Criminal defense covers the representation of people who have been accused of a crime, from the earliest stages of an investigation through trial and any appeal. In New York, this can include traffic-related offenses, misdemeanors, and felonies. An attorney may advise on a person's rights during questioning, appear at arraignment, negotiate with prosecutors, review the evidence, argue motions, and represent a client at trial or sentencing. Cases are handled in local, county, and state courts, and sometimes in federal court.
Organizations in this directory that list criminal defense include solo practices, small and mid-sized law firms, and public defender or legal aid offices. When choosing counsel, ask how much experience the attorney has with matters similar to yours and in the court where your case is pending. Ask who will handle your case day to day and how fees are structured. You can also confirm that an attorney is registered and in good standing by searching the New York Attorney Search.
Firms and organizations listing Criminal Defense
Listed because each organization describes this area on its own website. This is not a referral, a ranking or a certification of any attorney's specialty. Ordered by the number of attorneys in the New York registry who list the organization.
The Legal Aid Society 1,254 attorneys Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 621 attorneys Brooklyn Defender Services 313 attorneys The Bronx Defenders 228 attorneys Winston & Strawn LLP 126 attorneys Abrams Fensterman, LLP 104 attorneys Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP 93 attorneys Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP 87 attorneys Meister Seelig & Schuster, PLLC 85 attorneys Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR) 84 attorneys Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem 84 attorneys The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc. 81 attorneys Brooklyn Law School 76 attorneys Monroe County Public Defender's Office 74 attorneys New York County Defender Services (NYCDS) 74 attorneys New York University School of Law 73 attorneys The Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, Inc. 72 attorneys Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP 66 attorneys Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP 59 attorneys Appellate Advocates 59 attorneys Hecker Fink LLP 59 attorneys Hiscock Legal Aid Society 58 attorneys Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. 56 attorneys Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP 51 attorneys Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. 51 attorneys Legal Aid Society of Nassau County 50 attorneys Center for Appellate Litigation 49 attorneys Ahmuty Demers & McManus LLP 49 attorneys Mintz & Gold LLP 42 attorneys Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP 42 attorneys Norris McLaughlin, P.A. 42 attorneys Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP 40 attorneys Sacco & Fillas, LLP 40 attorneys Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University 39 attorneys The City University of New York School of Law (CUNY School of Law, also styled CUNY Law) 38 attorneys New York University School of Law (NYU Law) 37 attorneys Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP 35 attorneys Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP 35 attorneys Ballard Spahr LLP 35 attorneys The Legal Aid Society Of Westchester County 34 attorneys Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C. 31 attorneys Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. 