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Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Business

Bio: Niki Ghazian is the founder and managing partner at Ghazian Law Group, located in Century City, California. Ms. Ghazian is a highly-regarded litigation attorney, who has spent the entirety of her career litigating major cases against corporations,...

Rating: 9.1

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Juvenile

Bio: Crista is the Managing Partner of The Haynes Law Firm, APLC located in Redlands, CA. The Haynes Law Firm, APLC is a boutique law firm offering clients legal assistance in the areas of Family law, Criminal law, and Juvenile law. Crista prides herse...

Rating: 8.2

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in California

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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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 44 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Domestic Violence and more

Bio: Mr. Landheer first worked as an associate attorney in the early 80s with the Law Office of Richard Peterson in Mendocino County, California. He tried major felony cases and successfully exonerated his client in his first homicide trial. He also as...

Rating: 9.9

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury

Bio: Never backing down from adversity and a challenge, Mr. Seemen has made a career out of obtaining favorable outcomes from the most difficult and complex legal situations. Mr. Seemen is a seasoned trial attorney, representing clients in state and fe...

Rating: 10

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: I became an attorney because I believe passionately in the Constitution of this great country. If you are charged with a crime then you have rights. Period. People died for those rights. I'm a Navy veteran myself, and I didn't spend all that time ...

Rating: 8.1

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

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

Bio: For almost a decade, I served as a prosecutor handling virtually all types of criminal cases. I have prosecuted and defended cases involving misdemeanor charges, domestic violence, DUI, DWI, white collar crime, insurance fraud, gun charges, violen...

Rating: 8.3

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Family

Bio: Hello, I am attorney Sandy Garcia. I was born and raised in southern California. Thus, I am familiar with areas I service. Soon after getting my law degree, my business partner, Kelly Miller and I decided to open up our own firm after we saw a nee...

Rating: 8.7

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation

Bio: Experienced federal and state trial lawyer profiled by The New York Times, Al Jazeera and The Advocate, among others.

Rating: 8.1

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: Do you need a high quality, aggressive criminal lawyer? If you are accused of a DUI, felony, hit and run, misdemeanor or felony crimes, I am a criminal attorney who has the extensive criminal trial experience and the aggressive approach you need t...

Rating: 9.0

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I retained Mr. Clay for a DUI. He was very responsive and did an excellent job defending me. It was obvious he had extensive experience. I always felt like my interests were well protected. I would strongly recommend him."

Rating: 8.6

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor

Bio: Judith Odbert joined Mastagni Holstedt, A Professional Corporation as a senior attorney in the Labor and Employment department. Previously, Odbert was the supervising assistant public defender in the Sacramento County Public Defender’s office. The...

Rating: 7.8

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 1 year

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Expungement

Bio: Ahmad Askar is a dedicated criminal defense attorney serving clients in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda counties in the State of California. He is committed to protecting the rights of the accused and providing clear, effective counsel at ever...

Rating: 5.8

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Selecting Joe Valdez as my representation was an absolute pleasure. Not only did he work with me prior to providing any funds but he was willing to work with me on payments for representation. Since I currently live in LA and my court case was in ..."

Rating: 8.3

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, DUI & DWI

Bio: Facing criminal charges and navigating the legal system on your own can be scary. Although courts and juries are in place to protect your rights, without someone on your side to help you, your rights and freedom may be at risk. I understand the st...

Rating: 8.4

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Review: "Mr. Katz handled two legal matters on my behalf. He did what he said he would do, when he said he would do it and worked, as much as he reasonably could, within my personal, financial parameters. I was looking at several felony violations.....toda..."

Rating: 7.8

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 8 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Domestic Violence

Bio: There are few things Kelli enjoy's more than litigation. When she is not in trial, she spends her free time with family, snowboarding and traveling.

Rating: 9.0

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Jessie Morris saved my life and my freedom in 1983. Jessie was my attorney in a criminal case in Sacramento court in a jury trial. I was in jail awaiting trial for a year because I was not able to bail out financially. Jessie fought very hard for ..."

Rating: 8.4

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

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

Bio: I embrace and practice criminal law to serve clients who need honest and informative representation especially having grown up in south Sacramento. My experiences with my family have lead me into many contacts with the law. Often I am able to iden...

Rating: 8.2

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Federal Crime

Bio: Andrés Ortiz is an immigration lawyer in California and a foremost authority on the potential adverse immigration consequences of criminal convictions and plea deals (“Padilla Opinions”). Attorneys from across the nation consult Andrés on a regula...

Rating: 9.1

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California Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

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

Review: "Bonnie H Chan, Esq. made the unpleasant experience of going to court into a pleasurable one. She fought hard for me and definitely knows what she is doing! She is absolutely brilliant! She revitalized my waning faith in the justice system. I would..."

Rating: 8.2

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