McKinney & Collin County Criminal Attorney

William Underwood, representing clients throughout Texas

Email: Will Underwood | Phone: 214-544-8040

Will Underwood is a proud veteran of the United States Naval Submarine Service, where he received numerous awards and commendations while serving as a nuclear reactor operator. Following his military service, he completed a BS degree in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, at the College of Charleston in 1990, preparing him to fight for your rights in the courtroom.

Additional collegiate honors include:

• The Fanchon Morrow Condon Award for outstanding performance in Business and Economics
• College of Charleston’s Outstanding Student Award, 1990, in Business and Economics
• Membership in the Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Epsilon, and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies

Will completed his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Houston Law Center in 1998. While at UHLC, he was selected as a member of the editorial staff for the Houston Law Review, the highest award attainable for any American law school student. Will also received the Corpus Juris Secundum Award (formerly the AmJur award), for finishing first in his class in Criminal Law.

Texas criminal defense attorney practice areas

Will is actively admitted and licensed to practice law in all Courts of the State of Texas and the United States District Courts of the Northern and Eastern Districts. Will is also licensed to practice in all Courts of the State of Alaska. Will practices in every area of criminal law and trial work, including:

Will also practices extensively in the area of family law and takes great pride in providing his clients with the care, guidance, and attention they deserve while dealing with these complex and emotionally challenging cases.

Professional Memberships include:

Community Activities

When not representing clients and winning cases, Will enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, including soccer and footsketball (a unique sport of his own creation), snow and water skiing, wake boarding, scuba diving (frequently with sharks), camping, hiking, fishing, target shooting, and hunting. On the tamer side, Will also enjoys a good game of chess or dominoes, along with meditating, reading, and especially, writing. His debut novel, Revokable Trust, is scheduled to be released early next year. Will lives in McKinney with his wife and daughter and their three bird dogs.

An experienced attorney you can depend on

If you have been arrested or are a suspect in a crime, this is not the time to get your legal advice from a friend or relative who happens to be a lawyer, unless they are a Collin County criminal defense attorney with a career history of proven success.  Your future hangs in the balance.  The wrong choice in legal representation at this time could mean the difference between your future as a citizen vs. that of a criminal.  The right choice?  McKinney criminal attorney Will Underwood.  Why trust your court case and your future to anyone but the criminal lawyer with a lifetime winning rate better than 84 percent?

Just as all plumbers or doctors are not the same, neither are all Collin County criminal defense attorneys equally capable of plumbing the depths of the evidence and incisively cutting into a prosecutor's case against you.  As the record shows, Will Underwood is your best choice for a criminal attorney in McKinney who can.  Contact our criminal defense law firm today online or by calling 214-544-8040