Texas state troopers raided a San Antonio law office on Wednesday. They arrested the man who runs it. His name is Neil Calfas. He is 56 years old.

Calfas faces two charges. One is human trafficking. The other is solicitation of prostitution. Texas DPS said it made the arrest.

Calfas runs Calfas Law Group. The office sits at 110 Broadway in San Antonio. For years, Calfas stood up for people who were accused of crimes. Now he faces charges of his own.

This case stands out. Calfas is not just any man facing charges. He is a defense lawyer. He has stood next to clients in Bexar County courtrooms for years. His arrest is big news among South Texas lawyers.

DPS agents made the arrest Wednesday morning. Sgt. Dila Hidalgo speaks for Texas DPS. She confirmed the arrest. Troopers carried boxes out of the law office that day. They took papers. They took computers. They took other gear too.

"The investigation is ongoing and no additional information is available for release at this time," Hidalgo said in a written statement.

No one picked up the phone at the law office Wednesday. A reporter left a note for Calfas and his firm. No one called back.

Calfas Law Group takes on more than crime cases. The firm also does injury cases and divorce cases. That is per the firm's own website. Calfas used to run a firm with someone else. He was partners with Texas state Rep. Marc LaHood. The old firm was called LaHood and Calfas.

Elliott Griffin works for LaHood. He sent a note to reporters on Wednesday. He wanted to put space between LaHood and his old partner.

"Neil Calfas and Marc LaHood have not worked together in nearly 10 years," Griffin said. "While our team is not familiar with the specifics of Mr. Calfas's current case, we do believe firmly in every American's constitutional right to a presumption of innocence."

Calfas has no public record of trouble with the State Bar of Texas. The state has never punished him in a case the public could see. That was true before this arrest.

Carl Kolb is a lawyer who studies legal ethics. He explained what could happen next. Texas rules let an accused lawyer keep working. That stays true unless a court finds them guilty.

"He's entitled to due process," Kolb said. "He's going to be able to represent his clients until there's a finding that he's committed either a felony, any felony, or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. And then the State Bar can suspend him from the practice, within their discretion. They may or they may not. The state bar doesn't have to wait until then, but they almost certainly will."

This means Calfas could still take cases right now. He could still stand in court for other people. That could change once his own case moves forward.

Human trafficking is a big charge in Texas. It can mean 5 to 99 years in prison, or even life. Solicitation is a smaller charge. It can still mean jail time. It still leaves a mark on a person's record.

An arrest is not the same as guilt. Calfas has been charged, not found guilty. He has the same right to a fair trial as anyone else. No trial date was set as of Wednesday.

Texas DPS has not said how this case began. DPS has not said who else might be tied to it. It has not said what agents found in the office. DPS only said the case is still open.

The arrest has shaken San Antonio's legal world. Calfas built his name there over many years. Some lawyers who know him would not talk about the case in public.

The Calfas Law Group office stayed open this week. But DPS agents took computers and files during Wednesday's search. It is not clear what happens to the firm's current clients now.

El Tejano will keep an eye on this story. We will add facts as Texas DPS shares them. We will track the case through the Bexar County courts too.