Meet Donnie Yandell

I grew up a military child and lived all over the world until about 6th grade. I like to tell people that I started kindergarten in Minot, North Dakota, and finished in Okinawa, Japan.

I started my law enforcement career as a reserve deputy constable in Hockley County Precinct 1, the area around Ropesville. I worked there for a year for free while working at a couple of other paid jobs in Lubbock. I was finally hired by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Police Department in 1992. I met my wife, Angie Oates, now Angie Yandell, about this time. Angie and I were married in November of 1993.

I started law school at the TTU School of Law in 1999 and graduated in December 2001. While in law school, I worked part-time in law enforcement as a police officer for the Cooper ISD Police Department. I also worked as a law clerk for a couple of attorneys in law school. Upon graduation and passing the bar exam, I opened my office and started practicing. In private practice, I handled everything from business law to civil to family law and criminal defense. I have represented individuals in both state and federal court in civil and criminal matters.

I have also argued in front of two different Courts of Appeals and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on the State level and appealed a federal conviction to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. As my career progressed, I started narrowing my area of practice. I began to practice primarily criminal defense with a touch of family law.