Best Law Firms in the United States for Criminal Defense: General Practice

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 Raleigh, North Carolina
 Raleigh, North Carolina
United States 2025
 4  Regional Awards

DeMent Askew & Johnson has experienced Raleigh attorneys helping people when they need it most. Whether you need a Criminal Lawyer, DWI Lawyer, Personal Injury Lawyer, Car Accident Lawyer, we will help you understand your rights and make the best possible decisions for yourself and your family.

For more than 40 years our lawyers have stood ready to protect our client’s rights in criminal law and civil law throughout all of North Carolina’s courts, both state and federal. Our established reputation for success in the courtroom is grounded on our longstanding commitment to providing clients with the best possible representation we can offer.

As a client of DeMent Askew, you get straight talk, straight answers and a thorough explanation of your options. We don’t make promises we can’t keep, and we won’t back down when your rights are at stake.

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Raleigh Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 Charleston, West Virginia
Client Endorsed
 Charleston, West Virginia
United States 2025
 6  Regional Awards
For over 40 years, and with more than 150 years combined experience, West Virginia has turned to the legal team of lawyers from DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC (formerly known as DiTrapano Barrett DiPiero McGinley & Simmons, PLLC) in Charleston, West Virginia for top quality representation. This boutique firm's team of highly talented and experienced lawyers have tried and won, or litigated and settled, many personal injury and accident cases, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, coal mining injuries and accidents, car and truck accidents, serious workplace accident cases, defective product cases, employment cases, and a wide range of business and complex commercial and class action litigation.

To achieve its successes, DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC has five lawyers with tremendous experience. The firm's lawyers work as a team, and the diverse backgrounds and unique talents of the firm's attorneys, all of whom are listed in "Best Lawyers," enable DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC to handle each client’s case with insight, understanding, and preparedness.

The firm's lawyers' experience include working as an assistant United States’ Attorney, and holding prestigious judicial clerkships, working closely with judges in the federal Court of Appeals and United States District Courts, as well as with the Supreme Court of West Virginia.

The firm has represented West Virginia state agencies for more than thirty years and has been involved in high-profile public cases. The firm's lawyers have represented the State of West Virginia in ground-breaking lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, recovering tens of millions of dollars for State taxpayers. The firm helped recover more than $60 Million on behalf of the State workers’ compensation fund from mining companies who were using contract miners and ran up huge unpaid debts. The firm represents the State’s largest newspaper and has represented two West Virginia governors.

The firm is proud of its decades long reputation of excellence in helping West Virginians that continues today as strong as ever. DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC remains dedicated to this long tradition of top quality legal representation and helping its clients by remaining one of the most successful law firms in West Virginia.
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Charleston-WV Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 New Haven, Connecticut
 New Haven, Connecticut
United States 2025
 3  Regional Awards

Frost Law LLC is a law firm experienced in handling complex criminal cases and civil disputes in federal and state courts. Conveniently located next to the federal and state courthouses in New Haven, Connecticut, the firm represents individuals and companies who need a New Haven criminal lawyer to handle white collar investigations, felony and misdemeanor criminal trials, and criminal appeals. We also can represent you in civil lawsuits, civil appeals, and attorney disciplinary proceedings. We provide personal attention to each matter, adhering to the highest professional and ethical standards, while aggressively pursuing the clients’ goals and objectives.

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New Haven Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 New Orleans, Louisiana
Client Endorsed
 New Orleans, Louisiana
United States 2025
 18  National Awards
 148  Regional Awards

Jones Walker (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 120 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm provides legal services to major multinational, public, and private companies and individuals doing business in the United States and abroad.

