Mr. Alaniz is the elected District Attorney for the 49th Judicial District of Texas. The district encompasses Webb and Zapata Counties and the office is in Laredo, Texas. The jurisdiction population is close to 300,000. Currently entering his 17th year as District Attorney, Mr. Alaniz has been re-elected for his 5th term.
A licensed attorney for 29 years, Mr. Alaniz earned his stripes as an Assistant DA in the 90’s, an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas and a solo practitioner for 9 years. A trial lawyer by heart, and State Board certified criminal law specialist since 2001, Mr. Alaniz is a hands-on DA that leads in the courtroom by example. With an office of more than 27 Assistant District Attorneys and overall staff of 86, Mr. Alaniz has been lead counsel on many complex and significant cases.
Most notably, Mr. Alaniz was the lead counsel in the two capital murder cases that occurred in late 2022 and June 2023.
Mr. Alaniz has served his fellow prosecutors on the state level as a Regional Board of Director from 2019-2021 and State-wide Director at Large from 2021- 2023 with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association “TDCAA”. In 2024, he was appointed as a Board member to the State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Section. Mr. Alaniz has been a presenter for the Dallas CAC Conference, TDCAA, CAC of Webb County, TAMIU and Laredo Police Department.
