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The United States Constitution grants important rights to any person accused of a crime including due process, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the right to representation by counsel, the right to remain silent and to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures.


When choosing a criminal defense attorney in Georgia, consider the lawyer's training, experience, ratings and reviews. Attorneys that practice within the criminal justice system tend to focus on certain types of cases in either state or federal court.


Most criminal defense attorneys provide a free consultation to discuss the facts of your case and defenses that might apply. Before you decide on which attorney to hire, meet with several different attorneys in their office to discuss the case and the attorney fees required for representation.


Once you decide which attorney to hire, make sure you and the attorney sign a written fee agreement or contract that describes the attorney fees required at each stage of the case including during pre-trial negotiations, motion hearings and a bench or jury trial.


A criminal defense lawyer in Georgia should fight to protect the rights of his or her client in a criminal case against felony or misdemeanor charges... Read more »

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James M Deichert

James M Deichert
Fellows LaBriola LLP
225 Peachtree St #2300
Atlanta, GA 30303
Licensed for 42 years, James M Deichert is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Seton Hall University Law School... read more >

Warren Carl Lietz III

Warren Carl Lietz III
Finch McCranie, LLP
229 Peachtree St NE Ste 2500
Atlanta, GA 30303
Licensed for 29 years, Warren Carl Lietz III is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Vermont Law School... read more >

Richard T Ryczek Jr

Richard T Ryczek Jr
The Ryczek Firm, P.C.
261 W Crogan St
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Licensed for 25 years, Richard T Ryczek Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Ingrid D Skidmore

Ingrid D Skidmore
Skidmore Law Group, L.L.C.
303 Perimeter Center North Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30346
Licensed for 31 years, Ingrid D Skidmore is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Emory University School of Law... read more >

Thomas A Withers

Thomas A Withers
Gillen Withers & Lake LLC
8 E Liberty
Savannah, GA 31401
Licensed for 40 years, Thomas A Withers is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Peter Mandeville Zeliff

Peter Mandeville Zeliff
Zeliff & Watson, LLC
351-A Dahlonega St
Cumming, GA 30040
Licensed for 26 years, Peter Mandeville Zeliff is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Eliot Jay Abt

Eliot Jay Abt
The Abt Law Firm LLC
2295 Parklake Dr NE Suite 510
Atlanta, GA 30345
Licensed for 29 years, Eliot Jay Abt is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Emory University... read more >

Ross David Grisham

Ross David Grisham
Grisham & Poole PC
577 E Main St
Canton, GA 30114
Licensed for 25 years, Ross David Grisham is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Wyoming... read more >

Lucas Oliver Harsh

Lucas Oliver Harsh
Lucas O. Harsh PC
827 Mill Rock St
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
Licensed for 24 years, Lucas Oliver Harsh is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Biff Elliott Courson

Biff Elliott Courson
Biff Courson Law, LLC
PO Box 28091
Atlanta, GA 30358
Licensed for 17 years, Biff Elliott Courson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Colette Resnik Steel

Colette Resnik Steel
The Steel Law Firm PC
1800 Peachtree Rd NW #300
Atlanta, GA 30309
Licensed for 33 years, Colette Resnik Steel is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Emory University... read more >

Timothy F. White

Timothy F. White
Timothy F. White, Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 1855
Jasper, GA 30143
Licensed for 26 years, Timothy F. White is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended The John Marshall Law School... read more >

Brian Edward Goldberg

Brian Edward Goldberg
Georgia Department of Law
40 Capitol Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
Licensed for 27 years, Brian Edward Goldberg is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State Un... read more >

Sharon Kaye Wilson

Sharon Kaye Wilson
Sharon K. Wilson
1170 Glenn Wilkie Trail
Ball Ground, GA 30107
Licensed for 27 years, Sharon Kaye Wilson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Florida State University College of Law... read more >

Marissa Goldberg

Marissa Goldberg
3575 Piedmont Rd NE Ste 1010
Atlanta, GA 30305
Licensed for 13 years, Marissa Goldberg is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Loyola University... read more >