Since 2012, The BTI Consulting Group has named Jones Walker to its Client Service A-Team, which identifies the top client service firms in the nation. The firm has previously been named to both the A-Team and BTI's Client Service 30, a list of top 30 firms in the country for dedication to client service. Clients have recognized Jones Walker for consistent excellence in areas such as client focus, anticipating the client's needs, and understanding the client's business. Corporate Counsel magazine has named the firm a "Go-To Law Firm® of the World's Leading Companies" and a "Go-To Law Firm® of Leading Financial Services Companies," selections based on American Lawyer Media (ALM) national surveys of the General Counsel of Fortune 500® companies and leading financial services companies.

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Miami Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 Spokane, Washington
Client Endorsed
 Spokane, Washington
United States 2025
 4  Regional Awards
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Spokane Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
United States 2025
 5  Regional Awards

Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered exists to win each client’s case through relentless thought, action, courage and care. These are the words we live by...

Thought

It is midnight or 4:00 a.m.  There, in the faint blue glow of the computer screen, is the Monnat & Spurrier lawyer quietly plying the disciplined study, long range strategizing and innovation that launches the action of all successful courtroom battles. Since its genesis, the firm has recognized the risk of the busy trial lawyer, scrambling from one courtroom to another without time for long range planning, investigation or research. By limiting the number of cases we accept and always employing at least one legal scholar who does nothing but legal research and writing, Monnat & Spurrier avoids the traps that can sidetrack the courtroom win.

Action

Monnat & Spurrier lawyers are trial lawyers who regularly try “bet your life” cases to juries throughout the state of Kansas. Monnat & Spurrier lawyers do not count on quick plea bargains or “snitch” deals. Monnat & Spurrier lawyers are more likely out in the alley with a private eye looking for evidence or in the courthouse litigating creative motions and trying cases to juries.

Courage

Monnat & Spurrier lawyers strive to emulate the courage of the Nation’s founding fathers. We do so by embracing the opportunity to provide every accused - from the man, woman or child next door to the unpopular person, company or cause - the right to jury trial guaranteed by the Constitution. We do so by confronting unjust practices, procedures and people with the latest innovations of the law, science and technology. We do so by fighting whomever we need to fight to achieve justice for our client.

Care

Monnat & Spurrier lawyers know that if we want the jury to care about our client, the lawyer and law firm must care about the client too. Thus, the client, the client’s family and everyone at Monnat & Spurrier will spend countless hours together learning to know and understand each other so that, together, we can help the jury understand us and why our client should win the case on trial. We know that we stand with other human beings during some of the darkest hours of their lives. We want to bring to that moment the humanity, understanding and enlightenment the client deserves.

Relentlessly, we live by these words: Thought, Action, Courage and Care.

 

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Wichita Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
United States 2025
 2  Regional Awards
Stimson LaBranche Hubbard Law is a women-owned law firm that represents individuals and businesses in all manner of criminal and civil litigation. The attorneys at SLH are skilled and experienced trial attorneys and strategic legal thinkers. Our firm is designed to be large enough to handle the most complex of cases, but small enough to ensure our clients receive the personal attention they need and deserve.
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Colorado Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 Phoenix, Arizona
Client Endorsed
 Phoenix, Arizona
United States 2025
 33  National Awards
 245  Regional Awards

At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping you succeed. Our attorneys understand that innovative, value-creating solutions help our clients reach their goals. Our collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services can transform what you expect from your legal team.

With more than 1,100 attorneys, Taft has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Delaware, Ohio; Aspen, Denver, and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Detroit and Southfield, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota.; Indianapolis, Indiana; Covington, Kentucky; Phoenix, Arizona; Stuart and West Palm Beach, Florida; and Washington, D.C.

Taft attorneys serve individuals and businesses worldwide in both mature and emerging industries.

The firm practices across a wide range of industries in virtually every area of law, including:

  • Business
  • Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Employment and Labor Relations
  • Energy
  • Environmental
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • Lending and Finance
  • Litigation
  • Private Client
  • Real Estate
  • Tax

 

Since 1885, Taft has maintained a constant focus: to provide clients, both large and small, with legal advice and services that meet the highest possible standards.

