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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Huntington Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Bio: In 2009, R. Allen Baylis represented a client charged with running a red light in Santa Ana based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system. Mr. Baylis took the case up on appeal, which resulted in the published opinion: Pe...

Rating: 7.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Anaheim)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years

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

Bio: E. Thomas Dunn, Jr. is an appellate practitioner based in Tustin, California, handling both state and federal appeals, writs, and law and motion matters throughout Southern California. Mr. Dunn has a quarter century of experience handling trial an...

Rating: 10

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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Santa Ana, 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 Ana (Newport Beach)

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

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 33 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals

Bio: Mark S. Devore has practiced criminal law exclusively since graduating from law school in 1992. After two years representing Florida police agencies on matters related to criminal asset forfeiture, he returned to California, where he served nearly...

Rating: 8.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: As one of the esteemed Irvine criminal defense attorneys at the Law Firm of Pilchman & Kay, P.L.C., Anita Kay has a proven track record of receiving countless not guilty verdicts on many complicated and serious criminal charges. She is experienced...

Rating: 7.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Huntington Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 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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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Huntington Beach)

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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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Tustin)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

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

Review: "Kelly is very intelligent, stays up to date with all current case law and is aggressive for her clients. She does not take 'no' for an answer!"

Rating: 8.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Orange)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 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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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Anaheim)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, Juvenile and more

Bio: Orange County Criminal Attorney Barney B. Gibbs has been practicing law for nearly three decades. Specifically, he has focused his practice on criminal defense and criminal defense alone. This type of honed focus is what enables him to provide suc...

Rating: 8.9

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Huntington Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Constitutional, Personal Injury

Bio: I specialize in criminal law. I not only studied that as my undergraduate major at the University of California, Irvine but I also focused on that during law school. I worked at the Orange County Public Defender's Office for 10 years where I handl...

Rating: 7.5

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Newport Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

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

Bio: I'm here for you! I'm a former Deputy District Attorney and Deputy Public Defender. I have done over 40 misdemeanor/felony jury trials and countless motions. My practice areas range from misdemeanors, to traffic violations, to serious and violent ...

Rating: 9.6

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Orange)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

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

Bio: Former New York City Prosecutor Will Defend You. When I graduated law school in 1998, I began working for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office (that is Brooklyn). I worked there for six years on a wide range of cases. They included petty cr...

Rating: 8.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Tustin)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: My name is Brian McDonnell. After spending 8 years in the commercial lending industry and having helped start a highly successful commercial lending firm, I chose to redirect my talents to the field of criminal law. I grew up in Orange County and ...

Rating: 8.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation

Review: "Anahita goes above and beyond for her clients. I've used her for my business on many cases."

Rating: 8.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence

Bio: For the past 26 years Mark Geller has been a prosecutor with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, retiring in January 2022 as a Senior Deputy DA. As a prosecutor Mr. Geller completed close to 150 jury trials for crimes including Domestic ...

Rating: 7.2

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

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 Santa Ana (Newport Beach)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile

Bio: I grew up in Newport Beach attending Corona Del Mar high. I graduated deans list and with honors UC San Diego and Western State College of Law. Gained valuable experience working for the Oc da's office and opened my own criminal defense practice I...

Rating: 7.7

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Irvine)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 33 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, White Collar Crime, DUI & DWI

Bio: William Weinberg has practiced law for over 30 years and limits his practice to criminal defense matters across Southern California and federal courts. He has represented clients in matters ranging from homicides and sex crimes to Felony DUI/DUI M...

Rating: 8.1

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Criminal Defense Attorney near Santa Ana (Orange)

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Fred did the research, went to all the court dates in my stead, put me at ease, gave great advice and worked the case to my best advantage. this was the first time i had been arrested. my first hired lawyer ripped me off & did nothing for me.."

Rating: 6.7

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