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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: As a criminal defense attorney, I possess a unique combination of knowledge, skill, and compassion that sets me apart from others in my field. I have a deep understanding of criminal law and procedure, which allows me to provide my clients with ef...

Rating: 6.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: I have been an attorney in Santa Clara County for more than 20 years. During that time I have been a general practice attorney focusing primarily on criminal defense and personal injury cases. Over the years, I have become familiar with the courts...

Rating: 7.7

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Santa Clara, 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 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 Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I highly recommend Ed's services to anyone in need of legal assistance. Helpful, experienced, knowledgeable, responsive, available, well known and liked, etc. He worked diligently with the DA's office, local law enforcement and my family and I...t..."

Rating: 7.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "As a San Jose Defense Attorney this Attorney demonstrates professional skills when we both appear in a court handling cases for the clients of Santa Clara County. He is focused and prepared and always seems pleasant in a conversation. He is a good..."

Rating: 7.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

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

Review: "He is Best Traffic Attorney! Best Person to Represent me So Proud of him!!"

Rating: 7.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 53 years

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

Rating: 9.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, International Law

Review: "Veronica Douat went the extra mile to ensure that our legal needs were attended to. We are happy with our outcome and recommend her services."

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: Melody Yasuda is a highly skilled attorney based in California, with a focus on DUI/DWI, traffic violations, and criminal defense. She received her Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Juris Docto...

Rating: 8.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Mr Ryan Patrick was successfully dismissed my traffic ticket. I stopped at a stop signed in a 25 m/h street, after a about half a mile a high way patrol officer stopped me and asked for my drivers license and insurance then she handed me a ticked ..."

Rating: 7.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 46 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Military Law and more

Bio: Dan is a founding partner at the law firm of Carpenter Mayfield. He has over thirty years experience including death penalty cases. Dan has been the recipient of many awards and is recognized throughout the legal community as a tireless advocate f...

Rating: 8.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Chris was referred for his expertise in a complex legal matter in which time was highly sensitive. He clearly shows both professionalism and depth of knowledge where criminal matters and family law intersect. I was grateful for his honest advice a..."

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (Sunnyvale)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Helicopter and Fixed Wing Pilot SCUBA diver

Rating: 7.2

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Civil Rights and more

Bio: I manage a staff of attorneys and legal professionals at Law Office of James Dunn ( ). With over 10 years of criminal defense law firm client service, I carefully choose everyone I work with including James Dunn, a very highly regarded DUI and cri...

Rating: 7.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "On behalf of my family and brother, Alyssa has done an amazing work on helping my brother. She defended him against everything she fought through everything. Since day one she was super fast at gathering all the documents for his case and man his ..."

Rating: 7.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation

Review: "Todd is an amazing lawyer, he knows what he is talking about and will make you feel comfortable and expalain everything in detail. Before I met Todd I had a horrible experience with another attorney which made me believe they were all the same (no..."

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 55 years

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

Review: "Had a complicated case. Tom was able to provide me with realistic options to end my case. he was able to reach my goal, with great communication and is on your side!"

Rating: 7.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 33 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, Employment & Labor and more

Review: "The best thing anybody can say about a lawyer it that they are fair. Mr. Kraus is very honest, fair, and ethical. His phone calls are fast, to the point, and therefore inexpensive. Anybody who has worked with legal representation knows the sound o..."

Rating: 8.3

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Child Custody, Divorce & Separation

Bio: Hello everyone! I am an attorney who has been practicing almost exclusively family law for over eight years with a lot of success and happy clients. I love what I do, I am informal and a lot of people find court process a lot less painful with me ...

Rating: 7.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Ethan is one heck of a attorney I'm so glad he was appointed to me I had one attorney Mika who I believe is a judge now and we had okay rapport so when Ethan was appointed to me I was a little worried only because I didn't know him at the time and..."

Rating: 7.4

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Clara (San Jose)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Estate Planning

Review: "Arthur assisted my court appearance with a very reasonable rate and respond all my emails, phone calls within short period of time! I recommend Arthur to everyone."

Rating: 6.7

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