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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Car Accidents, Personal Injury

Bio: San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney, Brian E. Watkins is the founder and principle attorney at Brian E. Watkins & Associates. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, one of our nation's top u...

Rating: 9.8

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, DUI & DWI and more

Review: "You cannot argue with results. Dan genuinely bonds with his client no matter what psychological state they may have fallen into due to pending criminal charges. His research and intelligence skills are superb. He's a very likeable guy. One of the ..."

Rating: 10

Call for a consultation(650) 414-4800

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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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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, DUI & DWI and more

Bio: Brian Michaels is the only attorney in Southern California to have worked as a front line Prosecutor, Police Litigator and full time private Criminal Defense Attorney. Attorney Michaels was hired directly out of law school, where he graduated with...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Sex Crime

Bio: Autumn Paine has spent her entire legal career defending people - both adults and juveniles - charged with crimes. She represents people charged with all kinds of crimes including homicide, manslaughter, domestic violence, drug sales and possessio...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Juvenile, White Collar Crime

Review: "I would definitely recommend this lawyer, she is an absolute amazing lawyer. Denise not only helped me through the due process, but worked through it in a high professional manner. This is truely one of the best lawyers in Orange County in my opin..."

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Personal Injury

FIGHTING FOR YOUR FUTURE - CALL TODAY!

Rating: 7.7

Call for a consultation(209) 336-8701

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Civil Rights

Bio: Marilyn tries cases in state and federal courts and has tried over a hundred jury trials in federal court. She has been very successful, once winning six acquittals in a row from juries. Marilyn has also been very successful in negotiations of dis...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Violent Crime and more

Bio: Rabin Nabizadeh is a formidable defense attorney at Summit Defense, known for his steadfast representation in federal and state courts. He handles cases from misdemeanor DUIs and thefts to complex felonies, including sex crimes and murder. Renowne...

Rating: 9.9

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Marriage & Prenuptials and more

Bio: My practice focuses on all aspects of family and criminal law, including case evaluation, alternative dispute resolution, formal discovery, motion work, trial, post-trial, and appellate matters. I have been licensed as an attorney in the State of ...

Rating: 8.7

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and more

Bio: John M. Kucera has practiced law for over 40 years and has provided professional, aggressive and personalized services to individuals seeking representation for defense of State and Federal crimes. Professional Associations Include: California Att...

Rating: 9.6

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: Saif H. Rahman focuses his law practice on criminal defense which he has been practicing exclusively for over 12 years. Before starting his own office, Saif served as a Deputy Public Defender in the County of Orange for over 7 years. During that t...

Rating: 9.0

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Sex Crime and more

Bio: Ally Keegan is a criminal defense attorney and the owner of Keegan Law, APC. She graduated from Villanova University before earning her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law with a concentration in criminal litigation. She has ...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence

Bio: Jonathan I. Kelman received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree from Southwestern University School of Law, finishing in the top 10% of his class. H...

Rating: 9.2

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Caring for Clients and Changing Lives! For more than a quarter of a century, I have made over 100,000 court appearances on cases and conducted 400 hearings and 200 jury and court trials, including serious and complex felonies, misdemeanors, depend...

Rating: 8.4

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 54 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Rating: 10

Call for a consultation(213) 466-0286

California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and more

Bio: Byron I. Roope founded the Law Office of Byron Roope in 2012. From the time he was young, Byron knew that he wanted to be an attorney. He comes from a family of attorneys and always desired to follow in the same path. As an undergraduate at Utah S...

Rating: 9.7

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: For many years I worked for a big criminal defense firm in Los Angeles. While working at the firm, I handled over 750 DUI cases and DMV hearings, and more than 300 other criminal matters, which included drugs, theft, sexual and violent crimes. By ...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Litigation

REPRESENTATION YOU CAN COUNT ON.

Rating: 7.6

Call for a FREE consultation(619) 304-6474

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mike Wise is the best attorney anyone can get , he does a great job and gets great results. A Trustworthy Attorney dedicated to your justice. He helped me get my life back. Thanks Michael Wise."

Rating: 9.8

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI and more

Bio: I have lived in, and practiced law in San Diego County for over 32 years. For the first four, I was a prosecutor. After that experience, which gave me great insight into the prosecutorial mind, and led to many lasting relationships with court pers...

Rating: 9.9

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