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    55 criminal defense lawyers serve Chapel Hill, NC. Compare the best based on 661+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Orange County are listed below.

    Chapel Hill Has 55 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 661 Reviews

    Ryan Maxwell Stowe

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI and more
    Serving With Integrity, Call Today for a Free Consultation
    A. Patrick Roberts

    PRO

    5.077 reviews
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    Patrick Roberts Law
    1340 Environ Way, 3rd Floor, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Sex Crime, Drug Crime
    Two decades of criminal trial experience and thousands of cases handled. Let me fight for you.

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    Criminal Defense Lawyers in Chapel Hill, NC

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    Criminal Defense

    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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    Keith Brentten Metz

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Drug Offenses, Domestic Violence Offenses, Theft, White Collar Crime, etc.
    Jerry Carlyle Hearn

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and more
    I handle matters and serve clients with legal needs in Davie, Forsyth, Yadkin, Wilkes, Ashe, Stokes and Surry Counties located in the western piedmont and foothills of North Carolina.
    Tara M. Gore

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Small town values. Big time results. Passionately defending southeastern North Carolina clients.
    Brittany Michelle Cartner

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Child Support and more
    Bio: I spend a lot of time in District and Superior Court, with trial experience in both courtrooms. I have gained a reputation for working hard for my clients and going the extra mile to make sure that you get what you need. Everyone's legal situation...
    Meleaha Machelle Kimrey

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Sex Crime and more
    Bio: I have been practicing in the area of criminal defense for 10 years in Cumberland County. I have tried numerous jury trials and am not afraid to go the extra mile for my clients. I have represented clients charged with everything from a seat belt ...
    Jason Craig

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
    Bio: Jason Craig is an Attorney for based out of Asheville and personally serving our clients in Burke, Caldwell, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties. Prior to working with , Jason worked with his father in Alamance County handling criminal and...
    Sable Rorie

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 6 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: A public servant, an individual who serves at the pleasure of the public; Sable has always felt her best when being able to help others in need. As a former Pitt County prosecutor, she has had the opportunity to tailor justice in a more progessive...
    Adam Palmer Soltys

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Adam Soltys has been practicing criminal and traffic law almost exclusively since becoming an attorney in 2003. He has handled cases in both District as well as Superior Courts in over 40 counties. If you have any criminal or traffic matter anywhe...
    Tonya Nicole Davis Barber

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
    Bio: Tonya has had a life-long love of the law. As a child, she always knew she would be an attorney. Though a little later in life than she planned, she graduated from North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina in 2011. ...
    Shannon Rebecca Leigh Williamson

    PRO

    5.05 reviews
    This is an aggregated review score of Avvo and Lawyers.com reviews.
    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Litigation and more
    Bio: Shannon Williamson was born and raised in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Law Degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law. Shannon has ded...
    7306 Spring Vista Court, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Expungement and more
    Bio: Please refer to my website for additional information:
    Taylor Hastings

    PRO

    Hastings Law & Counsel, PLLC
    1340 Environ Way, [email protected], Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, General Practice, Business
    Bio: Taylor knows that every case begins with real voices, real stories, and real fears. That is why he listens first. Understanding drives strategy and clarity anchors communication. He builds each legal step on those foundations because the law can f...
    Jackson Valentine

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 1 year
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Jackson Valentine is the local iTicket attorney for Pamlico County and is an associate at The Valentine Law Firm in Beaufort, NC. Jackson practices criminal law, family law, and personal injury law in Carteret and Pamlico counties. When he isn’t i...
    Paulina Yvette Lopez

    PRO

    ITicket.law
    151 East Rosemary Street, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Intellectual Property and more
    Law Office of Matthew Charles Suczynski PLLC
    208 N Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Mike Paduchowski earned his Juris Doctor from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . While attending law school Mike worked for the Orange County District Attorney's Office, was a member of the Holderness Moot Court Negotiation Team, ach...
    Donna Ambler Rice

    PRO

    Donna Ambler Davis, P.C.
    127 Kingston Drive, Suite 105B, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Divorce & Separation and more
    Bio: Donna Ambler Rice received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Montclair State College in May 1985 and her Juris Doctor degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law in May 1988. She is the past Chairperson of the Children's Issue...
    Matthew Charles Law
    208 N Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Estate Planning and more
    Bio: Richard knows firsthand the stress, anxiety, and uncertainty that comes when dealing with the immigration process. As an immigrant himself, he has gone through the legal process and has experienced the same feelings of not knowing what the future ...
    Law Office of Matthew Charles Suczynski, PLLC
    208 N. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Matthew was born in 1979 in Port Huron, Michigan and grew up in Buffalo, New York before moving to North Carolina in 2006. Matthew resides in Chapel Hill with his wife Catherine and their three children. Catherine is a member of the faculty at the...
     
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