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OhioCriminal Defense Lawyers in Cincinnati, Ohio

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 Ohio, 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 Ohio 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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Geoffrey Alan Modderman

Geoffrey Alan Modderman
City of Middletown
1 Donham Plaza
Middletown, OH 45042
Licensed for 20 years, Geoffrey Alan Modderman is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Christopher James Pagan

Christopher James Pagan
Repper Pagan Law, Ltd.
1501 1st Ave
Middletown, OH 45044
Licensed for 30 years, Christopher James Pagan is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

William Joseph Rapp

William Joseph Rapp
William J. Rapp
1 E Main St
Amelia, OH 45102
Licensed for 37 years, William Joseph Rapp is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Charles Nicholas Ring

Charles Nicholas Ring
Law Office of C. Nicholas Ring
735 E State St
Georgetown, OH 45121
Licensed for 31 years, Charles Nicholas Ring is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Kentucky College of Law... read more >

Charles Matthew Rittgers

Charles Matthew Rittgers
Rittgers & Rittgers
12 E Warren St
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 14 years, Charles Matthew Rittgers is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Ronald Warren Ruppert

Ronald Warren Ruppert
Ruppert, Bronson & Ruppert Co., LPA
PO Box 369
Franklin, OH 45005
Licensed for 36 years, Ronald Warren Ruppert is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Oregon School of Law... read more >

Robert William Stearns

Robert William Stearns
Robert W. Stearns
202 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 18 years, Robert William Stearns is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentucky ... read more >

Shawn Alan Stiver

Shawn Alan Stiver
Shawn A. Stiver, Attorney at Law
9435 Waterstone Blvd Ste 140
Loveland, OH 45140
Licensed for 33 years, Shawn Alan Stiver is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Steven Troute Pierson

Steven Troute Pierson
5749 Waterloo Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
Licensed for 40 years, Steven Troute Pierson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Dennis Joseph Fallang

Dennis Joseph Fallang
641 Heartland Trce
Centerville, OH 45458
Licensed for 47 years, Dennis Joseph Fallang is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Toledo College of Law... read more >

Emily LuAnn Huddleston

Emily LuAnn Huddleston
6629 Saddlebrook Ct
Loveland, OH 45140
Licensed for 19 years, Emily LuAnn Huddleston is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

James Jung Ho Choi

James Jung Ho Choi
The Choi Law Office
616 Dayton Street
Hamilton, OH 45011
Licensed for 7 years, James Jung Ho Choi is a Criminal Defense and Real Estate Law lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Catherine Adams

Catherine Adams
10 S. Third Street
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 41 years, Catherine Adams is a Criminal Defense and Marijuana Law lawyer... read more >

Richard L Kaplan

Richard L Kaplan
Richard L Kaplan, Attorney at Law
683 Miamisburg Centerville Road, Suite 202
Dayton, OH 45459
Licensed for 44 years, Richard L Kaplan is a Family Law and Estate and Probate Law lawyer... read more >

Frank Joseph Schiavone IV

Frank Joseph Schiavone IV
Schiavone Law Firm
9078 Union Centre Blvd Suite 350
, OH 45069
Licensed for 14 years, Frank Joseph Schiavone IV is a Criminal Defense and Divorce lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati... read more >

Thomas Graham Eagle

Thomas Graham Eagle
Thomas G. Eagle Co., L.P.A.
3400 OH-741
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 38 years, Thomas Graham Eagle is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended University of Kentucky College of ... read more >

Douglas Dewayne Adkins

Douglas Dewayne Adkins
Douglas Adkins - Attorney at Law LLC
1248 Nilles Road Suite 7
Fairfield, OH 45014
Licensed for 21 years, Douglas Dewayne Adkins is a Criminal Defense and Employment Law lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of L... read more >

Richard Allen Hyde

Richard Allen Hyde
Holcomb & Hyde, LLC
6 S 2nd St Suite 311
Hamilton, OH 45011
Licensed for 35 years, Richard Allen Hyde is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Charles Henry Rittgers

Charles Henry Rittgers
Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima
12 E Warren St
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 46 years, Charles Henry Rittgers is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of L... read more >

Robert William Dziech

Robert William Dziech
The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office
230 E 9th St Ste 4000
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Licensed for 28 years, Robert William Dziech is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - North... read more >

Robert Hagen Lyons

Robert Hagen Lyons
Lyons & Lyons Co., LPA
8310 Princeton Glendale Rd
Beckett Ridge, OH 45069
Licensed for 44 years, Robert Hagen Lyons is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern... read more >

