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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 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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David Vincent Gedrock

David Vincent Gedrock
David V. Gedrock, ESQ.
46 Public Square Ste 210
Medina, OH 44256
Licensed for 44 years, David Vincent Gedrock is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Pettit College of Law - The Ohio Northern University... read more >

Morgan Elias Giles

Morgan Elias Giles
Giles Law Group LLC
109 E High St
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Licensed for 13 years, Morgan Elias Giles is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Paul Giorgianni

Paul Giorgianni
Giorgianni Law LLC
1538 Arlington Ave
Marble Cliff, OH 43212
Licensed for 29 years, Paul Giorgianni is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State Universi... read more >

Jeffrey Philip Hastings

Jeffrey Philip Hastings
Jeff Hastings
P.O. Box 33863
Cleveland, OH
Licensed for 33 years, Jeffrey Philip Hastings is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Robert Anthony Herking

Robert Anthony Herking
Robert A. Herking
431 Ohio Pike Ste 211
Cincinnati, OH 45255
Licensed for 18 years, Robert Anthony Herking is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentucky ... read more >

Paul Edwin Howell

Paul Edwin Howell
Howell, Gast-Schlater & Co., L.P.A.
PO Box 317
Saint Henry, OH 45883
Licensed for 39 years, Paul Edwin Howell is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Pettit College of Law - The Ohio Northern University... read more >

Charles Albert Kidder

Charles Albert Kidder
The Law Office of Charley Kidder
409 E 2nd St Ste 204
Salem, OH 44460
Licensed for 18 years, Charles Albert Kidder is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

James Randal Krischak

James Randal Krischak
Gottlieb, Johnston, Beam & Dal Ponte PLL
320 Main St
Zanesville, OH 43701
Licensed for 47 years, James Randal Krischak is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Scott Douglas Kruger

Scott Douglas Kruger
Kruger and Hodges, LLC
220 S Monument Ave
Hamilton, OH 45011
Licensed for 18 years, Scott Douglas Kruger is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law - Northern Kentucky Un... read more >

John Patrick Luskin

John Patrick Luskin
City of Lyndhurst
5301 Mayfield Rd
Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Licensed for 36 years, John Patrick Luskin is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Hector Gerald Martinez Jr

Hector Gerald Martinez Jr
Hector G. Martinez, Jr. Co., LPA
4230 OH-306 Ste 240
Willoughby, OH 44094
Licensed for 27 years, Hector Gerald Martinez Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law... read more >

Robert Glenn Mcclelland

Robert Glenn Mcclelland
Graham & Graham Co., LPA
P.O. Box 340
Zanesville, OH 43701
Licensed for 17 years, Robert Glenn Mcclelland is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Appalachian School of Law... read more >

Gene Meadows

Gene Meadows
Meadows Law Office, LLC
237 E Main St
Jackson, OH 45656
Licensed for 35 years, Gene Meadows is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Jonathan Eugene Morris

Jonathan Eugene Morris
Redinger & Morris LLP
116 Cleveland Ave NW Suite 418
Canton, OH 44702
Licensed for 30 years, Jonathan Eugene Morris is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Virginia School of Law... read more >

Stephen Andrew Moyer

Stephen Andrew Moyer
Moyer Law Offices LPA
9 E Kossuth St
Columbus, OH 43206
Licensed for 43 years, Stephen Andrew Moyer is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Brian Andrew Murray

Brian Andrew Murray
Zukerman, Lear & Murray, Co., L.P.A.
3912 Prospect Ave E
Cleveland, OH 44115
Licensed for 19 years, Brian Andrew Murray is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law... read more >

Kevin Patrick Ondrey

Kevin Patrick Ondrey
Cleveland Municipal Court
P.O. Box 94894
Cleveland, OH
Licensed for 25 years, Kevin Patrick Ondrey is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Neil Damir Petkovic

Neil Damir Petkovic
Valmark Financial Group, LLC
130 Springside Dr
Akron, OH 44333
Licensed for 17 years, Neil Damir Petkovic is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Sky Pettey

Sky Pettey
LaVelle & Associates
449 E State St
Athens, OH 45701
Licensed for 24 years, Sky Pettey is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State University... read more >

Jason Michael Sayre

Jason Michael Sayre
U.S. Army JAG CORPS
One Cascade Plaza, Suite 2150
Akron, OH 44308
Licensed for 16 years, Jason Michael Sayre is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended The University of Akron School of Law... read more >

Caroline Rochelle Schmidt

Caroline Rochelle Schmidt
Garbig, Schmidt & Pohlman, LLC
OH-49
, OH
Licensed for 23 years, Caroline Rochelle Schmidt is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Andrew Robert Schuman

Andrew Robert Schuman
Andrew R. Schuman
610 5th St
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Licensed for 24 years, Andrew Robert Schuman is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Franklin Pierce Law Center - University of New Hamps... read more >

Maximillian Christopher Sutton

Maximillian Christopher Sutton
Max Sutton, Attorney at Law
3 N 3rd St
Newark, OH 43055
Licensed for 26 years, Maximillian Christopher Sutton is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio... read more >

Christopher William Till

Christopher William Till
Chris Till, Attorney at Law
401 Ringwald St
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Licensed for 14 years, Christopher William Till is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Kerry Robert Toy

Kerry Robert Toy
Toy Law Office
50 1/2 S Court St
Athens, OH 45701
Licensed for 47 years, Kerry Robert Toy is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Toledo College of Law... read more >