 

Affiliated Businesses

As an additional service to our clients, Taft attorneys often partner with members of our affiliated businesses to provide comprehensive service to our clients. Our affiliated businesses include:

  • Ginovus
  • Taft Advisors LLC
  • Taft Business Consulting
  • Taft Infrastructure Advisors

 

Through these businesses, clients can access business consulting across a variety of disciplines, from general planning and forecasting to government relations and public policy.

Awards and Honors

Taft has received numerous awards and honors:

  • 108 Taft attorneys and 45 practice areas are listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
  • Eight Taft attorneys are listed in Chambers High Net Worth (HNW), and the firm is named a leading law firm in the HNW guide in Private Wealth Law for Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.
  • Taft is ranked among the Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms." Taft received 20 national Tier 1 rankings, and Tier 1 rankings by metropolitan area in 154 practice areas.
  • 363 Taft attorneys were honored with inclusion in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with an additional 136 attorneys honored in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
  • 112 Taft attorneys were named to the most recent list of Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine.
  • 78 Taft attorneys were named to the most recent list of Rising Stars by Super Lawyers magazine.
  • Taft is rated a Highly Recommended Firm in Ohio and Indiana as well as a Recommended Firm in Minnesota by Benchmark Litigation, and Taft attorneys hold 22 rankings by Benchmark in one or more categories.

 

Main Areas of Practice:

Business: We provide legal services to public, private, and non-profit clients in a wide variety of industries, including banking, construction, distribution, finance, health care, housing, insurance, manufacturing, private equity, professional sports, real estate, retail, and utilities. Members of the group represent clients of different sizes, from emerging companies to Fortune 500 companies, on issues ranging from local matters to transactions with national and international implications.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring: We represent debtors, lenders, committees, suppliers, real estate owners and developers, equipment lessors, receivers, trustees, buyers and sellers, and other parties in connection with a wide assortment of transactions and litigation. We have extensive experience in the automotive, steel, telecommunications, basic manufacturing, retail and wholesale goods, and distressed-debt trading industries.

Employment and Labor Relations: We represent clients in a wide range of legal services to manage the complex relationship between employers and employees, including labor management relations, employment litigation, day-to-day counseling, benefit plans and ERISA compliance, workplace safety and health, immigration and citizenship, and workers’ compensation.

Energy: We provide full-service representation to a broad range of energy providers, public utilities, transmission-only utilities, independent power producers, developers, regional entities, and other energy-sector participants.

Environmental: We provide services in the areas of trial practice, Superfund defense and negotiation, enforcement defense, cost-recovery for plaintiffs and defendants, criminal environmental defense, environmental insurance and toxic tort litigation, mold and sick building litigation, lawsuits involving environmental problems discovered as a result of real property transfers or mergers and acquisitions, Brownfields redevelopment, defense of claims of occupational exposures, and administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies.

Health Care: We advise individual and institutional healthcare providers, research institutions, and pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology clients in multiple areas of law, including business and finance, employment and labor relations, malpractice litigation, insurance, regulatory and administrative law, ERISA, third-party reimbursement (Medicare, Medicaid and private payers) and hospital financing (tax-exempt bond financing).

Intellectual Property: We counsel and assist clients with patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, intellectual property, and pharmaceutical and life sciences litigation, including Hatch-Waxman litigation, biosimilars, computer software and internet-related issues.

Lending and Finance: Lenders and borrowers alike need lawyers that understand market dynamics and help simplify the complexity of transactions wherever possible. Clients trust our team to bring a practical, business-oriented approach to each transaction. Our team represents lenders and borrowers in all types of financing transactions, including asset-based lending, mezzanine finance, traditional working capital and equipment finance, acquisition finance (senior and mezzanine), capital call lines of credit, real estate finance, equipment leasing, regulatory compliance, investigations and enforcement, and consumer financial services and lending.

