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    Mississippi Has 625 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 1819 Reviews

    Jay Paul Carmean

    PRO

    5.0208 reviews
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    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Expungement
    Jay is an AV Rated Attorney representing criminal defendants in Oxford, Mississippi since 2000.
    J Rhea Tannehill

    PRO

    5.0155 reviews
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    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Rhea Tannehill has been practicing law in Oxford since he graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1996. The first six years of his legal career Rhea worked for a firm representing individuals primarily in the areas of persona...

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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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    Todd M. Farrar

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Car Accidents and more
    An experienced team of DUI, misdemeanor & felony trial lawyers. Free Consultations.
    Benjamin Murphy

    PRO

    4.730 reviews
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    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, DUI & DWI and more
    The Murphy Law Firm: Honest, trusted, and respected legal representation since 2011. We offer comprehensive legal services from family law and estate planning to criminal defense and personal injury.
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Please contact our office at your convenience so we may be able to discuss your case and provide you with a free initial consultation
    James L Kelly

    PRO

    5.07 reviews
    This is an aggregated review score of Avvo and Lawyers.com reviews.
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Expungement and more
    Kelly Law Office offers trusted legal counsel and skilled representation in criminal defense, personal injury, and domestic law. Serving Rankin County, Brandon, Jackson, and surrounding areas, we’ve proudly represented Mississippi residents with e...
    Victor Wallace Carmody

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 46 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Sex Crime and more
    2018 Avvo's Client Choice Award. Board Certified representation when you need it most.
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Workers Compensation
    Bio: Passionately concerned with the rights of those accused of crimes, I stand up for those our society seeks to punish. I specialize in the defense of felony and misdemeanor criminal charges and asserting the civil rights of citizens abused by our cr...
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Andrew Arman Miri is a partner at Lowrey, Fortner, & Miri P.A. in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a firm founded in 1980, where he leads the criminal defense practice. He is a trial attorney dedicated to aggressive, strategic, and client-centered...
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Corporate & Incorporation and more
    Bio: I was born in Colorado and raised in Oklahoma. After moving to Mississippi to attend Bible College in 1998, I later transitioned into secular college where I began pursuing my law degree. I graduated from Mississippi State with a bachelors in busi...
    James David Franks

    PRO

    5.09 reviews
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    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
    Bio: Jim has been a practicing attorney in Desoto County since 1979. He has defended 46 Death Penalty cases, over 5,000 DUI cases, and innumerable other felonies and misdemeanors. He previously served for 10 years as the Youth Court Prosecutor for Deso...
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Sex Crime, Violent Crime and more
    Bio: Thomas P. "Toby" Welch, Jr. is a 1999 graduate of the University of Mississippi with degrees in English and History. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi Law School in 2002 and was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in Sep...
    R. Jonathan Franco

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and more
    I stay abreast of developments within personal injury law and constantly battle insurance companies.
    Vanessa Winkler Price

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Divorce & Separation and more
    Our firm provides each client with professional, fair and compassionate representation.
    Steven Wayne Pittman

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Estate Planning
    Bio: Attorney Steven W. Pittman is a Shareholder at Chatham Gilder Howell Pittman PLLC. He practices in multiple complex areas of the law, including personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal law, family law, civil litigation, Social Security Disab...
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
    Bio: Trial Lawyer who specializes in Death Penalty cases.
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Lance O. Mixon is one of Mississippi’s preeminent attorneys whose practice focuses on driving under the influence (DUI) and criminal defense litigation. He is a graduate of The Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminol...
    Jefferson Davis Gilder

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Car Accidents, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: Jefferson D. Gilder is a shareholder at Chatham Gilder Howell Pittman PLLC. He was admitted to the Mississippi and Tennessee Bars in 1990 and is currently admitted to practice in all courts in the states of Mississippi and Tennessee. Mr. Gilder's ...
    Chris E. Smith

    PRO

    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI
    Results matter.
    Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Residential, Commercial and more
    Bio: Jack Denton grew up in Biloxi where he attended Biloxi High School. He then went on to the University of Southern Mississippi where he received his B.A. in Speech Communication and an M.S. in Public relations. Jack received his law degree from Mic...

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