Sarah Roland | Attorney

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About Sarah

I grew up always wanting to be a criminal defense lawyer like my late dad, George Roland. He is my role model of what a criminal defense lawyer should be – a zealous and unwavering protector of our constitution as well as compassionate and empathetic advocate.

A real criminal defense lawyer is a trial lawyer. It is someone who is unafraid to be the only person standing between the government's wrath and an individual; someone who is unafraid to protect and defend regardless of the accusation; someone who is in it for the heart; someone who is unwilling to plea a case just to cash a check.

The hours in a day don't matter to a criminal defense lawyer; the case is in her mind all day long - she is strategizing, thinking, planning. I am a criminal defense lawyer. I am a trial lawyer.

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Admission

Verified Texas

 

Education

Baylor University

B.A. (English Literature)

n/a

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of Texas, member
  • Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, board of directors ,
    2010 / 2011
  • Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, treasurer/secretary ; vice president ; president ,
    2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011
  • Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, member
  • Denton County Bar Association, member
  • National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, member
Honors / Awards
  • Clifford W. Brown Award for Excellence as a Student Attorney
    2006
  • Criminal Justice Clinic –
    2005-2006
  • Outstanding Clinic Student Award
    2006
  • Excellence for the Future Award for Achievement in Advanced Criminal Law
    2006

Notable Work

Publications

" Before Piercing: Analyzing the ation Requirement of Article 18.06(b) as Applied to Searched for Blood in Light of Wilson v. Arkansas," 36 Voice for the Defense 1 (January/February )

Present / Present / 2007



"Coerced to Blow: Evaluating the Coercive Language of the DIC-24 and Ineffective Consent with Specific Regard to Persons Younger than 21 Years of Age," 37 Voice for the Defense 4 (May )

2008


" Legislative Changes, Additions, Etcetera," ed to Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (September )

2009 / present / 2009


"Silence is not Effective: Our Constitutional Duty in the Wake of Padilla v. Kentucky," ed to Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (April 14, )

present / 2010


"Confessing a Lie," ed at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course and Criminal Law 101 in San Antonio, Texas, by H.F. Hagen (July 26-29, )

present / 2010


"Technology in the Courtroom," ed to the Denton County Bar Association (October 1, )

present / 2010


3rd Annual Hal Jackson Jolly Roger Criminal Law Seminar, Course Director (Denton, )

2010