Top Rated Castro Valley, CA Criminal Defense Lawyers

43 criminal defense lawyers serve Castro Valley, CA. Compare the best based on 166+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Alameda County are listed below.

Sort by:

Best Match

Best MatchBest reviewed on Avvo Most reviewed on Avvo Years licensed: Most to least Years licensed: Least to most

Castro Valley Has 43 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 166 Reviews

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Litigation, Criminal Defense

View Profile

Po Box 20806, Castro Valley, CA

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

View Profile

Criminal Defense Lawyers in Castro Valley, CA

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.

The Avvo Rating explained

Let us know
how we're doing!

We'd like to hear from you!

This anonymous survey will take no more than 1–2 minutes to complete.

Your feedback will be used to improve Avvo and provide better support to people with legal needs like yours.

START THE SURVEY

Criminal Defense

The Avvo Rating explained

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Ramon)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: Giving Your Case the Attention It Deserves If you have been charged with a crime, a passionate and energetic lawyer can make a huge difference. Criminal charges come with serious consequences, so it is important to hire someone who will take the t...

Rating: 9.9

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

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

Bio: For nearly 30 years, I have been a lawyer, law instructor and continuing legal education provider in Alameda County. Since graduating from Hastings College of the Law, at University of California in San Francisco in 1980, I have worked in the cour...

Rating: 10

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Expungement

Bio: Sergio H. Benavides, a native of the East Bay Area, and Costa-Rican American, I am fully fluent in Spanish. I am a former Spanish bilinual elementary school teacher, and I strongly believe my teaching experiences have led to my many Not Guilty and...

Rating: 10

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 59 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Richard Stone is one of the best attorneys in the Bay Area if not in California. I have hired Stone for 3 D.U.I's, and a serious criminal case. I would have never thought of the minimal sentence I was given for them. Never done any significant tim..."

Rating: 7.8

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Personal Injury and more

Bio: My principal practice areas are immigration, deportation defense, and appellate work in both immigration and criminal defense. In addition, I practice in Social Security Disability Appeals and personal injury claims. My law review article, publish...

Rating: 9.4

Save

View Profile

PRO

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury

Bio: Being involved with the criminal court system is scary and stressful. I get that. My job is to make this as easy for you as possible. Sometimes you need me to fight, sometimes you just need me manage. Whatever you need, over the past 20 years I've...

Rating: 7.5

Save

Call for a FREE consultation(510) 694-4741

Profile

Message

Thomas Joshua Ogas's Website

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I've dealt with many lawyers throughout the years of my life, all very professional and well educated. But with Lisa, it was a whole different experience. She took on a case for a good friend of mine that was fighting his third strike with a life ..."

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 57 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mr. Oaklund acted as my court-appointed attorney in Alameda County in 2007. He appeared in court on time, was knowledgable about the law and obtained a decision agreeable to me and the county. Court-appointed attorneys are notoriously overburdene..."

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "He got me CTS on a 4 year prison case."

Rating: 6.7

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: I was born in San Francisco, California. My parents are natives of Nicaragua and spoke Spanish at home. I learned both Spanish and English at an early age. Because of my background, I understand and appreciate the various issues that good hard wor...

Rating: 8.4

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 58 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "PHILIP SCHNAYERSON IS AN OUTSTANDING ATTORNEY AND HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE HAYWARD COURTS FOR QUITE AWHILE. HE IS HONEST, HARD WORKING, AND REALLY KNOWS HOW TO GET POSITIVE RESULTS FOR HIS CLIENTS. YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH PHILIP SCHNAYERSON..."

Rating: 6.5

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Juvenile, Uncontested Divorce and more

Review: "I was arrested on a felony charge under a highly questionable legal basis. The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, but the prosecution continued. Ms. Slone moved to have charges dropped for illegal search and seizure, but the judge refused. Ms. S..."

Rating: 7.1

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Pleasanton)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, DUI and DWI and more

Review: "David helpped us with our Estate Planning in 2005 and then again resently and every time he has shown us the personal attention we've needed. David's detailed understanding and follow up attention are his strong points. I will recommend him to all..."

