John Withers, Jr.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Criminal Law
• Family Law
• Juvenile Law
• Mediation

CERTIFIED LEGAL SPECIALTIES

• Board Certified in Family Law
• Board Certified in Criminal Law

EDUCATION

• Texas A&M University – Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
• Southern Methodist University School of Law

John was born in Dallas and graduated from Hillcrest High School. He attended Texas A&M University in College Station where he played football, studied engineering and participated in the Corp of Cadets. In May 1983, John received his commission in the United States Army Reserve.

EDUCATION & COURT ADMISSIONS

In December 1983, John graduated from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. Following graduation, he married the former Mojgan Zarrabi. In January 1984, the two traveled to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where John attended the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course (FAOBC). Following the completion of the FAOBC, they returned to Dallas where John attended the SMU School of Law. As John’s grandfather, Willis Tate used to say, he ruined a perfectly good engineer by going to law school.

He graduated from law school in May 1987 and in September 1987, John was hired as an Assistant District Attorney by Dallas District Attorney John Vance. John worked his way through the District Attorney’s Office and became a Chief Felony prosecutor and later Chief of the Commercial Auto Theft Task Force. While at the District Attorney’s Office, he prosecuted thousands of criminals, personally participating in 185 jury trials, including two capital murder cases.

LEADERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP & HONORS

After John left the District Attorney’s Office, he accepted a position with the law firm of Fletcher & Springer, L.L.P. (now Fletcher, Farley, Shipman, & Salinas, L.L.P.), which concentrates on insurance defense litigation. On April 1, 1996, John joined his father and started the law firm of Withers & Withers, P.C.  On December 1, 2019, John joined Scroggins Law Group, PLLC. 

In addition to the private practice of law, John served as an Associate Judge for the Town of Highland Park and a JAG officer for the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). He retired from USAR in 2008 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. John is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officers’ Course and the 44th Military Judge Course.

John currently serves as a family law attorney as well as criminal lawyer in Dallas.

He is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the State Bar College. John is also a qualified Family Law Mediator under Section 154.052(a) and (b) of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the Family Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, the Criminal Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, The Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and the Military Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.