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    Arthur Kenneth Wachtel

    Arthur Kenneth Wachtel

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Appeals, General Practice
    Review: "Federal Case where I was looking at hard time under NEW LAW which had serious sentencing guidelines. He worked hard at getting me a good deal under pre-87 old law which placed me in lower guidelines. Arthur is smart and clever.. Note: ..."
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    Allison Aquino

    Allison Aquino

    5.05 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration, Family
    Bio: Allison Aquino-Silva was born in the Philippines and immigrated with her family to Los Angeles when she was three years old. Raised in the San Gabriel valley, she graduated as Valedictorian from San Gabriel Mission High School. She then went on to...
    Rating:  7.8
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    Criminal defense lawyers represent clients at every stage of a criminal case: investigation, arrest, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and appeal. They assess evidence, protect constitutional rights, negotiate reduced charges or sentences, cross-examine witnesses, raise defenses, file motions, and advocate to minimize penalties or obtain acquittals.

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    Deborah Louise Poole

    Deborah Louise Poole

    3.911 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Divorce & Separation and more
    Bio: We understand that facing legal problems in today's complex legal system can be overwhelming. As your attorneys, Law Offices of Poole & Pereira will work with you to explain the legal process, keep you informed of your options, and provide incisiv...
    Rating:  7.7
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    Michael Marty Purpura

    Michael Marty Purpura

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    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years
    Practice Areas:  Appeals, Litigation, Criminal Defense and more
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    Dennis Shawn Burkley

    Dennis Shawn Burkley

    3.98 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, International Law
    Bio: Attorney D. Shawn Burkley is ready to help you with virtually any legal challenge affecting your livelihood, your business, your freedom and your future.Whether incarcerated or facing off against the government to protect your fundamental rights, ...
    Rating:  6.1
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    Jason M. Ingber

    Jason M. Ingber

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 8 years
    Practice Areas:  Antitrust and Trade Law, Business, Criminal Defense
    Review: "My Name is Garner, After a grueling and very challenging legal ordeal, and I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for the incredible team at Ingber Law Group. ​Sometimes lawyers get a bad rap, but Jason Ingber and his staff—es..."
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    Alexandra Tyre Rogers

    Alexandra Tyre Rogers

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "Atty Rogers is an attentive professional who takes her cases extremely seriously. When she represented me I truly felt like she cared about my situation. The anniversary of my case is coming up. Whenever I think of the Fourth of July I think about..."
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    Corina Michelle Burchfield

    Corina Michelle Burchfield

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
    Bio: I was born and raised in Fresno County. I worked in the legal field for over 10 years prior to obtaining my license to practice law. I have practiced primarily personal injury and criminal defense law since 2015. I opened my own office, Burchfield...
    Rating:  7.9
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    William John Weilbacher

    William John Weilbacher

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Employment & Labor
    Bio: Weilbacher and Weilbacher is a law firm focused on providing more of a personal touch than is typically seen in the legal profession. We competently and agressively litigate to advance our clients' interests and take seriously our obligation to be...
    Rating:  7.1
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    David C. Rome

    David C. Rome

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and more
    Bio: A partner at the law firm of Radford, & Rome, David is a skilled litigator with extensive experience in criminal and DUI defense. With an undergraduate degree in Linguistics and a law degree from Suffolk University, he has honed his legal expertis...
    Rating:  8.2
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    Alexandra Knopova

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    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed less than a year
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    "We take the Criminal out of Criminal Defense"
    Rating:  5.5
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    Laurie Carr Mims

    Laurie Carr Mims

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    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation
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    Sal Gallardo

    Sal Gallardo

    5.026 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "Out of all the lawyers I have had,Sal Gallardo is by far the best! He put in so much time and effort into the case and in the end it really paid off. He is very knowledgable and always answered my calls and called me back, no matter how busy he wa..."
    Rating:  7.1
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    Jovanni Sabino Garcia

    Jovanni Sabino Garcia

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration, Personal Injury and more
    Review: "Contacted Mr. Garcia for help / information with a Home owners Association (HOA) dispute I was having with my HOAs and another owner at the property. He was straight forward, letting me know that he did not have much experience with HOA disputes; ..."
    Rating:  6.1
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    Dawn Sepideh Mortazavi

    Dawn Sepideh Mortazavi

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    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Appeals, Criminal Defense
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    Richard Alexander Thomas

    Richard Alexander Thomas

    2.110 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Guardianship
    Review: "I had a good experience given my terrible circumstances. No one wants to experience litigation but at least I had him to get me through it."
    Rating:  6.7
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    Neda Aguirre

    Neda Aguirre

    3.97 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family
    Bio: Attorney Neda Aguirre has years of experience representing clients in a variety of criminal charges and family law matters. She provides every client with a high level of service and care, no matter how complex their case may be. Through a complim...
    Rating:  8.4
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    Cort Van Wiegand

    Cort Van Wiegand

    5.01 review
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 49 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury and more
    Review: "I strongly recommend this attorney. He is strong minded with a lot of legal smarts and attitude for winning his cases. over the last several years I have referred him several times and haven't been disappointed yet. I have experienced other attorn..."
    Rating:  6.7
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    Angelle Kareen Wertz

    Angelle Kareen Wertz

    5.04 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury and more
    Review: "Angelle was a great help to me during my divorce! She was knowledgeable, grounded, responsive, exceptionally organized and compassionate. Her willingness to offer candid yet solid advice was invaluable to me during this process. I would highly rec..."
    Rating:  7.1
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    Mark Wilson King

    Mark Wilson King

    3.73 reviews
    California Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Juvenile, DUI & DWI
    Review: "Mr King went above and beyond for me in my case I was 18 and there was a time that I was passed out party all night at some girls house was asleep and not only did he showed up to her house but had Breakfast gave me a ride fresh change of clothes ..."
    Rating:  6.7
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