30 attorneys Sher Tremonte LLP 30 attorneys Sobo & Sobo, LLP 29 attorneys O’Connell & Aronowitz 27 attorneys Tully Rinckey PLLC 27 attorneys Wachtel Missry LLP 26 attorneys Russo & Gould LLP 24 attorneys Office of the Appellate Defender 24 attorneys Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP 23 attorneys Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP 23 attorneys Clark Smith Villazor LLP 22 attorneys Lacy Katzen LLP 22 attorneys Tiveron Law PLLC 22 attorneys Kostelanetz LLP 21 attorneys Dutchess County Public Defender's Office 21 attorneys Syracuse University College of Law 20 attorneys Dubin Research & Consulting (DRC) 20 attorneys Mavrides, Moyal, Packman & Sadkin, LLP 19 attorneys The Innocence Project, Inc. 19 attorneys Albany County Office of the Public Defender 19 attorneys Wigdor LLP 17 attorneys Kelley Kronenberg 17 attorneys Evans Fox LLP 17 attorneys Hacker Murphy LLP 16 attorneys Queens Defenders 16 attorneys Gallo & Iacovangelo, LLP 16 attorneys Mandelbaum Barrett PC 16 attorneys New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services 16 attorneys Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP 16 attorneys Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano PLLC 16 attorneys Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP 15 attorneys Drake Loeb PLLC 15 attorneys Peña & Kahn, PLLC 15 attorneys Chautauqua County Public Defender's Office 15 attorneys Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL) 15 attorneys Ulster County Public Defender's Office 15 attorneys Shapiro Arato Bach LLP 14 attorneys Brand Glick Brand, P.C. 14 attorneys Siben & Siben LLP 14 attorneys The Legal Aid Society of Orange County 14 attorneys Yankwitt LLP 14 attorneys Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University 14 attorneys Baughman Kroup Bosse PLLC 14 attorneys Vouté, Lohrfink, McAndrew, Meisner & Roberts, LLP 14 attorneys Cooper Erving & Savage LLP 14 attorneys Vladeck, Raskin & Clark PC 13 attorneys Stenger, Glass, Hagstrom, Lindars & Iuele LLP 13 attorneys KKL LLP 13 attorneys Trevett Cristo, P.C. 13 attorneys Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan, LLP 13 attorneys Maidenbaum & Sternberg, LLP 13 attorneys Harris Trzaskoma LLP 12 attorneys Ontario County Public Defender's Office 12 attorneys Ford O'Brien Landy LLP 12 attorneys Long Tuminello, LLP 12 attorneys Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP 12 attorneys Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP 12 attorneys The City University of New York School of Law 12 attorneys Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C. 12 attorneys Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP 11 attorneys Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP 11 attorneys Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP 11 attorneys Quatela Chimeri PLLC 11 attorneys Mallilo & Grossman Attorneys at Law 11 attorneys McPhillips, Fitzgerald & Cullum LLP 11 attorneys Cabanillas & Associates, P.C. 11 attorneys Mack & Mikullitz, P.C. 10 attorneys Zuckerman Spaeder LLP 10 attorneys Mahon, Rider, McKay, Bauer & Furst, PLLC 10 attorneys The Alber Firm, P.C. 10 attorneys Zelenitz, Shapiro & D'Agostino, P.C. 10 attorneys Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices 10 attorneys Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, P.C. 10 attorneys Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, PC 10 attorneys Capetola & Divins, P.C. 10 attorneys Pregnancy Justice 10 attorneys Wang Hecker LLP 9 attorneys New York State Defenders Association 9 attorneys Immigrant Defense Project 9 attorneys Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of New York 9 attorneys Morici & Morici, LLP 9 attorneys Peknic, Peknic & Schaefer, LLC 9 attorneys Jia Law Group 9 attorneys Barnes, Iaccarino & Shepherd LLP 9 attorneys O'Connor & Partners, PLLC 8 attorneys Russo, Karl, Widmaier & Cordano PLLC 8 attorneys Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein LLP 8 attorneys Hamilton Clarke LLP 8 attorneys Genova Burns LLC 8 attorneys Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang 8 attorneys Kaman Berlove LLP 8 attorneys Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC 8 attorneys Attea & Attea, P.C. 8 attorneys Karasyk & Moschella, LLP 8 attorneys O'Connor McGuinness Conte Doyle Oleson Watson & Loftus, LLP 8 attorneys Law Offices of Robert Tsigler, PLLC 8 attorneys Salzano Ettinger & Lampert LLP 8 attorneys Van DeWater & Van DeWater, LLP 7 attorneys LaMarche Safranko Law PLLC 7 attorneys Nave Law Firm 7 attorneys Conway, Donovan & Manley, PLLC 7 attorneys Smith Dominelli & Guetti LLC 7 attorneys Durante, Bock & Tota, PLLC 7 attorneys Edelman, Krasin & Jaye, PLLC 