Allison Sarah Cox

Allison Sarah Cox
Hamilton County Public Defender's Office
230 E 9th St 3rd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Licensed for 11 years, Allison Sarah Cox is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentucky Unive... read more >

Sarah Elizabeth Nelson

Sarah Elizabeth Nelson
Hamilton County Public Defender
230 E 9th St 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Licensed for 7 years, Sarah Elizabeth Nelson is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Eric Philip Allen

Eric Philip Allen
Rittgers & Rittgers
12 E Warren St
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 37 years, Eric Philip Allen is a Civil Trial Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Toledo College of Law... read more >

William Harold Kaufman

William Harold Kaufman
Kaufman & Florence
P.O. Box 280
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 53 years, William Harold Kaufman is a Criminal Defense and Civil Trial Law lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law ... read more >

Bruce Alan Hunter

Bruce Alan Hunter
Bruce Hunter LLC
21 Reily Rd
Wyoming, OH 45215
Licensed for 40 years, Bruce Alan Hunter is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

James Richard Kirkland

James Richard Kirkland
Kirkland & Sommers Co., LPA
10532 Success Ln
Dayton, OH 45458
Licensed for 55 years, James Richard Kirkland is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - T... read more >

Ched H. Peck

Ched H. Peck
The Peck Law Office
304 North Second Street
Hamilton, OH 45011
Licensed for 19 years, Ched H. Peck is a Family Law and Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Daniel Joseph O'brien

Daniel Joseph O'brien
1431 Hemingway Dr
Waynesville, OH 45068
Licensed for 63 years, Daniel Joseph O'brien is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended University of Detroit Mercy Scho... read more >

John David Smith

John David Smith
Smith, Meier & Webb, LPA
140 N Main St Ste B
Springboro, OH 45066
Licensed for 44 years, John David Smith is a Civil Trial Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Morgan Ashley Kohler

Morgan Ashley Kohler
5900 W. Chester Road Suite E
West Chester, OH 45069
Licensed for 11 years, Morgan Ashley Kohler is a DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Paul Lewis Hackett III

Paul Lewis Hackett III
Hackett Law Offices
PO Box 652
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 36 years, Paul Lewis Hackett III is a Marijuana Law lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Zachary Alan Corbin

Zachary Alan Corbin
Brown County Prosecutor's Office
740 Mt Orab Pike Ste 1
Georgetown, OH 45121
Licensed for 15 years, Zachary Alan Corbin is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentucky Uni... read more >

Robert Thomas Baker

Robert Thomas Baker
Clermont County
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 19 years, Robert Thomas Baker is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Robert Francis Benintendi

Robert Francis Benintendi
Clermont Co. Public Defender's Office
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 32 years, Robert Francis Benintendi is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Matthew Vincent Faris

Matthew Vincent Faris
Clermont County Public Defender
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 16 years, Matthew Vincent Faris is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Kentucky College of Law... read more >

Willard Stephen Haynes

Willard Stephen Haynes
Clermont County Public Defenders Office
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 41 years, Willard Stephen Haynes is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State U... read more >

Willard Stephen Haynes

Willard Stephen Haynes
Clermont County Public Defenders Office
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 41 years, Willard Stephen Haynes is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State U... read more >

Gregory Mark Hoffman

Gregory Mark Hoffman
Clermont County Public Defender
302 E Main St
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 17 years, Gregory Mark Hoffman is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Carol A Rowe

Carol A Rowe
Clermont County Prosecutor's Office
76 S Riverside Dr 2nd Floor
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 23 years, Carol A Rowe is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Daniel Boone Startsman III

Daniel Boone Startsman III
Clermont County Prosecutor's Office
101 E Main St 2nd Floor
Batavia, OH 45103
Licensed for 17 years, Daniel Boone Startsman III is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Russell Bernard Greene

Russell Bernard Greene
Public Defender, 6th Judicial Circuit
Gerbera Ln
, OH 45305
Licensed for 13 years, Russell Bernard Greene is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Quinnipiac University School of Law... read more >

Christopher Michael Rivello

Christopher Michael Rivello
Clinton County Ohio
46 S South St
Wilmington, OH 45177
Licensed for 9 years, Christopher Michael Rivello is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentu... read more >
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Criminal Defense Specialty Areas

Criminal Defense Specialty Areas

NBLSC Certification in Criminal Trial Advocacy - The National Board of Legal Specialty Certification is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) to certify attorneys as specialists in criminal trial advocacy.



Nonprofit Legal Associations

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.


Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

OACDL defends the rights of the accused while assisting and educating criminal defense attorneys in Ohio.


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