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    New Jersey Has 2635 Criminal Defense Attorneys with 27593 Reviews

    Dennis Wixted

    Dennis Wixted

    3.04 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 52 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Government and more
    Review: "This is the attorney you want to defend you. He is respected in courts in NJ. His Firm is not afraid of the judge or prosecutor. He has his clients interest first."
    Rating:  8.5
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    James Adam Funt

    James Adam Funt

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Employment & Labor
    Bio: James A. Funt is a founding partner at Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt & Flores, specializing in blue collar and white collar criminal defense, civil rights, and plaintiff’s side employment discrimination matters. Mr. Funt is currently the 2015 Co-Chair ...
    Rating:  9.2
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    John Steenwyk Avery

    John Steenwyk Avery

    5.08 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Family and more
    Bio: Avery & Avery, works in general practice, fousing on all Criminal, DUI, Family, Landlord Tenant, Estate Planning, and Real Estate matters. For experienced, dedicated, and compassionate legal counsel with a wide spectrum on knowledge, the choice is...
    Rating:  7.5
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    Cristian Michael Towers

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    Cristian Michael Towers

    5.03 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, DUI & DWI and more
    Review: "He was the best lawyer I've ever dealt with. He always kept me informed about what was going on. Also he was the case because he did exactly what he said he was going to do."
    Rating:  7.5
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    John J. Dell'Aquilo

    John J. Dell'Aquilo

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Review: "I was facing a 3rd DUI conviction and looking at 10 years loss of license and 6 months of mandatory jail time in addition to excessively high fines, court cost, etc. I am a Nurse as well and my Nursing license were in jeopardy of being stripped fr..."
    Rating:  9.0
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    Lawrence S Horn

    Lawrence S Horn

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 56 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Business
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    Ricardo Solano

    Ricardo Solano

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, White Collar Crime, Commercial
    Rating:  10
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    Michael V Elward

    Michael V Elward

    5.04 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury
    Review: "Mr. Elward represented me in a criminal matter. He is an expectional attorney and a very clean man. I was told by my previous attorney that Jail was inevitable. Mr. Elward helped me avoid jail and got me a great result. I would highly recomment hi..."
    Rating:  7.6
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    Aidan Patrick O'Connor

    Aidan Patrick O'Connor

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas:  Government, Litigation, Criminal Defense
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    Christopher D Adams

    Christopher D Adams

    3.02 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Ethics & Professional Responsibility and more
    Review: "Mr. Adams is an excellent attorney who is prepared and professional. He made me feel like a very important client, even though my case was not very big. I would absolutely hire Mr. Adams again."
    Rating:  10
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    Stephen Neil Dratch

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    Stephen Neil Dratch

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 52 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Commercial, Personal Injury and more
    Large firm representation, small firm service.
    Rating:  8.9
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    Barbara E Ungar

    Barbara E Ungar

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 38 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Landlord & Tenant, Domestic Violence and more
    Bio: Our law office provides aggressive and dedicated representation of our clients while providing the best results achievable. I am a solo practitioner with our law office located in Edison, New Jersey with a practice devoted to criminal defense of a...
    Rating:  9.1
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    Missy Duarte

    Missy Duarte

    5.02 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Slip and Fall Accident and more
    Bio: I am a Spanish-speaking Senior Associate at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. As a member of the litigation team, my practice concentrates on primarily on personal injury litigation, where I am dedicated to protecting the injured. In addition to b...
    Rating:  10
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    Allison F. Schumer

    Allison F. Schumer

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: I like my job! I limit my practice to Criminal Defense in the Superior court and prefer cases in Essex County where I have been practicing law for the past 10 years. If you are interested in an attorney who can spot the legal issues in a case, wri...
    Rating:  7.4
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    Ryan J. Clark

    Ryan J. Clark

    5.09 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Administrative Law, Medical Malpractice and more
    Bio: Ryan J. Clark is a partner at Lenox Law Firm where he now focuses on medical malpractice defense and representing and advising school districts in administrative matters while continuing to handle a residual caseload of select family and criminal ...
    Rating:  8.6
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    Jillian Renee Elko

    Jillian Renee Elko

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor
    Review: "I my name is Nicholas I was consulted with Jillian Elko and I had the honor of her being my public defender and she did the best job she that could have been done possibly she was the best attorney I've had in 10 years to being involved in the sys..."
    Rating:  7.1
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    Kalman H Geist

    Kalman H Geist

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 60 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Medical Malpractice and more
    Review: "I HAVE HAD KAL AS MY ATTORNEY FOR OVER 20 YEARS,,,I HAVE BEEN THRU 5 SEPARATE SUPERIOR COURT JURY TRIALS,,THIS WAS IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES,,PASSAIC,MORRIS,,AND SUSSEX,,APPARENTLY THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ARREST ME ,INDICT ME AND BRING ME T..."
    Rating:  7.7
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    Sean M. Pena

    Sean M. Pena

    5.06 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Federal Crime and more
    Bio: Sean M. Pena is dedicated to the zealous defense of those accused with various crimes. Mr. Pena represents clients from various backgrounds on charges including but not limited to homicide, sexual assault, drug offenses, robbery, aggravated assaul...
    Rating:  8.7
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    John C Vandenberg

    John C Vandenberg

    5.02 reviews
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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and more
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    Leonard L. Grasso

    Leonard L. Grasso

    5.02 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation
    Review: "Mr. Grasso was extremely helpful to me in getting an unwarranted traffic ticket dismissed. He was friendly, professional and responsive, while working assiduously on my case. I would highly recommend him."
    Rating:  8.3
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