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Orange County Has 1012 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 10319 Reviews

Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury

Bio: Attorney Juan Leonel Alvarez is a fierce advocate with your best interest in mind. Upon graduating from law school and passing the California Bar Exam, Mr. Alvarez decided to start his own law firm with the sole purpose of helping people in need. ...

Rating: 8.1

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

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

Bio: He is a member of the Bar for the state of California. During law school Attorney Sethi worked for severalimmigration law firms and as a result has over ten years of experiencein complex immigration matters. Mr. Sethi's knowledge of immigrationmat...

Rating: 9.2

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Orange County, CA

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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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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Expungement, Copyright Infringement and more

Bio: Mathew Higbee is the founding attorney of Higbee & Associates, a national law firm with offices in 17 states and a winning tradition that includes more than 20,000 successful cases. The law firm employees more than 90 dedicated legal professionals...

Rating: 9.0

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Will Bruzzo has been a lawyer since 1993. He has been admitted to the State Bar of California since 1996 and to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1993. The primary emphasis of his practice has been criminal law. Will has successfully represen...

Rating: 9.1

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

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

Bio: I am the only Trial Attorney with Professional AMA Road Racing & Supermoto Experience; multiple Regional Superbike, Formula 1 Championships & Bicycling Enthusiast.

Rating: 8.0

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

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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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 44 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Building the foundation… After successfully completing his undergraduate studies in 1978 at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Mr. Ciulla received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and was admitted to Loyola Law S...

Rating: 8.2

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "My name is Armando Zatarain and I am a private investigator. I worked with Mr.Stoddard for the first time approximately ten years ago. It was a multi-million dollar fraud case and our client was charged with multiple felonies. The client was accus..."

Rating: 8.5

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Bio: For more than 25 years, I’ve dedicated my career to defending good people caught in bad situations. From DUIs and traffic offenses to serious felony charges, I know how overwhelming the criminal justice system can feel when it seems like the odds ...

Rating: 9.3

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

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

Bio: I have been in practice since 1986. Since then, my office has been dedicated to serving the legal needs of individual people from all over the Country and World. I have successfully litigated both bench and jury trials over a wide range of fields,...

Rating: 7.4

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Licensing

Bio: Courtney Pilchman is one of the renowned Irvine criminal defense attorneys at the Law Office of Pilchman & Kay, A Professional Corporation Ms. Pilchman is a criminal law specialist who has earned the distinguished Top 1% of Attorneys in the United...

Rating: 8.6

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

Review: "Although Christopher was booked solid in the middle of an important trial he carved out time to help me even though I live in Wisconsin (I needed help with an old Orange County case). He was fast, efficient, responsive, professional and kind. His ..."

Rating: 2.7

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Administrative Law

Bio: Professional license defense and criminal defense law firm serving California. Nationally recognized team of former prosecutors and top defense lawyers with decades of experience handling over 8,500 cases, trials, and administrative hearings. The ...

Rating: 6.2

Call for a consultation(855) 775-1227

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: I handle all manner of criminal matters and occasionally traffic in and around Orange County, CA. My objective is to get you the absolute best results possible. Thanks for looking into my profile. I recently joined the team at Paladin Legal Defend...

Rating: 8.7

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury

Bio: Extensive litigation experience in the following areas: Federal & state criminal defense cases, Civil personal injury cases (motor vehicle, abuse, wrongful death), Professional licensing board hearings. I have 10 years of experiance as a Deputy Di...

Rating: 8.7

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Denise Yaniv is not your typical L.A. lawyer. She was born and raised on a horse and cattle ranch in North Dakota, the oldest child of Darryl and Donna Blessum. She has always had determination, and her compassion for all creatures led to her snea...

Rating: 8.3

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Sex Crime, Federal Crime

The Wallin & Klarich Firm has over 40 years of experience helping clients in their time of legal need.

Rating: 10

Call for a FREE consultation(714) 559-3486

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

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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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Review: "Great Attorney! He defended me in a criminal case! He defended my case as if he were defending his own son! I was facing 70 years to life years, Derrick got the sentence reduced to 15 years! I highly recommend Derrick Smalls! He kept me well infor..."

Rating: 7.9

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Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: I am committed to providing effective legal services to my clients. Everyone deserves to have their constitutional rights protected, and my mission is to help ensure that through zealous representation. As your attorney, my core responsibilites wi...

Rating: 8.5

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