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Letitia D. Quiñones
Criminal Defense Attorney, Quiñones & Associates, PLLC. Over the years, Quiñones has broken down many barriers, and she has completely shattered the glass ceiling often found for women of color. She is now the sole owner of the Law Office of Quiñones & Associates, P.L.L.C. Quiñones volunteers her time mentoring young up-and-coming lawyers, and she speaks locally and nationally. Quiñones Co-Chairs the elite Trail Advocacy Program at Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. She has been noticed and acknowledged by many organizations and has the following honors: • Lifetime Member of Best Attorneys in America • Premier 100 Trial Attorneys • American Academy of Trial Attorneys (Nominated) Letitia D. Quiñones Criminal Defense Attorney Quiñones & Associates, P.L.L.C. 1207 S. Shepherd Houston, TX 77019 713-481-7420 | 713-523-7878 | quinoneslaw@yahoo.com
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etitia D. Quiñones is a prominent and acclaimed criminal defense attorney in Houston. She is a proud graduate of Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law. After graduating from law school, Quiñones began her legal career as a solo practitioner and immediately hung her shield. It did not take long for Quiñones to realize she was born to be a criminal defense attorney. After practicing on her own for almost seven years, she caught the eye of Mr. Robert Alton Jones. Mr. Jones took Quiñones under his wing and taught her the ins and outs of the “real” practice of law. Jones helped cultivate her talents, and he poured as much knowledge into her as he possibly could. Now, Quiñones is one of Houston’s most widely respect76
Top 30 Influential Women of Houston 2015
• 50 Top Attorneys in Houston Quiñones has also founded Food For Growth, Inc., a nonprofit organization that will feed the underprivileged community in Houston and the surrounding areas. Through this program, Quiñones will educate children on the importance of nutrition and how to develop a healthy relationship with food, an initiative first speared by First Lady Michelle Obama. Food For Growth, Inc. will not only teach the young generation the importance of healthy eating, but it will also be a vehicle used to create a sense of positive possibility for their futures.
ed and successful criminal defense attorneys. As Quiñones continued to fight for justice for her clients, she eventually caught the eye of one of the most famed, feared and successful attorneys in Texas, Mr. Chip B. Lewis. Lewis has represented many high-profile clients. Quiñones has assisted with many of his Quiñones is a single mother of two beauhigh-profile cases. tiful girls, Lauren and Elyssa. Lauren is Quiñones has received acquittals and a seventh grader at The Imani School, dismissals on very complex and difficult and Elyssa is a senior at the University criminal cases. Additionally, Quiñones of Southern California. Through hard has been successful in negotiating and work, dedication and cultivating of talent, obtaining fair and equitable punishments Quiñones enjoys a reputation in Houfor defendants across the nation. Re- ston as a woman on the move. Her life cently, Quiñones received a dismissal on is dedicated to the service of the peoa highly publicized Stand Your Ground ple, and she would not have it any other case. Quiñones and the case will be fea- way. Quiñones believes that knowledge tured on the up and coming crime show, is power, and one of her favorite quotes Crime Watch Daily. is, “If you know better, do better.”