Denise De la Rue

Denise De la Rue
508 E Howard Ave
Decatur, GA 30030
Licensed for 27 years, Denise De la Rue is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Edwin M Saginar

Edwin M Saginar
Attorney at Law
3625 Brookside Pkwy Suite 525
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Licensed for 55 years, Edwin M Saginar is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Robert Harvey Speer Jr

Robert Harvey Speer Jr
Speer Law Offices, P.C.
100 Churchill Ct. Suite 102
Woodstock, GA 30188
Licensed for 35 years, Robert Harvey Speer Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Esther Dina Feuer Panitch

Esther Dina Feuer Panitch
The Panitch Law Group PC
4243 Dunwoody Club Dr Ste 205
Dunwoody, GA 30350
Licensed for 18 years, Esther Dina Feuer Panitch is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended University of Miami... read more >

James Lloyd Paisley

James Lloyd Paisley
The Paisley Law Group
1720 Peachtree Rd NW #332
Atlanta, GA 30309
Licensed for 15 years, James Lloyd Paisley is a Criminal Defense and Civil Trial Law lawyer who attended Florida State University... read more >

Robert Frank Schnatmeier Jr

Robert Frank Schnatmeier Jr
Smith Schnatmeier Dettmering Collins & Reeves, LLP
278 North Marietta Pkwy NE
Marietta, GA 30060
Licensed for 30 years, Robert Frank Schnatmeier Jr is a Criminal Defense and Civil Trial Law lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

David Anthony Lamalva

David Anthony Lamalva
David LaMalva, Attorney, PC
919 Center St NE
Conyers, GA 30012
Licensed for 35 years, David Anthony Lamalva is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Jennifer Ann Curry

Jennifer Ann Curry
Law Office of Jennifer A. Curry, LLC
PO Box 1275
Columbus, GA 31901
Licensed for 12 years, Jennifer Ann Curry is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School... read more >

Michael Patrick Jacobs

Michael Patrick Jacobs
W. Scott Smith, PC
100 Peachtree St NW Ste 2060
Atlanta, GA 30303
Licensed for 20 years, Michael Patrick Jacobs is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University College of Law... read more >

Snehal Patel

Snehal Patel
Patel Law Firm
219 W York St
Savannah, GA 31401
Licensed for 18 years, Snehal Patel is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Southern Illinois University School of Law... read more >

R David Botts

R David Botts
152 Nassau St NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Licensed for 50 years, R David Botts is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Andy Morris Cohen

Andy Morris Cohen
The Cohen Law Firm
2300 Henderson Mill Road Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345
Licensed for 17 years, Andy Morris Cohen is a Criminal Defense and Marijuana Law lawyer... read more >

Andrew Robert Fiddes

Andrew Robert Fiddes
The Fiddes Law Firm, LLC
1170 Peachtree St., NE Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30309
Licensed for 24 years, Andrew Robert Fiddes is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Robb Ortman

Robb Ortman
Attorney Robb Ortman
291 Jarvis St
Canton, GA 30114
Licensed for 25 years, Robb Ortman is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Jessica Ruth Towne

Jessica Ruth Towne
Clark & Towne PC
753 Cherokee Ave SE a 55
Atlanta, GA 30315
Licensed for 35 years, Jessica Ruth Towne is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Mark J Issa

Mark J Issa
The Issa Law Firm
66 Lenox Pointe NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
Licensed for 20 years, Mark J Issa is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended Georgia State University College of Law... read more >

Russell Zane Hetzel

Russell Zane Hetzel
Hetzel Weeks, LLC
11285 Elkins Rd D1
Roswell, GA 30076
Licensed for 16 years, Russell Zane Hetzel is a Criminal Defense and Immigration Law lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Noah Howard Pines

Noah Howard Pines
Ross & Pines LLC
5555 Glenridge Con Ste 435
Atlanta, GA 30342
Licensed for 29 years, Noah Howard Pines is a Criminal Defense and Appellate Law lawyer who attended Emory University... read more >

