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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 North Carolina, 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 North Carolina 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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William W Gerrans

William W Gerrans
PO Box 3041
Kinston, NC 28502
Licensed for 42 years, William W Gerrans is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Honorable Christopher James Welch

Honorable Christopher James Welch
Welch and Avery
636 Court Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Licensed for 24 years, Honorable Christopher James Welch is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Wake Forest University Sch... read more >

William G Causey Jr

William G Causey Jr
204 Muirs Chapel Rd
Greensboro, NC 27410
Licensed for 36 years, William G Causey Jr is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School... read more >

Lance H. Edmonds

Lance H. Edmonds
Fidelity Law Group
8511 Davis Lake Parkway Suite C6-138
Charlotte, NC 28269
Licensed for 5 years, Lance H. Edmonds is a Family Law and Business Law lawyer who attended Liberty University School of Law... read more >

William Miles Van O'Linda Jr

William Miles Van O'Linda Jr
Van Camp & Van O'Linda PLLC
90 Cherokee Road Third Floor Suite
Pinehurst, NC 28374
Licensed for 18 years, William Miles Van O'Linda Jr is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Ben C Scales Jr

Ben C Scales Jr
P.O. Box 7382
Asheville, NC 28802
Licensed for 32 years, Ben C Scales Jr is a Marijuana Law and Intellectual Property Law lawyer who attended Cumberland School of Law at Sam... read more >

Jonathan L Megerian

Jonathan L Megerian
175 E Salisbury St
Asheboro, NC 27203
Licensed for 43 years, Jonathan L Megerian is a Criminal Defense and Civil Rights lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School o... read more >

Benjamin Hiltzheimer

Benjamin Hiltzheimer
The Hiltzheimer Firm, PLLC
108 Park Avenue Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27605
Licensed for 13 years, Benjamin Hiltzheimer is a DUI / DWI lawyer who attended The George Washington University... read more >

John Scott Coalter

John Scott Coalter
Coalter Law, PLLC
910 N Elm St
Greensboro, NC 27401
Licensed for 28 years, John Scott Coalter is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer... read more >

Jamie Carroll Arnold

Jamie Carroll Arnold
Earwood, Moore, Carpemter, and Guy
559 West Main Street
Sylva, NC 28779
Licensed for 15 years, Jamie Carroll Arnold is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended Appalachian School of Law... read more >

William Wooten Cameron III

William Wooten Cameron III
Sherrill & Cameron, PLLC
117 West Council Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
Licensed for 20 years, William Wooten Cameron III is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Ryan Maxwell Stowe

Ryan Maxwell Stowe
Stowe Law Firm, PLLC
130 W Kerr St
Salisbury, NC 28144
Licensed for 7 years, Ryan Maxwell Stowe is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended North Carolina Central University School o... read more >

Bill Powers

Bill Powers
Powers Law Firm, PA
2412 Arty Ave
Charlotte, NC 28208
Licensed for 32 years, Bill Powers is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Karl E Knudsen

Karl E Knudsen
PO Box 2372
Raleigh, NC 27602
Licensed for 46 years, Karl E Knudsen is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School of ... read more >

Richard Andrew Mccoppin

Richard Andrew Mccoppin
1250 SE Maynard Rd
Cary, NC 27511
Licensed for 29 years, Richard Andrew Mccoppin is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer... read more >

Marshall H Ellis

Marshall H Ellis
301 E Main St
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Licensed for 10 years, Marshall H Ellis is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer... read more >

Ira E. Lifland

Ira E. Lifland
Garrett, Walker, Aycoth & Altamura, LLP
515 West Salisbury Street Suite C
Asheboro, NC 27203
Licensed for 4 years, Ira E. Lifland is a Criminal Defense and Traffic Tickets lawyer who attended Elon University School of Law... read more >

Candace Moore Seagroves

Candace Moore Seagroves
Kirk, Kirk, Howell, Cutler & Thomas, LLP
3737 Glenwood Avenue #100
Raleigh, NC 27612
Licensed for 8 years, Candace Moore Seagroves is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School o... read more >

Michael J Reece

Michael J Reece
P.O. Box 2747
Smithfield, NC 27577
Licensed for 30 years, Michael J Reece is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Charles Mann

Charles Mann
Hayes Mann Attorney at Law PLLC
205 North 5th Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28401
Licensed for 15 years, Charles Mann is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer... read more >

J Clark Fischer

J Clark Fischer
936 W 4th St Ste 206
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Licensed for 44 years, J Clark Fischer is a Appellate Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Wake Forest University School of Law... read more >

Thomas Hilton Johnson Jr

Thomas Hilton Johnson Jr
P O Box 2318
Greensboro, NC 27402
Licensed for 40 years, Thomas Hilton Johnson Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Stephen P Lindsay

Stephen P Lindsay
46 Haywood St
Asheville, NC 28801
Licensed for 39 years, Stephen P Lindsay is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Andrew M Snow

Andrew M Snow
Andrew M Snow – Attorney at Law
220 New Bridge Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Licensed for 15 years, Andrew M Snow is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Milan Thuy Trinh Pham

Milan Thuy Trinh Pham
NicholsonPham
113 Broadway St.
Durham, NC 27701
Licensed for 23 years, Milan Thuy Trinh Pham is a Adoption and Family Law lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School of Law... read more >

Aaron David Bates

Aaron David Bates
Bates Law Firm, PLLC
899 East Caswell Street
Wadesboro, NC 28170
Licensed for 14 years, Aaron David Bates is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School of Law... read more >

Carole Melissa Owen

Carole Melissa Owen
Tin Fulton Walker & Owen
301 E Park Ave
Charlotte, NC 28203
Licensed for 22 years, Carole Melissa Owen is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Ryan B. Addison