Litigation: We represent clients in pretrial, trial and appellate litigation in federal and state courts, before regulatory agencies and arbitration panels, and in alternative dispute resolution in a full range of matters, including antitrust, appellate, bankruptcy, construction, ERISA, education, estates, trusts and fiduciary, environmental, FCPA and international anti-corruption, First Amendment and media law, government contracts, insurance, intellectual property, pharmaceutical and life sciences, product liability and personal injury, securities, sports, and corporate compliance and white collar criminal defense.

Private Client: We counsel owners of family businesses in establishing organizational structures to satisfy current and long-term needs, to plan for the transfer of the business to the next generation (whether during the owner's lifetime or upon death), and to implement strategies. We also represent clients on personal planning, taking into account estate and income tax issues, closely-held businesses, second marriages, and planning for special needs of children and other heirs.

Real Estate: We represent clients in all services related to the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, management, and use of real estate, including lease, financing agreement, construction contract, and purchase and sale agreement negotiations, land use representation and litigation, and tax valuation representation and litigation.

Tax: We represent public corporations, financial institutions, domestic joint ventures, new business ventures, non-profit and tax-exempt organizations, and individuals in tax matters such as business transactions, employee benefits and executive compensation, international taxation, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax, and tax controversy and litigation.

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Columbus-OH Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
Client Endorsed
 Phoenix, Arizona
United States 2025
 2  Regional Awards

The Law Offices of David A. Black was founded in 2010 by criminal lawyer David Black. The firm handles numerous cases related to criminal law. This includes serious felonies like homicides and federal white collar cases, misdemeanors such as DUIs and domestic disputes, and civil concerns like professional licensing defense. Additionally, the firm attends to civil defense matters with possible criminal aspects, like civil fraud suits.

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Phoenix Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
United States 2025
 1  Regional Award

The Rickman Law Firm, located in Tampa, Florida, is committed to offering comprehensive criminal defense representation to clients. With a strong background as both a federal defense attorney in Tampa and former prosecutor, Anthony Rickman has the knowledge and experience necessary to assist you in your case. If you are facing arrest or accusations in a state or federal court, reach out to The Rickman Law Firm for a free legal consultation. Anthony is dedicated to personally managing your criminal case and providing you with committed representation.

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Tampa Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 9  Regional Awards
Greenville Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 37  National Awards
 203  Regional Awards
Washington, D.C. Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 4  Regional Awards
Greenville Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 5  Regional Awards
Raleigh Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  National Awards
 9  Regional Awards
Orange County Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 7  National Awards
 12  Regional Awards
Los Angeles Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 1  Regional Award
Columbus-OH Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 31  National Awards
 93  Regional Awards
Washington, D.C. Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  Regional Awards
Manchester Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 7  Regional Awards
Tulsa Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 4  Regional Awards
New Jersey Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Philadelphia Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  National Awards
 17  Regional Awards
Baltimore Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
Washington, D.C. Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 1  Regional Award
Columbia-MO Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  National Awards
 20  Regional Awards
Phoenix Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  National Awards
 31  Regional Awards
New Jersey Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 12  Regional Awards
Colorado Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 22  Regional Awards
Stamford Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 11  Regional Awards
Cincinnati Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 8  Regional Awards
Buffalo Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Phoenix Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 9  Regional Awards
Orlando Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Los Angeles Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 7  Regional Awards
Knoxville Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 14  Regional Awards
Austin Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Charlotte Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 6  Regional Awards
Little Rock Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 6  National Awards
 43  Regional Awards
Phoenix Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 7  National Awards
 37  Regional Awards
New Jersey Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  Regional Awards
San Antonio Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 44  National Awards
 94  Regional Awards
New York City Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 1  Regional Award
Scottsdale Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 16  Regional Awards
Burlington Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 11  Regional Awards
Albany Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  Regional Awards
New Orleans Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  Regional Awards
Houston Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Raleigh Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 3  National Awards
 5  Regional Awards
New York City Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Colorado Tier 3 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Tucson Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
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