigation and appeals is $300.00 per hour. An average retainer deposit is $5,000.00. The type of case typically sets the fee structure in civil matters. Criminal cases differ as hourly billing is typically not involved. An hourly arrangement can be made in a criminal matter but typically that leaves the amount to be paid by you as an unknown. The industry typically supports and requires a single amount for pretrial resolution and a separate trial fee. As a result, I typically do not charge hourly for criminal matters. If you want to hire me for a criminal case, after my review of the information, I will decide the fee amounts for pretrial and trial resolution. The same is true for criminal appeals. The clients typically want a set amount to be paid and I try to accommodate them in that regard. In both criminal and civil cases, any costs (service fees, investigators, deposition costs, transcripts, records fees, etc.) involved will be your obligation.
DUI/DWI
DWI SUPPRESSION ISSUE My client was prosecuted for DWI. The officer stopped him for, essentially, making a block in the 121 area while it was under construction. The trial court refused to suppress the stop.
Sex Crimes
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE I got appointed to represent this client as his second attorney to two felonies and one misdemeanor. His first attorney and he had a serious disagreement about how to proceed. I came in and agreed with the client that everything should be taken to trial. Covid shut down a lot so we were on the felony jury trial docket forever with the misdemeanor waiting. As of the day of this trial, my client had 679 days back credit. When we hit number one on the trial docket in the felony court, the prosecutor asked me what my guy would take. I repeated myself and told her a simple misdemeanor assault, no family violence finding on the Sexual Assault and dismiss the Assault by Impeding just to be done with it. She wanted a family violence finding and I told her no. She then agreed to what I wanted. Once that was done, I asked for the exact same thing in the misdemeanor, given his huge back time and to get him out of jail. I went up the chain and the supervisor told me no. Apparently, despite the issues with the case, they really wanted a family violence finding. So I filed a habeas because his bond for a class A was $30,000, which I thought would be hard to make happen BUT I wanted a vehicle to get a trial done quickly. The judge passed on the writ when I said either or, reasonable bond or quick trial. The issue of jury came up and I said we would waive it. The State agreed. Then they sent me a ton of jail calls. They were really pretty bland. Absolutely nothing threatening or incriminating. They also sent me certified police reports with one of the two cops reporting that she said my client hit her in the head. The day they served her with a subpoena, the prosecutor emailed me that she told the investigator she might have COVID and they wanted to move the trial. I refused to move the trial. After they called her to the stand and she didn't show, they went right into the strangest pretrial hearing about forfeiture by wrongdoing. They played some of the calls which were pretty useless in my opinion. Despite what to me was obvious, the judge agreed with them about the forfeiture by wrongdoing issue. My client now completely understands why he needs to stay off the jail phones which I tell every client to do. They attempted to use documents and a video that showed nothing from her about any hitting. I shut all the documents down. I argued nothing showed any injury. The State argued that at X:XX on the video she said he hit her in the head and made a motion like a fist towards her head. So the judge rewatched the video. I was right, but sometimes being correct doesn't win in court. The judge took a break and then came back to tell us his verdict.
Robbery
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON This case was originally tried by myself and two other attorneys. The prosecution believed the client was the shooter in a really large murder-for-hire scheme. The client had been indicted for three charges arising out of the scheme: aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. They elected to go forward on the aggravated assault case. We objected early and often to their attempts to try our client for the conspiracy charge in the aggravated assault matter. The case was flooded with documents and testimony that we objected to. The jury found our client guilty and sentenced him to 60 years. On appeal, we asserted several points of error, but, ultimately, the court agreed with us that the voluminous evidence with no connection to our client was harmful. This, so far as we are aware, is one of the only cases reversed for flagrant 403 violations.
Theft
Misdemeanors
ASSAULT My client was charged with assaulting a fellow inmate in the Denton County Jail and the prosecutors enhanced him due to his prior convictions. Our wonderful district attorney's office had actually retrieved my client from prison for a pending misdemeanor. After that misdemeanor was resolved, the prison officials took their time coming to retrieve him as he had another four years to complete his prison sentence. One of the other inmates created a situation in the "tank" my client was in. My client believed that this other inmate, who had just been transferred to my client's "tank" due to fighting with another inmate in the other "tank", was about to hit him. Knowing this, a fight ensued. It was on video.
Assault
TWO AGGRAVATED FELONIES My client was charged with two felonies. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and Unlawful restraint causing serious bodily injury. Both charges were tried together. The alleged "victim" had fabricated the events of the evening. My client was asleep in bed when the police surrounded him and accused him of having a knife. The case was complicated by the fact that my client, at the time of his arrest, was on parole. He spent months in jail until we managed to get a jury trial.
Murder
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON This case was tried twice. Essentially, the prosecution believed that the client was the shooter in a really large murder-for-hire scheme. The first trial resulted in a 60 year sentence. Myself and two other attorneys objected constantly to the evidence having no bearing or relevance to the client. The appellate court agreed and remanded the case for a new trial. The second trial was shorter due to the prosecution being told not to do what they did last time. We again objected to much of their evidence.
Money Laundering
APPEAL OF SUPPRESSION OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE My client was charged with organized crime and money laundering in Henderson County. The police had implemented a sting operation of sorts using two indiduals that had been told never to return to my client's property. I was successful in the trial court in suppressing the evidence obtained due to the illegal conduct of the police. The prosecutor appealed that suppression.
Kidnapping
DENIAL OF CONFRONTATION My client was charged with aggravated kidnapping. The victim of the kidnapping had a life threatening illness and the prosecutors wanted to take his deposition (virtually unheard of in criminal cases). The trial court allowed it but on the day of the deposition, my client had been removed from Denton County and was unavailable to be present during the deposition.

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