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Bryan Orihel is a native San Antonion and avid Spurs fan. Bryan graduated from Clark High School and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and a Minor in Business Foundations. Bryan then attended St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 2011. During this time Bryan studied International Comparative Law at the prestigious University of Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria, which was taught by the current Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
Since joining the firm in 2012, Bryan has gained significant trial experience in Bexar, Comal, Kerr, Kinney, and several other counties around South Texas. Bryan is currently a member of the Texas Bar Association, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA), the Texas DWI Defense Lawyer's Association (TDDLA), and the National College for DUI Defense. His special area of practice is with DWI Defense, especially with DWI Blood cases. With the specific training and certifications Bryan has received, he has been able to develop into one of the top DWI Defense lawyers in the city and was featured as one of the Top DWI attorneys in San Antonio Scene Magazine 2014 and was voted as one of the Top 30 Criminal Defense Attorneys in San Antonio in San Antonio Scene Magazine 2015.
Bryan is a Certified Practitioner of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and has been able to get favorable decisions for our clients by Judges who found the officer demonstrated or graded the sobriety tests incorrectly. Bryan has attended multiple DWI seminars to update his knowledge and training in DWI cases such as the Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar in 2013, Forensic Toxicology for Attorneys 2103, and DWI: The Future in 2014. Bryan has also completed the Through this training and continuing legal education Bryan has been able to keep up with the current DWI trends including being able to efficiently defend the increasing DWI blood draw cases. With his experience and training, Bryan has successfully suppressed Blood and Breath Test evidence on multiple occasions that could have been used against his clients. His legal education has also allowed him to become very familiar with the practices of forensic chromatography and blood alcohol analysis that is being used more and more in the DWI field, including hands on training with the Perkin Elmer Claris 500 Gas Chromatograph machine.
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540 S Saint Marys St, San Antonio, TX, 78205-3418
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Posted by Brandon | March 04, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Professional and knowledgeable
Bryan took care of everything. This was my first legal issue and knew nothing of what I needed to do but Bryan and his team handled anything that arouse and kept me in the look on everything. I highly recommend him and will not hesitate to use him if ever needed again.
Posted by Janie | October 26, 2024 | Hired Attorney | DUI & DWI
Dwi and Dui
We met Bryan Orihel back in early part January 2020. We had hired The Law office of Shawn Brown to help us with Dwi and Dui against my son. At the time my son had just turned 18 years old and was doing things he should not be doing. Mr. Shawn Brown and Bryan Orihel with their professionalism a...
Posted by Edward C. | November 10, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Expungement
Highly recommended!!
I highly recommend The Law Office of Shawn Brown. This is the firm you want by your side in the court room. I started with John and ended up having the pleasure to work with Bryan, but it was advised from the beginning that, that entire firm works as a team and that they do! My case was d...
Posted by anonymous | August 25, 2021 | Hired Attorney | DUI & DWI
Shawn and Bryan never let me down.
On my way home one evening, I was in a hit and run accident that left me with a totaled car and stranded on the side of the highway. An officer showed up and because I had been drinking, pretty much blamed me for the accident, made me do a sobriety test, and then took me to jail for DWI. The officer ...
Posted by Zachery | August 09, 2021 | Hired Attorney | DUI & DWI
Cant recommend Brian enough
I cant recommend Brian Orihel enough. Ten stars if I could. I got myself into a mess and decided to hire a lawyer. Consulted with Brian the next morning and just from the consultation knew he was the man for the job. Not on ANY fault of their but cases can take a long time to figure out with the jud...
"I endorse Bryan Orihel. Mr. Orihel is widely known and respected in the San Antonio legal community as a zealous, knowledgable and prepared advocate for his clients. I believe anyone that retains his services is going to be in good hands."
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