Top Rated Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers

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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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce & Separation

Bio: Luke is a Northwest Georgia native and has practiced law since 2013 both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. He primarily practices in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk, Chattooga, Whitfield, and Murray counties but has successfully represented client...

Rating: 8.9

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation

Bio: I was born and raised in Valdosta, GA. I have lived here all my life. I have been a lawyer since 1988 and I have been practicing in the law firm of Closson, Bass and Tomberlin since 1991. In my personal life, I enjoy live music, travel, football, ...

Rating: 8.9

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 8 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Car Accidents and more

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Rating: 6.6

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury

Bio: Recognized as among the top100 Lawyers in Georgia Top 40 Lawyers Under the 40 by the National Trial Lawyers along with SuperLawyer as published in Atlanta Magazine, Rick has earned the reputation for fearlessly defending difficult DUI cases. He wa...

Rating: 10

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Litigation

Bio: I began work with noted DUI defense attorney William C. Bubba Head in 1994, when I was in law school. I helped him write The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual. In 2013 I was named one of Georgia's Super Lawyers fir Criminal Defense and DUI.

Rating: 9.7

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more

Bio: Ecleynne Mercy is a proud graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School with a concentration in Litigation. Mercy Law P.C. is a law firm dedicated to serv...

Rating: 9.9

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Personal Injury

Bio: I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. My dad is one of the Vice President's of Penske Truck Leasing and we moved around a lot during and after high school. I graduated in 1996 from Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas. I moved to California an...

Rating: 10

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 5 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Attorney Michelle Cross is well known state-wide as a tenacious criminal defense attorney. Michelle specializes in traffic tickets, DUI, drug charges, battery, and serious felony cases. Her dedication and compassion for her clients is unparalleled...

Rating: 8.8

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Bio: Nicole Fegan is a criminal defense trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Drexel University in 2011 and went on to receive her law degree from Atlanta's John Marshall Law School in 2014. Ms. Fegan graduated law school in two and a ...

Rating: 8.3

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

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

Bio: The late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once defined law as a “prophesy (or prediction) of what the courts will do”. After extended and intimate professional involvement with the criminal law and it’s processes, Mr. Hixson understands...

Rating: 8.8

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Administrative Law

Bio: There are lots of skills that go into being a good appellate attorney: writing ability, courtroom presence, the ability to adapt to the preferences of judges in jurisdictions all across the state. But one skill is key: issue selection. I read case...

Rating: 10

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Probate and more

You've been arrested. Felony/Misdemeanor/DUI. Get my 29 years of Experience and Legal Excellence in Criminal Defense. Don't rely on defense counsel with less experience. Member, GA Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Rating: 8.2

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years

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

Bio: Criminal Defense: Felony, Misdemeanor, Traffic Ticket, and DUI Cases. Superior Court, State Court, Probate Court, Magistrate Court, Juvenile Court, Municipal and City Court. Visit:

Rating: 10

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, White Collar Crime and more

Bio: My law firm aggressively pursues civil and criminal litigation in all of the state and federal courts in Georgia. In civil cases, my firm primarily represents plaintiffs in cases involving catastrophic injuries or wrongful death. We have litigated...

Rating: 9.5

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Car Accidents, Divorce & Separation

Bio: Torris is an experienced and highly successful litigator with many years of successful trial and appellate work. He has litigated literally hundreds of criminal cases since 1997. Several of his cases have been reported annals of the Supreme Court ...

Rating: 8.6

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Family

Bio: John Toner has over two decades solving complex problems in the corporate world. John became an attorney to apply his problem-solving expertise to resolving his clients' legal problems. He knows first-hand how scary and life-changing legal issues ...

Rating: 8.1

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Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years

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

Bio: I became a lawyer over thirty years ago. Not to make a million dollars, but to make a difference. Since then, I have been able to make a difference in people's lives, one person at a time. The vast majority of my cases are of a criminal nature, an...

Rating: 9.2

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