John Daniel Treleven

John Daniel Treleven
Treleven & Klingensmith LLC
114 E 8th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Licensed for 16 years, John Daniel Treleven is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Shannon Marie Treynor

Shannon Marie Treynor
Shannon M. Treynor, Attorney At Law, LLC
63 N Main St
London, OH 43140
Licensed for 24 years, Shannon Marie Treynor is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State Un... read more >

Blaise Scott Underwood

Blaise Scott Underwood
Rose & Dobyns Co. LPA
97 N South St
Wilmington, OH 45177
Licensed for 18 years, Blaise Scott Underwood is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Andrew Jay Warhola Jr

Andrew Jay Warhola Jr
Law Offices Of Andrew J Warhola
110 N 7th St
Cambridge, OH 43725
Licensed for 45 years, Andrew Jay Warhola Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

David Kyle Wehner

David Kyle Wehner
Self
19392 Telbir Ave
Rocky River, OH 44116
Licensed for 48 years, David Kyle Wehner is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Cincinnati College of Law... read more >

Christopher Adam Zografides

Christopher Adam Zografides
Zografides Law, LLC
405 Madison Ave Ste 1000
Toledo, OH 43604
Licensed for 24 years, Christopher Adam Zografides is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Pettit College of Law - The Ohio Northern Univ... read more >

David Marcel Benjamin

David Marcel Benjamin
Law Office of David M. Benjamin
P. O. Box 511
Aurora, OH 44202
Licensed for 47 years, David Marcel Benjamin is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law... read more >

James L Dye Jr

James L Dye Jr
James L. Dye
PO Box 161
Etna, OH 43147
Licensed for 31 years, James L Dye Jr is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

John Ward Shryock

John Ward Shryock
John Shryock Co, LPA
30601 Euclid Ave
Wickliffe, OH 44092
Licensed for 45 years, John Ward Shryock is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Robert Leighton Mues

Robert Leighton Mues
Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues
1105 Wilmington Ave
Dayton, OH 45420
Licensed for 46 years, Robert Leighton Mues is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Jack Lawrence Moser Jr

Jack Lawrence Moser Jr
Jack Moser Law
107 W. Johnstown Road
Gahanna, OH 43230
Licensed for 25 years, Jack Lawrence Moser Jr is a Personal Injury and Business Law lawyer who attended Capital Law School... read more >

W. Joseph Edwards

W. Joseph Edwards
W. Joseph Edwards, Attorney at Law
511 South High St
Columbus, OH 43215
Licensed for 39 years, W. Joseph Edwards is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

David Charles Knowlton

David Charles Knowlton
Kennedy. Cicconetti. Knowlton & Barnard
111 S Buckeye St Ste 270
Wooster, OH 44691
Licensed for 32 years, David Charles Knowlton is a Criminal Defense and Immigration Law lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of L... read more >

David Freeman Axelrod

David Freeman Axelrod
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
41 S High St Ste 2400
Columbus, OH 43215
Licensed for 46 years, David Freeman Axelrod is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Washington College of Law - American University... read more >

Kevin Michael Cafferkey

Kevin Michael Cafferkey
Kevin Cafferkey, Attorney at Law
55 Public Square Ste 2100
Cleveland, OH 44113
Licensed for 39 years, Kevin Michael Cafferkey is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Michael Bramlett Miller

Michael Bramlett Miller
Miller, Westwood & Brush, LLP
7700 Paragon Rd a
Centerville, OH 45459
Licensed for 19 years, Michael Bramlett Miller is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Jerome Gary Seewald

Jerome Gary Seewald
Law Office of J. Gary Seewald
13600 Shaker Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44120
Licensed for 51 years, Jerome Gary Seewald is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law... read more >

Jonathan Thomas Tyack

Jonathan Thomas Tyack
The Tyack Law Firm Co., L.P.A.
536 S High St
Columbus, OH 43215
Licensed for 28 years, Jonathan Thomas Tyack is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law... read more >

Jeffery Michael Blosser

Jeffery Michael Blosser
765 S High St
Columbus, OH 43206
Licensed for 26 years, Jeffery Michael Blosser is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Capital University Law School... read more >

Tara Catherine Dancing

Tara Catherine Dancing
5741 Salem Bend Dr
Dayton, OH 45426
Licensed for 20 years, Tara Catherine Dancing is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Dayton School of Law... read more >

Bernard Robert Davis

Bernard Robert Davis
3 N Main St Ste 706
Mansfield, OH 44902
Licensed for 52 years, Bernard Robert Davis is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State Uni... read more >

James Andrew Dearie

James Andrew Dearie
James A. Dearie, Atty. at Law
12 E Warren Street
Lebanon, OH 45036
Licensed for 31 years, James Andrew Dearie is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Jeremiah Justin Denslow

Jeremiah Justin Denslow
Jeremiah Denslow, Attorney at Law
130 W. 2nd Street Suite 1818
Dayton, OH 45402
Licensed for 22 years, Jeremiah Justin Denslow is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

James Allen Jenkins

James Allen Jenkins
55 Public Square Ste 2100
Cleveland, OH 44113
Licensed for 39 years, James Allen Jenkins is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law... read more >

Thomas William Kidd Jr

Thomas William Kidd Jr
Thomas W. Kidd, Jr. LLC
P O Box 231
Harveysburg, OH 45032
Licensed for 28 years, Thomas William Kidd Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... 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.


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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