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Costa Mesa Has 553 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 6368 Reviews

Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Newport Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Bio: Omar Gastelum is an accomplished attorney with a strong background and broad experience in Family Law, Immigration, Real Property, and Civil Litigation. On countless occasions he has shown a proven ability to negotiate and settle complex disputes ...

Rating: 7.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Tustin)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

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

Bio: Hi, I’m Attorney Richard McGuire and I’ve been winning DUI Cases and Criminal Charge Cases for my clients for over 20 years. I have years of expert legal knowledge and courtroom experience for all adult criminal and juvenile legal proceedings. So,...

Rating: 7.5

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Costa Mesa, 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.

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Criminal Defense

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 Attorney near Costa Mesa (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: With 30 years of experience in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, I have tried some of the most notorious cases in the state from sexual assaults, gang crimes, and homicides covered by international press from The OC Register, LA Times,...

Rating: 6.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor

Review: "Reema is a young attorney that is very professional and does her job and tries to give you the best advice that she can her firm got me exactly what I asked for,Reema also got my sentencing date extended so I would have a little more time to Squar..."

Rating: 6.8

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Tustin)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mike represented my position well. As I hoped, Mike succeeded completely in the case. I would recommend Mike Bruggeman again and again. Mike Bruggeman was great to work with."

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration

Bio: Christopher J. Ayala established his law practice in downtown Santa Ana in 2012 and recently went solo starting Ayala Law Group APC in 2017. Mr. Ayala graduated with Honors obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration Management and ...

Rating: 8.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Ashley simply changed my life. Not only is he a great person, but he keeps things real and positive. He knows the system incredibly well and navigates its very confidently. I can’t reccomend him enough, and I’m so grateful to have had him represen..."

Rating: 6.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mr. Morrison is with the Alternate Defenders Office and was assigned to my case when I was no longer able to pay for my own defense. Mr. Morrison always responded quickly when I needed to speak to him and kept me up to date on all the proceedings..."

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Newport Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Child Custody and more

Bio: Melinda received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of California at Davis. While at UC Davis she was actively involved in local non-profits assisting survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault with...

Rating: 8.8

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile and more

Bio: Mr. Fontes was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona, and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of San Diego in 1997. Mr. Fontes played football for the University of San Diego Toreros. Mr. Fontes graduated from the Ariz...

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Newport Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 33 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation

Bio: Scott Heitmann started his law career in 1993 with the simple goal of helping people. Over the years of trying cases, both by jury and bench trials, his Christian values have remained intact and his main goal is still to help people with their leg...

Rating: 7.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Juvenile

Bio: David I. Hammond is a public Defender in Orange County where he represents indigent clients in an effort to make sure their constitutional rights are protected. Mr. Hammond is licensed to practice law in the states of California and Arkansas. Davi...

Rating: 8.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Review: "Jina Kim helped me with a plea deal when I was facing serious charges with hefty jail time. I ended up with probation instead of jail time. Although I could have decided to fight for it longer, it was ultimately my decision to take the plea deal a..."

Rating: 7.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Car Accidents and more

Review: "El abogado fabian nos esta ayudando en nuestro caso, Un exelente serviso a nosotros nos toco trabajar con lily y nos ha dado un exelente service nos ayudo en todo. 100% recomendado"

Rating: 8.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Tustin)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 57 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I have retained Mr Croissant twice over the past 8 years to handle a DUI case and another criminal matter, and have in turn referred several of my colleagues to him as well. Without exception, every case has been handled with the highest level of ..."

Rating: 6.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, Juvenile

Review: "All odds against me looking at an 8 year sentence. I had an attorney that was just not on my side . I looked for an attorney that would fight for me . I finally received Mr. John Mango not only did he continue to make several strong arguments for ..."

Rating: 7.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Fountain Valley)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Administrative Law

Review: "He fought five criminal cases assigned to me, heI am proud of this honorable man who loves his job."

Rating: 6.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Huntington Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, DUI & DWI and more

Review: "I sent a few clients over to Matt both criminal defense and family law. And I was amazed when he was able to get three felony counts with three to five years of jail time reduced to a misdemeanor and 6 months. Then he got my buddy's daughter home ..."

Rating: 7.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (santa Ana)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "After experiencing ond of the most shocking and, frankly, terrifying moments of my life, When I met Mr.Martin for the first time,while in custody, for my arraignment ,I almost immediately felt an enormous sense of relief because how extremely co..."

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Costa Mesa (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 49 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Tax, Litigation and more

Rating: 7.9

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