Duana Boswell-Loechel grew up in Moore, Oklahoma, and moved to League City, Texas, her junior year of high school. In League City, she attended and graduated from Clear Creek High School. Duana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology and Marine Fisheries from Texas A&M Galveston and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from University of Houston Clear Lake.
After earning her BA, Duana took time off from school to start a family. When her twin daughters were a year old, she entered South Texas College of Law- Houston, where she earned her J.D. in 2004. She started her own firm, Loechel Law Firm, PLLC, in 2005, where her practice focused on Probate, Family Law, and Criminal defense.
Duana is also a certified mediator in civil, probate, family law, and CPS cases. After closing her firm in 2009 due to Hurricane Ike, she worked for Lone Star Legal Aid until June 2017. She was the Director of Litigation for family and probate for Legal Aid and also represented clients in matters relating to bankruptcy, international child abduction, landlord-tenant disputes, public and subsidized housing, credit card defense, social security and public benefits, foreclosures, and appeals.
Duana received a resolution from the Texas State Bar for Pro bono work in 2009, and in 2015, Duana obtained her board certification in Family Law and was voted one of Houstonia Magazine's top 100 lawyers.