Henry K. Nguyen

Attorney Henry K. Nguyen was born in Houston, Texas. His family moved to Lewisville, TX when he was five because both his parents had lost their jobs at Texas Instruments. He spent the rest of his childhood in North Dallas, attending Lewisville High School and graduating in 1999. From an early age, he knew he wanted to become a criminal defense attorney. It started when he was defending himself after receiving a traffic violation. He set the case for trial. On trial day, the officer took the stand and made up facts, twisting the truth to help his case. He never thought it was possible that an officer, a position he was raised to respect and trust, would do something so unethical just to make a petty traffic violation. He imagined whether this could happen or was happening in cases where the stakes were much higher. Later in high school, he had a friend that made a bad decision. After seeing him later railroaded by the system, he developed a passion for defending...