Donnie Dixon

Donnie Dixon
Donnie Dixon, Attorney at Law, LLC
24 Drayton Street Suite 1000
Savannah, GA 31401
Donnie Dixon is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Paul Stephen Kish

Paul Stephen Kish
Kish Law LLC
229 Peachtree St NE Ste 2505
Atlanta, GA 30303
Licensed for 42 years, Paul Stephen Kish is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Gary C McCorvey

Gary C McCorvey
Spurlin & McCorvey
225 Tift Ave N
Tifton, GA 31794
Licensed for 43 years, Gary C McCorvey is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia School of Law... read more >

Douglas Warren McDonald

Douglas Warren McDonald
McDonald, Cody & Cook, L.L.C.
PO Box 396
Cornelia, GA 30531
Licensed for 29 years, Douglas Warren McDonald is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Robert A Meier IV

Robert A Meier IV
Tower Place
4080 McGinnis Ferry Rd STE 401
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Licensed for 45 years, Robert A Meier IV is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Woodrow Wilson College of Law... read more >

William Hundley Turner Jr

William Hundley Turner Jr
Turner & Lawrence, PC
423 S Mulberry St
Jackson, GA 30233
Licensed for 43 years, William Hundley Turner Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Woodrow Wilson College of Law... read more >

Cathy Morris Alterman

Cathy Morris Alterman
Law Offices of Cathy Morris Alterman
2673 Delk Rd SE e
Marietta, GA 30067
Licensed for 31 years, Cathy Morris Alterman is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Kenneth Raymond Croy

Kenneth Raymond Croy
Kenneth R. Croy & Associates
363 Lawrence St NE
Marietta, GA 30060
Licensed for 44 years, Kenneth Raymond Croy is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Lynne Marie Fleming

Lynne Marie Fleming
Fleming Law, PC
217 W York St
Savannah, GA 31401
Licensed for 13 years, Lynne Marie Fleming is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Widener University... read more >

Thomas Joseph Gustinella

Thomas Joseph Gustinella
The Central Park Complex
340 Eisenhower Dr Bldg 600, Suite 630
Savannah, GA 31406
Licensed for 30 years, Thomas Joseph Gustinella is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati... read more >

Michael O Horgan

Michael O Horgan
Michael O Horgan Attorney At Law PC
PO Box 68 407 E Robert Toombs Ave
Washington, GA 30673
Licensed for 39 years, Michael O Horgan is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Sean H Joyner

Sean H Joyner
The Joyner Law Firm
288 GA-314 Suite B
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Licensed for 21 years, Sean H Joyner is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended John Marshall (Atlanta)... read more >

Michael B Nation

Michael B Nation
Nation Moore & Associates LLC
957 Bank St NE
Conyers, GA 30012
Licensed for 22 years, Michael B Nation is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

M Theodore Solomon II

M Theodore Solomon II
Solomon & Edgar
PO Box 467 515 W 12th St
Alma, GA 31510
Licensed for 51 years, M Theodore Solomon II is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Georgia... read more >

Mark Van Spix

Mark Van Spix
Mark V. Spix PC
300 Galleria Pkwy SE Ste 1000
Atlanta, GA 30339
Licensed for 46 years, Mark Van Spix is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Toledo... read more >

G Richard Stepp

G Richard Stepp
G. Richard Stepp, P.C.
PO Box 749
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Licensed for 29 years, G Richard Stepp is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University... read more >

Nathan E. Jackson

Nathan E. Jackson
Edwards, McLeod & Money, PC
8701 Hospital Drive Suite B
Douglasville, GA 30134
Licensed for 20 years, Nathan E. Jackson is a Family Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Georgia State University College of Law... read more >
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National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Founded in 1958, NACDL is the largest organization for criminal defense lawyers fighting to preserve fairness within America's criminal justice system. The organization has more than 10,000 direct members including criminal defense attorneys in private practice, public defenders in state or federal court, U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges.


Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

GACDL advocates for the rights of the accused, adequate funding for the defense of the indigent, and a fair criminal justice system.


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