7 attorneys Youth Represent 7 attorneys Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP 7 attorneys Hollander Legal Group, P.C. 7 attorneys Agnifilo Intrater LLP 7 attorneys Jakubowski, Robertson, Maffei, Goldsmith & Tartaglia, LLP 7 attorneys Osborn Reed & Burke, LLP 7 attorneys Elliott Levine Jaroslaw Neils LLP 7 attorneys Tom Anelli & Associates, P.C. 7 attorneys Goldberg & Lindenberg, P.C. 7 attorneys Robert K. Young & Associates, P.C. 7 attorneys Clinton County Public Defender's Office 7 attorneys Harold, Salant, Strassfield & Rotbard, LLP 7 attorneys Saratoga County Public Defender's Office 7 attorneys Levitsky Law Firm PLLC 7 attorneys Aswad & Ingraham, LLP 7 attorneys Farber Balsam Papain Ferrari LLP 7 attorneys McCabe, Coleman, Ventosa & Patterson PLLC 7 attorneys The Bongiorno Law Firm, PLLC 6 attorneys Proto, Sachs & Brown, LLP 6 attorneys Ianniello Anderson, P.C. 6 attorneys The Quinn Law Firm 6 attorneys Meggesto, Crossett & Valerino, LLP 6 attorneys Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. 6 attorneys The Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo 6 attorneys Schenectady County Public Defender's Office 6 attorneys Cartier, Bernstein, Auerbach & Steinberg, P.C. 6 attorneys Trivella & Forte, LLP 6 attorneys Pappas, Cox, Kimpel, Dodd & Levine, P.C. 6 attorneys Goldburd McCone LLP 6 attorneys Seelig Law Offices, LLC 6 attorneys Demidchik Law Firm 6 attorneys Warren County Public Defender's Office 6 attorneys The Law Office of Usman B. Ahmad, P.C. 6 attorneys Dreyer Boyajian LLP 6 attorneys Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. 6 attorneys Dynamis LLP 6 attorneys JOEY JACKSON LAW, PLLC. 6 attorneys Bloch & White LLP 6 attorneys Pardalis & Nohavicka, LLP 6 attorneys Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law 6 attorneys Hodges Walsh & Burke, LLP 6 attorneys Davis Ndanusa Ikhlas & Saleem LLP 5 attorneys Haley Weinblatt & Calcagni, LLP 5 attorneys Weinberg, Gross & Pergament LLP 5 attorneys Personius Melber LLP 5 attorneys Shaw & Shaw, P.C. 5 attorneys Ezdrin, Woods, & Gluzberg, P.C. 5 attorneys Barrows Levy PLLC 5 attorneys Arshack, Hajek & Lehrman, PLLC 5 attorneys Chemung County Public Defender's Office 5 attorneys Fessenden Laumer & DeAngelo, PLLC 5 attorneys Menicucci Villa Panzella Calcagno PLLC 5 attorneys Alpha Law LLP 5 attorneys Connors LLP 5 attorneys Cohen Forman Barone, PC 5 attorneys Messner Reeves LLP 5 attorneys Geist Schwarz & Jellinek, PLLC 5 attorneys Cardi & Edgar LLP 5 attorneys Piscionere & Nemarow, P.C. 5 attorneys Phillips & Millman LLP 5 attorneys Spodek Law Group P.C. 5 attorneys Barger & Gaines 5 attorneys Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP 5 attorneys Fitzsimmons, Nunn & Plukas, LLP 5 attorneys Melito & Adolfsen P.C. 5 attorneys Flink Maswick Law PLLC 5 attorneys Musa-Obregon Law PC 5 attorneys Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin, LLP 5 attorneys Trainor, Pezzulo & DeSanto PLLC 5 attorneys Rha Kim Grossman & McIlwain, LLP 5 attorneys Santamarina & Associates 5 attorneys Tarbet & Lester PLLC 5 attorneys Kloss Stenger & Gormley LLP 5 attorneys Monroe County Conflict Defender's Office 5 attorneys Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern, LLP 5 attorneys Lebedin Kofman LLP 5 attorneys Dealy Silberstein & Braverman, LLP 5 attorneys Jefferson County Public Defender's Office 5 attorneys DarrowEverett LLP 5 attorneys Feifer & Greenberg, LLP 5 attorneys Capezza Hill, LLP 5 attorneys Freid Klawon and Conners 5 attorneys Livingston County Public Defender 5 attorneys O'Connor, Karlitz & McLaughlin, PLLC 5 attorneys Beys Liston & Mobargha LLP 5 attorneys Roach, Quinlan, Grable, McGorry, Romano & Kroetsch LLP 5 attorneys Dentino, Cammarata & Fazio, LLP 5 attorneys MacVean, Lewis, Sherwin & McDermott, P.C. 4 attorneys Pomeroy, Armstrong & Casullo, LLP 4 attorneys Wayne County Public Defender 4 attorneys J. Robbin Law 4 attorneys The Law Office of Robert King PLLC (King Law) 2 attorneys Phillips, Artura & Cox, Attorneys at Law 2 attorneys Maranda E Fritz PC 1 attorneysBefore you hire
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