Born and raised in San Antonio, Patrick Ballantyne began practicing law as a criminal defense attorney before serving as a prosecutor for the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office for well over a decade. He has 15 years of experience practicing law.
As a prosecutor, Patrick specialized in the litigation of extraordinary and complex criminal and civil matters at both the trial and appellate levels. These included white-collar crime and public integrity prosecutions, criminal and civil appeals, pre-trial and post-conviction habeas corpus, mental health and civil commitment actions, parental rights terminations, officer-involved shooting investigations, and environmental crimes enforcement.
During his time as a prosecutor, Patrick tried scores of jury trials to verdict and handled over 100 appeals and post-conviction writs. Patrick capped his prosecutorial career at the District Attorney’s Office as Chief of the Conviction Integrity Unit, Chief of the Ethical Disclosures Unit, Chief of the Post-Conviction Writs Unit, and the Lead Prosecutorial Ethics Trainer for the office.
Patrick is Board duel certified in both Criminal Law and Criminal Appeals by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Less than 1% of all Texas lawyers are certified in Criminal Law or Criminal Appeals and far fewer can claim to be certified in both. Board Certification is a mark of distinction extended to only a handful of attorneys who excel in their fields of practice and demonstrate expertise in their knowledge of the law.
