Dan Gividen, Esq.

Dan Gividen is the founder of Gividen Law, PLLC in Allen, Texas, and a board-certified immigration attorney recognized for his deep experience at the intersection of criminal and immigration law.

For over a decade, attorney Gividen has been lauded by the legal community throughout Texas for his tenacity and unparalleled understanding of criminal law and immigration proceedings, and how they apply to the complexities of ‘crimmigration’. Few attorneys in the Dallas Fort Worth area possess the same level of knowledge and the comprehension of these issues as attorney Gividen. He has authored hundreds of briefs on appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He is also the only attorney in recent history to secure pretrial release for a client charged with illegal entry (8 U.S.C. § 1326) in the Northern District of Texas who had no legal status in the United States.

His career began as law clerk to the Honorable Jorge Solis, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas. Following his clerkship, attorney Gividen authored several briefs supporting post-conviction relief for a well-known criminal defense firm. He was then appointed Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2011. In 2014, he was detailed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. In this role, he served as the lead prosecutor on nearly 200 cases and he first and second chaired multiple jury trials. From 2016 to 2021, attorney Gividen used his experience as a lawyer to empower and educate students as an adjunct professor at UNT Dallas College of Law, teaching immigration law.

Attorney Gividen is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law. He has spent his career tirelessly pursuing justice. He is recognized among his peers for his strength of character, comprehensive legal knowledge and his persistence on behalf of his clients.