Best Criminal Defense Blogs Worth Following

SeiferFlatow, PLLC publishes a Charlotte criminal defense blog that reaches well past criminal court. Posts cover DWI charges, felony drug cases, domestic violence, and what happens when you miss a court date in North Carolina.

The firm writes for both Carolinas. You will find South Carolina traffic guides on license points and driving under suspension. North Carolina explainers cover the degrees of trespassing and record expungement under the Second Chance Act.

Family law and employment topics run alongside the criminal coverage, including how a DWI charge can affect a child custody arrangement. That mix makes it useful when a legal problem crosses practice areas.

Todd Browning and Howard Long spent years as assistant district attorneys in Mecklenburg County before opening their own practice. Their Charlotte blog reads like it.

Posts break down North Carolina DWI law from the prosecution's angle. They cover the 0.08 limit, the 10-day window to request a DMV hearing, field sobriety testing, and limited driving privileges. Coverage extends to misdemeanors, felonies, and traffic charges.

Case results sit alongside the explainers, including dismissals won on improperly conducted DWI investigations. This is one criminal defense blog written by people who used to file the charges.

More than 70 pages of archived posts make this one of the deeper Minnesota DWI resources online. Gerald Miller P.A. writes it from Minneapolis.

The criminal defense blog sorts entries by charge and suburb, so readers in Edina, Bloomington, Minnetonka, or Eden Prairie can find posts relevant to their own court.

Recent pieces explain whiskey plates and impaired driving registration. Others ask what possession with intent to distribute means after a traffic stop, or whether a cell phone ticket is a moving violation. Assault, sex crimes, theft, fraud, and criminal vehicular operation each get a section.

Every post opens with a TL;DR summary, which makes this one of the fastest California legal blogs to skim. Shouse Law Group writes it.

Topics run from DUI evidence and background checks after a misdemeanor to juvenile probation violations and state taser law. Workers' compensation, injury claims, and California employment rules get equal billing.

Entries link to the firm's Crimes A to Z and Crimes by Code Section libraries, where the statutory detail lives.

Perlman & Cohen is a Los Angeles practice with more than 30 years of combined trial experience, and the blog sticks to California law.

Posts cover first-degree versus second-degree murder, what self-defense actually requires in Los Angeles, the three stages of money laundering, and the consequences of violating a restraining order. Domestic violence and DUI get the most attention.

Few law firm blogs spend this much time on doctrine. David A. Black works through Arizona criminal law concepts one at a time, from downtown Phoenix.

Recent posts explain what a culpable mental state is and how saving clause provisions affect the statute of limitations. One walks through the Arizona Supreme Court's expansion of the Castle Doctrine.

Other entries address compensation for the wrongfully convicted, aggravated DUI, doxing, and the state's incarceration rate.

Written from offices in Phoenix and Gilbert, the MayesTelles blog tracks Arizona criminal law by statute number.

Articles cite ARS sections directly, covering assault under 13-1203, criminal damage under 13-1602, and disorderly conduct under 13-2904. Newer posts look at the return of Phoenix speed cameras and whether juveniles convicted as adults can leave the sex offender registry.

The team includes former prosecutors and serves Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Prescott. Content is also published in Spanish.

Eric M. Matheny has been posting since 2010, and the archive now runs to nearly 200 pages of South Florida writing.

Recent entries mix practical advice with case outcomes. One explains why talking to police rarely helps; another explains when the right moment to take a plea arrives. A third covers a client who, over 600 years across 20+ cases, walked away with a record-sealable result.

Florida-specific topics include hardship licenses, the super speeder law, burglary, and sealing or expunging a record. Matheny practices in Miami Lakes.

Matt Fakhoury prosecuted cases in Cook County before moving to the defense side, and his Illinois blog reflects that background.

The current run leans into evidentiary questions: consent searches, social media DMs used against defendants, Ring doorbell footage, and whether AI deepfakes can still be trusted as video evidence. Older posts cover felony versus misdemeanor consequences, retail theft, and DUI.

The firm works out of Skokie, Chicago, and Rolling Meadows.

From offices in Memphis and Jackson, this Tennessee blog covers the heavier end of the docket.

Recent posts explain federal Hobbs Act robbery charges, the three factors that turn simple assault into aggravated assault, and what large-scale embezzlement penalties look like under state law.

Other entries address eyewitness error and wrongful convictions, marijuana carried in from states where it is legal, and the first 48 hours after an arrest.

Second-generation Fort Myers attorney Scott Moorey has defended cases since 1998, following his father into the work. The blog covers DUI, drug trafficking, ignition interlock rules, and juvenile charges across Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties.

Michael Kraut spent 14 years as a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, including assignments in the Hardcore Gang Homicide and Major Frauds divisions, before founding Kraut Law Group.

The blog applies that background to California criminal and DUI matters. Topics include fraud prosecutions, arrest procedure, and professional license exposure. Kraut studied at Harvard Law School and appears regularly as a legal commentator on national news.

Not many defense lawyers come out of the CIA. Jack Rice does, and his St. Paul blog carries the perspective of someone who has run interrogations from the other side.

Rice is a former prosecutor and a Minnesota State Bar Association board-certified criminal law specialist who won Minnesota Attorney of the Year in 2021. Coverage spans murder, sexual assault, domestic assault, DWI, and expungement, with frequent national media commentary.

Mark W. Catanzaro has practiced in New Jersey state and federal courts since 1985. His Mount Holly blog covers criminal matters, DWI, juvenile defense, union matters, and domestic violence, with a second office in Trenton.

Washington appellate decisions get broken down here almost as fast as they land. Alexander Ransom, a former tribal court prosecutor turned defense attorney, writes on search and seizure, self-defense, and DUI from Bellingham, with a second office in Mount Vernon.

Daniel J. Fernandez started as a state prosecutor and led the narcotics division before opening his Tampa practice in the mid-1980s. He has tried more than 500 cases across 40+ years. The blog covers DUI, burglary, federal charges, and appeals, and the office is bilingual.

Ryan R. Hill has practiced in East Texas since 1993, learning the local courts from his father, a former Gregg County district attorney. DWI work is the main focus, alongside drug charges, assault, theft, and clearing a record.