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Laguna Beach Has 88 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 701 Reviews

Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Mission Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Health Care

Bio: Mental Health & Addiction Law Treatment & Diversion Programs • Mental Health Advocacy • Criminal Defense • Conservatorships My practice focuses exclusively on providing legal representation and consultation to families and individuals where untrea...

Rating: 9.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 44 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Administrative Law, Health Care and more

Bio: I have practiced law in Orange County for over 40 years and have tried over 100 cases. I started my career as an Orange County Deputy District Attorney where I routinely practiced as a prosecutor before the trial and appellate courts. I focused my...

Rating: 9.9

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Laguna Beach, 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 Laguna Beach (Laguna Hills)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years

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

Bio: During Christine Martin’s legal and law school career, Martin sought out work in the criminal defense field defending the rights of innocent men and women. At a young adult age, Martin volunteered at the Seton Hall Exoneration Project for several ...

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Laguna Hills)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Personal Injury

Review: "After the frustration of screening over 20 criminal defense lawyers over the phone to handle my case, we finally found the best one to hire. Atty. Salvin was outright courteous, answered our questions well and made us feel at ease. He worked on my..."

Rating: 8.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Laguna Hills)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Military Law, Personal Injury and more

Bio: Aaron Meyer Law is wholly committed to turning the tables on the powerful entities that deny people justice. He works tirelessly to vindicate the rights of individuals wronged by others. When you team with Aaron Meyer Law, he puts the power back i...

Rating: 9.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Laguna Hills)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: Ms. Cordero is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and George Washington University Law School. Ms. Cordero began her law career at the Law Office of Barry T. Simons, where she handled over 3000 DUI cases, including DMV administrative per se h...

Rating: 9.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Mission Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

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

Bio: Attorney Michael S. Phillips, an experienced lawyer dedicated to practice in the area of DUI defense, offers impeccable representation that earns results by employing proven methods for effective criminal defense with a uniquely imaginative and de...

Rating: 10

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Aliso Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Review: "Great lawyer and able to walk you through the roughest days in your life without getting emotional and keeping you from making things worse."

Rating: 8.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Laguna Hills)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: As a graduate of Western State University, Virginia L. Landry has grown her legal career over the past 28+ years. She quickly realized that criminal defense, particularly DUI, was her passion. As a fierce advocate for her clients, she never backs ...

Rating: 9.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Laguna Niguel)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Bio: I have been successully representing clients for over 20 years and became a lawyer in December of 2000. As an experienced and compassionate lawyer, I pride myself on being honest and straighforward with all my clients. Criminal Law has always been...

Rating: 7.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Mission Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Violent Crime and more

Bio: Jonathan A. Rapel is an experienced trial attorney for Criminal Defense. He has completed over 2000 criminal cases throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties. His appearances throughout Southern Calif...

Rating: 8.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (San Juan Capistrano)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 49 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Bio: Mr. Rios served his country with distinction in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam era, 1966 to 1970. Following his honorable discharge, he attended the University of California Irvine, where he graduated with honors-cum laude, in 1...

Rating: 7.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Dana Point)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration

Bio: Kiran Nair is the founder of K Nair Law Group, P.C. Ms. Nair is licensed by the California State Bar and authorized to practice before the Executive Office of Immigration Review, United States Department of Justice and Ninth Circuit Court of Appea...

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (San Juan Capistrano)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 8 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury

Review: "In my opinion, when it comes to legal representation it’s hard to find someone who legitimately cares. I didn’t have that issue with Courtney. She was there every step of the way. There were times I asked a little more than what was expected of he..."

Rating: 7.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Rancho Mission Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 52 years

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

Bio: California and New York licensed attorney with over 30+ years of experience in either prosecuting criminal offenses or engaging in criminal defense work, to include DUI offenses; in repesenting both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation ma...

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (San Clemente)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Excellent attorney. Used Micheal myself a couple times won both cases. He knows the law and he knows alot of people. "

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Dana Point)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mr. Doyle helped us with a trial. We won. The plaintiffs had a plot and Mr. Doyle did a great detective work discovering their dishonesty. "

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Rancho Santa Margarita)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Juvenile

Bio: As a Criminal Law Specialist, licensed by the State Bar of California, my entire practice has beenin the field of criminal defensein the Riverside and San Bernardino state and federal courts. For the past thirtyyears, I have handled some of the mo...

Rating: 7.2

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Laguna Beach (Mission Viejo)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years

Practice Areas: Family, Criminal Defense

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