District 8's Ivalis Meza Gonzalez hires San Antonio City Council's most popular DWI lawyer
First-term District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez this week hired a pair of attorneys known their past work defending council members and other high-profile individuals on drunk driving charges. Gonzalez, who was arrested late Thursday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, retained attorneys David Christian and Thom Nisbet, the attorneys' law firm confirmed Wednesday to the Current. Christian is known for defending both District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte and his predecessor, Clayton Perry, in their DWI cases. Christian and Nisbet also teamed up to defend KSAT reporter John Paul Barajas when he faced a 2023 DWI charge in which authorities accused him of driving with a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit, the Express-News reports.
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