Sean Daredia is one of Texas’s most accomplished trial attorneys — a civil rights lawyer and criminal defense powerhouse who has fought for the wrongly accused, the brutalized, and the constitutionally violated in courtrooms across the country.

When a family needs someone to stand between them and the full weight of the government, they call Sean Daredia.

Mr. Daredia has tried over 100 jury trials, including some of the most high-profile murder and capital murder cases in Texas and across the nation. His cases have drawn national media attention, generated landmark legal precedent, and redefined what aggressive, principled advocacy looks like in a courtroom. Most notably, Mr. Daredia served as lead defense counsel in the first-ever Tren de Aragua prosecution in the United States, a case that received extensive national attention and ended in a hung jury, a result that stunned prosecutors and validated years of relentless trial preparation.

A Civil Rights Attorney Who Fights Back

Sean Daredia is a civil rights trial attorney representing individuals and families who have been abused, brutalized, or silenced by those in power. He handles police brutality cases, excessive force claims, wrongful arrest and imprisonment, and First Amendment and constitutional rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Whether his client is a family that lost a loved one to unjustified police violence or an individual whose rights were trampled by government overreach, Mr. Daredia brings the same relentless preparation and fearless advocacy to every civil rights matter that he brings to the criminal courtroom.

He understands that civil rights litigation is not just about compensation — it is about accountability. It is about sending a message to every badge and every institution that no one is above the Constitution.

He Knows How the Government Thinks — Because He’s Been on Both Sides

Sean Daredia’s unique perspective comes from a career spent on every side of the criminal justice system. As a former Assistant District Attorney with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, he prosecuted serious felonies and worked alongside law enforcement agencies across Texas. He later served as a Supervising Federal Attorney with the United States Small Business Administration, where he investigated fraud and financial crimes — giving him deep fluency in federal practice and complex financial prosecutions.

That experience is an advantage his clients feel in every courtroom. When Sean Daredia cross-examines a law enforcement officer or dismantles a prosecutor’s case theory, he does so with the knowledge of someone who has sat in that chair.

The Cases That Define a Career

Mr. Daredia earned his law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law as a Dean’s List Scholar. Since then, he has built a trial record that few attorneys in Texas — or anywhere in the country can match. He has stood before juries in cases where the stakes were life or death and he has delivered.

Daredia Law Firm PLLC is based in Dallas, Texas, and represents clients in criminal defense and civil rights matters statewide and nationally. If you need a fighter, you’ve found one.