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 50 years

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

Rating: 7.4

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "My case worked out exactly like she said it would. I got the result that I needed in order to keep my license"

Rating: 8.6

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (San Leandro)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, Family

Review: "My divorce was very complicated and very contested from beginning to end. It required a highly skilled and patience family law lawyer to help me weathered the cyclic storms that my EX brought on and eventually reached a successful mutual settlemen..."

Rating: 6.7

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Federal Crime

Review: "Tramitó mi visa U de la mejor manera, ahora finalmente podré ver mi familia después de 24 años, muchas gracias James Philip V."

Rating: 7.3

Save

View Profile

Criminal Defense Attorney near Castro Valley (Hayward)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Rating: 7.5

Save

View Profile

Alameda Campbell Fremont Hayward Menlo Park Oakland Piedmont San Jose San Leandro San Ramon Santa Clara South San Francisco

See Alameda County >

See all cities in California >

DUI and DWI Violent Crime Domestic Violence

See all practice areas

Additional Resources

Additional User Resources

Below, we’ve provided users with navigation to related Criminal Defense as well as common support documents.

Criminal Defense Legal Questions and Information Ask a lawyer FAQ Are my messages private and secure? What is the Avvo Rating? What are reviews?

Resources for Attorneys and Law Firms

Are you or your law firm looking for new opportunities to grow? Are you looking to take control of your profiles on Avvo to ensure your data is accurate and enable users to reach you? Take a look at the resources below to get started.

How to grow your law practice with Avvo? How do I edit my claimed profile? How can I increase my Avvo rating? How do I edit my unclaimed profile?

Transparency and Trust: Understanding our Data and Reviews

We want to make sure our users have confidence in Avvo’s reviews and ratings, as well as the information we provide and moderate. Data provided on Castro Valley’s Criminal Defense lawyers has been sourced from the lawyers themselves as well as publicly available directories such as the State Bar of California. Lawyers who verify themselves are able to claim their profiles and provide additional information. They can also provide additional data on their practice areas and other messaging related to their practice. No content provided by Avvo on this directory page is generated by AI.

All reviews have been submitted by individuals that create an account on Avvo.com. The quality and accuracy of these reviews is paramount to Avvo, which is why we maintain internal policies and protocols. Reviews are never removed without manual review by our customer success team. Lawyers are unable to remove or modify reviews on their own.

Do you have an idea of how to make this page better or have you spotted something incorrect? Contact our support team today.

Attorney Insights

The following lists have been provided to help inform. Use the sort link that follows each list to see all results formatted in the same manner.

Licensed the longest 10

Newest to the area 10

Most Reviewed 10

Best Reviewed 10

Which Criminal Defense lawyers have been licensed the longest in Castro Valley, CA?

Richard Cornell Stone 59 years licensed
Philip Allen Schnayerson 58 years licensed
James Michael Oaklund 57 years licensed
Darryl Jerome Billups 50 years licensed
Cecil Pete French Jr 45 years licensed
Louis J. Goodman 45 years licensed
James Kieran O'Gallagher 45 years licensed
Douglas Aeldred Unsworth 43 years licensed
Philip Gerard Daly 43 years licensed
David John Tomcik 43 years licensed

Sort lawyers by Most Years Licensed

Which Castro Valley, CA Criminal Defense lawyers are newest to the area?

Frank Terreri 3 years licensed
Taylor Stewart Moudy 9 years licensed
Varun Behl 12 years licensed
Nafeh M. Malik 12 years licensed
Donna J. Saffell 12 years licensed
Lisa Cherysse Simons 12 years licensed
Joseph Patrick McPeak 13 years licensed
Caroline J McCormick 14 years licensed
Schuyler Campbell 14 years licensed
Cheryl Lema Mackey 15 years licensed

Sort lawyers by Most Recently Licensed

Who are the most reviewed Criminal Defense lawyers in Castro Valley, CA?

Sort lawyers by Most Reviewed

Who are the best reviewed Criminal Defense lawyers in Castro Valley, CA?

Sort lawyers by Best Reviewed

Castro Valley, CA Criminal Defense Lawyers

Castro Valley Has 43 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 166 Reviews

David Andrew Cutler