Lauren Black
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Lauren Black is the Deputy Administrator of Bureau B, overseeing multiple divisions, including the Appellate Division, Misdemeanor Division, Grand Jury/Intake, Restorative Justice and Mental Health, and the newly created Vehicular Crimes Unit that she was instrumental in establishing in 2022. Lauren is responsible for coordinating the training for all prosecutors in the office, assisting with developing and implementing policies for the office, and taking high-profile cases to trial—like the case of Yaser Said in 2022.
Lauren grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and went on to pursue her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Dallas. She received her law degree from Texas Wesleyan School of Law—now Texas A&M University School of Law. Before joining the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Lauren started her prosecution career in Rockwall County. She has extensive trial experience prosecuting all levels of misdemeanor and felony offenses, such as assaults, drug offenses, intoxication offenses involving serious bodily injury or death, child abuse, murder, and capital murder.
Lauren has a special interest in prosecuting intoxication offenses and was referred to as the dedicated expert for handling such cases in the Rockwall County District Attorney's Office. While there, she developed a telephonic warrant process that streamlined the county's blood draw and search warrant procedures. Recognized as a subject-matter expert in the field, she has been sought to speak on and teach about prosecuting driving while intoxicated offenses. Lauren was recently honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) as the recipient of the 2022 Policy Setter Award for her work in creating the first Vehicular Crimes Unit in Dallas County.
Lauren is licensed by the State Bar of Texas and the United States Supreme Court. She serves on boards of the Dallas Bar Association and the JL Turner Legal Association in both roles as Director.
She is also a faculty advisor and a frequent Texas District & County Attorneys Association speaker. In these roles, she trains and mentors new Texas prosecutors and helps develop training curricula for prosecutors state-wide.
Course Taught
Criminal Law Boot Camp