About Meredith Chacon
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Meredith Chacon is an experienced prosecutor and trial lawyer. Meredith worked for the Bexar County District Attorneys office from May 1999 to September 2018.
Meredith knows how the district attorney's office works and has done the work. She started her public service in the DA's office as a victims' advocate and decided to go to law school in 2000. Since receiving her law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in May 2003, Meredith has grown her trial skills by prosecuting criminal and civil child abuse, human trafficking and domestic violence cases in Bexar County. Meredith has always been tough on crime where it is most needed. In 2015, she was appointed by the Bexar County District Attorney to a newly created position as a liaison between law enforcement and Child Protective Services (CPS). Part of her position involved training both groups on ensuring child safety and how to obtain a successful prosecution. In 2017, Meredith was nominated to the Children’s Justice Act Taskforce for Texas, and has continued her work with the task force to provide the ad litem and criminal defense perspective to the group. Additionally, Meredith is a member of the first Statewide Multidisciplinary Team convened by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, with a goal of high-level collaboration to address issues in child abuse investigation and prosecution. Meredith will increase communication between departments for the safety of children and families. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office in 2018, Meredith worked at Child Safe, San Antonio’s children’s advocacy center, where she coordinated multidisciplinary collaboration to improve child abuse prosecutions and worked on formation of the care coordination team addressing the needs of child sex trafficking victims in Bexar County. Child advocacy has always been Meredith's motivator. It’s not just a soundbite. In January of 2020 Meredith went into partnership with two other former prosecutors and opened Chacon, Campbell & Alexander, PLLC. The firm concentrates on criminal and family law and as a private attorney she now represents children and parents involved in the CPS legal system as an ad litem attorney. Meredith was appointed by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff to the Bexar County Child Welfare Board in 2018 and was elected Secretary in 2019. She is a frequent speaker and presenter in the legal community and child advocacy arena based on her work in child welfare in Bexar County. Meredith is a small business owner who knows how to get the job done. |
Meredith Chacon makes sure justice is done.*
Life Sentences
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State v. Joe Gamez - 2002CR7329
Possession with intent to deliver PG 1 4-200G Jury assessed life State v. David Fino - 2010CR11172 Aggravated Sexual Assault- child. Guilty by jury 8 Life sentences stacked 1-13-12 State v. Nicolas Mata - 2012CR10744 Indecency with a Child Guilty by jury Life-child (repeater sentenced under “autolife” statute) 3-14-13 State v. Marcus Robinson - 2011CR0413 Murder Guilty by jury Life- 12-11-13 |
State v. Bruce Carter - 2014CR3505
Continuous Sexual Abuse of Child Guilty by jury Life without parole- 4-29-15 State v. Elias Juarez - 2013CR2864 Continuous Sexual Abuse of Child Guilty by jury Life without parole- 5-26-15 State v. Nidia Alvarado - 2014CR2574 Murder Pled to life Life sentence 10-20-2016 |
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Over 25 Year Sentences by a Jury
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State v. Jimmy Brite 2015CR1419
Aggravated Sexual Assault Guilty by jury 28 years State v. David Arroyo 2013CR8109 Indecency with a child- contact- 6 counts Guilty by jury Maximum 20 years on each count- with count 6 stacked 9-16-15 John Beltran 2012CR7747A Sexual Assault of a child - 5 counts Guilty by jury 6 years each count - 4 counts stacked = 24 years Darrick Oliver 2012CR1844 Retaliation Guilty by jury 30 years 2-19-14 |
Marlo Mujica 2011CR2756
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Indecency with a Child Guilty by jury 30 years and 20 years- stacked 10-30-13 Isidoro Alvarado 2011CR6175 Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child Younger than 6 Guilty by jury 35 years no parole 10-10-13 State v. Mark Benavides – 2017CR7193 Continuous Trafficking of Persons 80 years Guilty by jury |
*Tex. Code of Crim. Proc. § 2.01 (1965)