Misdemeanor Trial Division The Misdemeanor Division handles all cases involving offenses punishable by a fine and/or confinement in the Montgomery County Jail. The division prosecutes all Class A and Class B misdemeanor charges such as driving while intoxicated, theft, assault, domestic violence, and drug possession against adults in the County Courts at Law. The division also prosecutes all Class C misdemeanor charges and traffic violations in the Justice of the Peace Courts. The Misdemeanor Division is staffed by fourteen assistant district attorneys, two investigators and four legal assistants. Three assistant district attorneys prosecute cases in each County Court at Law and two assistant district attorneys are responsible for the five Justice of the Peace Courts. On average, this division handles over 10,000 cases a year.   Tyler Dunman Misdemeanor Division Chief Tyler graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University in 2003, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science with a minor in History.  Tyler then attended South Texas College of Law, graduating cum laude in 2006.  While in law school, Tyler was an Articles Editor for the South Texas Law Review and member of the Order of the Lytae.  Tyler was also a member of the Varsity Moot Court Team, participating in several state and national tournaments.  After law school, Tyler served as a Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Justice Richard Edelman of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston.   In his free time, Tyler enjoys hunting and the outdoors and spending time with family and friends.  In addition to his duties supervising the misdemeanor courts, Tyler serves on the Vehicular Crimes Response Team and as the Felony Environmental Crimes Prosecutor.          Warren Diepraam Division Chief Warren is the Trial Division and Vehicular Crimes Section Chief.  A graduate of the University of Houston and the South Texas College of Law, he created the state’s first vehicular crimes callout teams and also pioneered several types of prosecutions against impaired or reckless drivers.  He was the first person in the state to successfully prosecute a habitual DWI offender for first degree murder.  Warren pioneered the “No Refusal Holiday” program in Texas bringing prosecutors, police, nurses, judges, and others into centralized facilities to process impaired drivers and obtain blood search warrants for those that refuse to provide a voluntary sample after being arrested for DWI.  This lifesaving program has now been adopted in one form or another in most Texas counties and at least eight states across the nation.  Additionally, Warren has been voted the nation’s top vehicular crimes prosecutor by the National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators and the National Highway Traffic Safety  Administration.  Warren is the current recipient of the MADD National Criminal Justice Award for Prosecutors and is a frequent guest on local and national media outlets including Foxnews, MSNBC, CNN, 60 Minutes, the BBC, and Nightline.  Warren has been published on numerous topics such as prosecutorial ethics and vehicular homicide.