Kathryn Kahle

Kathryn Kahle is the founder and owner of her own law firm, Kathryn Kahle, PLLC. She is one of only a very small percentage of Texas lawyers to become “double board certified,” achieving Board Certification by the Board of Texas Legal Specialization in both Criminal Law and Juvenile Law. She has 20 years of legal and trial experience. She focuses her practice on vigorously defending both adults and juveniles charged with misdemeanors and felonies in Harris County, Texas. Notable results have included earning felony and misdemeanor dismissals for a variety of family assault cases, including for aggravated assaults of a family member, choking offenses, aggravated robberies, and injury to a child. Additionally, she has secured outstanding results for her clients, including reductions from capital murder and murder charges. Kathryn has worked in the legal industry since 2005, spending over 15 years of her legal career as a prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. At the DA’s office, she first chaired over 55 jury trials, including capital murder, murder, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated robbery, and burglary of a habitation cases. She also rose in the ranks to achieve Chief positions in the 179th Criminal District Court and the 314th Juvenile District Court, as well as serving as Chief of the Child Exploitation Section. This means she served as the DA’s top lawyer handling cases in those courts and section. In addition, Kathryn served as a trial prosecutor in the child abuse division, the family criminal law division, the narcotics division, the misdemeanor division, and in various courts in the felony trial bureau. Kathryn can skillfully and successfully defend clients because she knows how prosecutors think. Prior to opening her own firm and her work with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, she worked for a large and prestigious regional law firm, where she was an associate attorney in the litigation division. In addition, she worked as a news anchor, reporter, and producer in Abilene and San Antonio, Texas, often covering government, crime, and feature stories prior to attending law school. Kathryn graduated from Trinity University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Political Science in 2000, magna cum laude. She was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society, television co-host of "Trinity Today," and received the Outstanding Senior Award from the Department of Communication and the Trinity University Scholar Award. Subsequently, she earned her law degree from South Texas College of Law Houston in 2005. During law school, she served as Assistant Note and Comment Editor of the South Texas Law Review and achieved great success as part of the nationally known South Texas Mock Trial Team. She is a member of the Houston Bar Association, Texas Bar College, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and State Bar of Texas. Kathryn is the attorney you need fighting for you or your loved one. She personally handles each case and prides herself on great communication with each and every one of her clients. Throughout the process, you will be kept informed and all of your questions and concerns will be addressed in a timely manner. She looks forward to working with you!

• Founder and Owner

• Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Assistant District Attorney, April, 2006 - September, 2021
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Associate Attorney, January, 2005 - March, 2006
• KTAB / KRBC in Abilene, Texas, News Anchor / Reporter / Producer, July, 2001 - July, 2002
• KSAT, ABC Channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas, Associate News Producer / Fill-in Reporter, May, 2000 - December, 2000

• Texas, 2005
• Specialties and Certifications
• Double board certified by the Board of Texas Legal Specialization in both Criminal Law and Juvenile Law

• Houston Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Bar College
• Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association