Ryan B. Addison
Attorney Ryan B. Addison
315 N Main Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
Licensed for 22 years, Ryan B. Addison is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Gerry C. Coggin II

Gerry C. Coggin II
Coggin Law
1057 E Morehead St Ste 310
Charlotte, NC 28204
Licensed for 21 years, Gerry C. Coggin II is a Divorce and Child Support lawyer who attended Wake Forest University School of Law... read more >

Robert H Edmunds Jr

Robert H Edmunds Jr
Fox Rothschild, LLP
230 N Elm St Suite 1200
Greensboro, NC 27401
Licensed for 49 years, Robert H Edmunds Jr is a Appellate Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School ... read more >

Norman Charles Post III

Norman Charles Post III
Doster Post Silverman & Foushee, PA
205 Courtland Dr
Sanford, NC 27330
Licensed for 14 years, Norman Charles Post III is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

George B Mast

George B Mast
Mast Law Firm
132 S 3rd Street
Smithfield, NC 27577
Licensed for 64 years, George B Mast is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer... read more >

Richard J Costanza

Richard J Costanza
780A NW Broad St
Southern Pines, NC 28387
Licensed for 30 years, Richard J Costanza is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer... read more >

Scott K. Dillin

Scott K. Dillin
Scott K. Dillin, Attorney at Law
1 Oak Street Suite 209
Asheville, NC 28801
Licensed for 18 years, Scott K. Dillin is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer who attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - Campbe... read more >

Bruce Taylor Davis

Bruce Taylor Davis
9401 Stonemark Dr
Charlotte, NC 28277
Licensed for 20 years, Bruce Taylor Davis is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Michael E. Moritz College of Law - The Ohio State Unive... read more >

Adam S Vorhis

Adam S Vorhis
28 Schenck Pkwy Ste 200
Asheville, NC 28803
Licensed for 20 years, Adam S Vorhis is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law... read more >

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter
Hunter & Hein, Attorneys at Law, PLLC
10130 Mallard Creek Rd Suite 319
Charlotte, NC 28262
Licensed for 12 years, Bill Hunter is a Family Law and Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Nardine Mary Guirguis

Nardine Mary Guirguis
Guirguis Law PA
434 Fayetteville St
Raleigh, NC 27601
Licensed for 18 years, Nardine Mary Guirguis is a Immigration Law and Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Jonathan David Breeden

Jonathan David Breeden
Breeden Law Office
283 D Glen Rd
Garner, NC 27529-7902
Licensed for 24 years, Jonathan David Breeden is a Marijuana Law and Family Law lawyer who attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - C... read more >

Thomas Arrowood Kellis II

Thomas Arrowood Kellis II
The Carolina Law Group
1723 S. Glenburnie
New Bern, NC 28562
Licensed for 17 years, Thomas Arrowood Kellis II is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Wayne James Payne

Wayne James Payne
W. James Payne, Attorney at Law
PO Box 2308
Shallotte, NC 28459
Licensed for 40 years, Wayne James Payne is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Jesse Scharff

Jesse Scharff
Scharff Law Firm
827 N Bloodworth St Suite A
Raleigh, NC 27604
Licensed for 15 years, Jesse Scharff is a Criminal Defense and Marijuana Law lawyer who attended National Criminal Defense College, Trial P... read more >

Roderick T McIver

Roderick T McIver
Law Offices Of Roderick T. McIver
8005 N Point Blvd Ste B
Winston Salem, NC 27106
Licensed for 29 years, Roderick T McIver is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer who attended Wake Forest University School of Law... read more >

Jason Lee Aycoth

Jason Lee Aycoth
436 Spring Garden St
Greensboro, NC 27401-2734
Licensed for 15 years, Jason Lee Aycoth is a Criminal Defense and Federal Crimes lawyer... read more >

Beth Hodges

Beth Hodges
Offit Kurman
301 S College St
Charlotte, NC 28202
Licensed for 45 years, Beth Hodges is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School of Law... read more >

Miranda Jean Mills

Miranda Jean Mills
111 W Broad St
Statesville, NC 28677
Licensed for 14 years, Miranda Jean Mills is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Bradley J Bannon

Bradley J Bannon
Patterson Harkavy LLP
100 Europa Dr Ste 420
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Licensed for 27 years, Bradley J Bannon is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Laura Elizabeth Beaver

Laura Elizabeth Beaver
The Beaver Law Firm
PO Box 1857
Raleigh, NC 27601
Licensed for 16 years, Laura Elizabeth Beaver is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Samuel E Coleman

Samuel E Coleman
Coleman,Gledhill, Hargrave, Merritt & Rainsford
P. O. Drawer 1529
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Licensed for 30 years, Samuel E Coleman is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Ernest L Conner Jr

Ernest L Conner Jr
Graham. Nuckolls. Conner. PLLC
P.O. Box 7384
Greenville, NC 27858
Licensed for 37 years, Ernest L Conner Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >
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Specialty Certification in Criminal Law

Certified Specialist in Criminal Law in North Carolina - Criminal law was proposed as a specialty area to the North Carolina Bar in 1990.

Thereafter, the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization designated criminal law, including the subspecialty of specialties in state criminal law and juvenile delinquency law, as a field of law for certification of specialists under the North Carolina Plan of Legal Specialization.

State Bar Rules, Ch. 1, Subch. D, .2502 defines the specialty of criminal law as the "practice of law dealing with the defense or prosecution of those charged with misdemeanor and felony crimes in state and federal trial courts."

The rules also identifies and defines the subspecialty in the field of criminal law as follows: "State Criminal Law--The practice of criminal law in state trial and appellate courts."


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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.



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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.


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