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    Missouri Has 1376 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 5657 Reviews

    Stephen Edward Walsh

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    Stephen Edward Walsh

    5.025 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 50 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and more
    Bio: Steve Walsh is a Trial Lawyer. He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death. These include car crashes, tractor trailer crashes, civil rights prosecutions (i.e. excessive force, jail suicide, false imprisonment, ...
    Rating:  9.5
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    William Courtney Ernst Goldstein

    William Courtney Ernst Goldstein

    5.013 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Car Accidents and more
    Review: "I love Will , will has been my goto lawyer even if i need advise.. Will is so good< i recieved a appology letter from the state mo stating pretty much we are sorry we ever met you! hahaha thanks will! i have it framed in my house still to this day..."
    Rating:  10
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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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    Jennifer Koboldt Bukowsky

    Jennifer Koboldt Bukowsky

    4.713 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: As a criminal defense attorney, I have the privilege of defending our Constitution on a daily basis as I fight to protect my clients' rights, records, and freedom. The Bukowsky Law Firm team is thorough, hard-working, creative, innovative, and ded...
    Rating:  10
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    D. Adam Dowling

    D. Adam Dowling

    4.933 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Sex Crime and more
    Bio: Adam Dowling handles all types of Criminal cases, Felony and Misdemeanor, in State, Municipal and Federal Courts, including: Murder, Manslaughter, Assault, Rape, Sodomy, Molestation, Sexual Assault, Arson, Robbery, Burglary, Fraud, Stealing, Embez...
    Rating:  10
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    Richard Brian Hein

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    Richard Brian Hein

    4.826 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury and more
    We are St. Louis Criminal Defense Lawyers. Call for a Free Consultation!
    Rating:  9.7
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    Charles F. James

    Charles F. James

    5.03 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
    Bio: I was born in Senath, Missouri which is in the Bootheel of Missouri. After graduating from high school, I joined the Air Force where I had the opportunity to see some of the world. I was also in the Navy before attending college at Southeast Misso...
    Rating:  10
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    Steven Michael Dioneda

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    Steven Michael Dioneda

    5.07 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and more
    Bio: After graduating from St.Louis Universtiy School of Law in 1986, I handled predominantly criminal defense matters for the first 2-3 years logging 17 jury trials over that period. Starting in 1989, I began handling personal injury claims throughout...
    Rating:  10
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    Brandon L. Kane

    Brandon L. Kane

    5.044 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Brandon Kane is an award winning attorney with nearly 20 years of legal experience, including significant experience with business formation and operations issues, complex commercial litigation, business and commercial disputes, estate planning, r...
    Rating:  10
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    Trae Bertrand

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    Trae Bertrand

    5.020 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Wills & Living Wills and more
    In need of an attorney for DWI, Drug Charges, Traffic Ticket, Misdemeanor or Felony? Give us a call.
    Rating:  8.4
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    Scott Bradford Pierson

    Scott Bradford Pierson

    5.030 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Sex Crime and more
    Bio: Client centered representation is Mr. Pierson's focus. Understanding that each client has unique issues that requires unique representation. Scott created Twibell Pierson Criminal Law in 2019. He partnered with Bert and Branden Twibell, two of Spr...
    Rating:  9.9
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    Brian James Cooke

    Brian James Cooke

    5.015 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Violent Crime
    Bio: The Law Offices of Brian J. Cooke, LLC is a top rated criminal defense law firm representing individuals under investigation or facing criminal prosecution in Missouri State and Municipal Courts. Attorney Brian Cooke has been named a Rising Star b...
    Rating:  9.7
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    Russell Phillip Dempsey

    Russell Phillip Dempsey

    5.011 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Bio: Russ Dempsey attended the University of Central Missouri where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. He then attended Washburn Law School in Topeka, Kansas, where he graduated with honors in 200...
    Rating:  9.8
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    Nicholas Justin Dudley

    Nicholas Justin Dudley

    5.010 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Learn more about me at I represent people in three types of cases: criminal defense, consumer fraud, and firearms.
    Rating:  9.6
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    Jason Anton Korner

    Jason Anton Korner

    4.69 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Federal Crime
    Bio: A full service criminal defense firm that specializes in the areas of DWI, Sex Crimes, and Federal Criminal Defense. Our firm offers an aggressive defense by engaging in a thorough investigation of each case. With the prosecutor's focus on DWI enf...
    Rating:  10
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    Carl Matthew Ward

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    Carl Matthew Ward

    4.912 reviews
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    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury
    Named to Top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyers in Mo. by the National Academy of Crim. Defense Lawyers
    Rating:  10
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    Allison Robyne Gerli

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    Allison Robyne Gerli

    5.023 reviews
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    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Adoption, Domestic Violence and more
    Bio: Allison joined The Center for Family Law as an associate in 2013 and concentrates her practice in family law. This includes divorce, child custody and support, third-party custody cases, adoptions, prenuptial agreements, guardianships, and orders ...
    Rating:  10
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    Susan Kreher Roach

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    Susan Kreher Roach

    5.07 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 46 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Divorce & Separation and more
    Don’t Gamble With Your Life And Your Future
    Rating:  7.3
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    John Derek James

    John Derek James

    5.01 review
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: I graduated from Tulane University in 2005 Summa Cum Laude, with departmental honors in English Literature. I was also admitted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. I graduated from Tulane Law School in 2008, Summa Cum Laude with honors in Trial...
    Rating:  10
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    Denise L. Childress

    Denise L. Childress

    5.015 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Bio: Denise L. Childress is an experienced trial lawyer and the President of Childress Legal, LLC. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri and practices criminal, DWI-DUI, and traffic law. Ms. Childress spend the last five and a half y...
    Rating:  10
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    Daniel Joseph Dodson

    Daniel Joseph Dodson

    4.516 reviews
    Missouri Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Review: "Dan represented my (x) husband & myself back in 1996. My husband was charged with attempted murder & I was charged with a class C felony. These charges were not true. We lived in a small town in NE Missouri. The case was big news there. Things loo..."
    Rating:  9.7
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