Top Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyers

The Law Offices of Alcock & Associates is a criminal defense firm in Phoenix that also handles DUI, immigration, personal injury, and family law. The team brings more than 150 years of combined experience.

Several of its attorneys are former Maricopa County deputy attorneys. That prosecution background shapes how they read a case and prepare for trial. The firm reports winning well over 1,400 cases across Arizona.

Alcock is AV-rated and offers a free consultation, with payment plans available on criminal matters.

Few Arizona firms build an entire practice around sex crime allegations. Villanueva Skura does, and lead attorney Michelle Skura has been named a Top 40 Under 40 criminal defense lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers.

The Mesa office serves Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert, and Queen Creek, with a second Phoenix location. Published results include a Maricopa County Superior Court case in which a 140-year offer was reduced to about 1 year.

Staff answers the phone around the clock, and payment terms are flexible.

Founded in 2013, CIMA Law Group has handled more than 2,300 cases for clients across Arizona. The practice covers immigration, criminal defense, and personal injury.

Ayensa Millan and Mario Gonzalez lead the team. Staff work in English and Spanish, so families can follow a case in the language they use at home. A separate government relations group lobbies on behalf of clients and the community.

People facing an arrest alongside an immigration issue can have both matters handled under one roof. That overlap sets these Phoenix criminal defense attorneys apart from general practices.

Richard Gaxiola has spent more than 20 years trying serious felony cases in Arizona courtrooms. His work on Hells Angels prosecutions and other high-profile matters has drawn coverage from the Phoenix New Times and The New York Times.

Gaxiola & Litwak Law Group takes cases in all 15 Arizona counties from its central Phoenix tower. Charges range from aggravated assault and homicide to drug trafficking and white-collar crime.

The office answers calls 24 hours a day and reviews new cases at no cost.

Separate teams, not shared ones. Lerner and Rowe Law Group runs one group devoted entirely to criminal defense, another to DUI, and a third to bankruptcy.

Glen Lerner and Kevin Rowe founded the practice, which is not a personal injury firm. Sean Forrester manages the criminal side, and veteran defense attorney Bruce Blumberg is on the roster.

Intake runs every day of the year, and payment plans spread the cost of representation.

Belen Law Firm, PLLC is a Phoenix practice that takes criminal cases only. Managing attorney Maria Belen Olmedo Guerra has handled hundreds of felony matters, including homicides, violent crimes, child abuse, and sex offenses.

Three associates and an appeals counsel round out the team. The firm describes what it offers as big-firm representation in a small-firm setting, and it makes a point of welcoming LGBTQIA+ clients.

Attorneys are reachable 24 hours a day, and case evaluations cost nothing.

Ybarra Maldonado Law Group serves migrant and Spanish-speaking communities from Phoenix and Miami.

Criminal defense sits beside immigration, personal injury, and civil rights work. Ray Ybarra Maldonado and his attorneys take everything from class 6 felonies to homicide and wrongful conviction claims.

Criminal defense is one of three lanes at Doran Justice, PLLC, alongside post-conviction relief and personal injury. Chris Doran takes cases across Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties.

The firm posts trial outcomes, case results, and protective order rulings on its own site, which is unusually open for a small practice. Doran also writes a blog and hosts a podcast on Arizona charges.

More than 300 trials sit behind Palestini Law. James Palestini spent seven years at Kimerer & Derrick, the boutique firm tied to the Miranda case, before opening his own central Phoenix practice.

He handles DUI, felony, and misdemeanor charges himself, so clients deal with the attorney rather than staff. Super Lawyers has recognized him as a Rising Star.

From an office in Tempe, The Weingart Firm covers DUI and criminal charges across the Phoenix metro. Mark Weingart is a former criminal court judge, AV-rated, with decades of DUI work behind him.

Adam Weingart practices alongside him. The phones stay open on weekends and overnight.

Craig Orent has defended Arizona criminal cases since 1994 and is a certified criminal law specialist under the State Bar. He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a society limited to a small fraction of American trial lawyers.

Orent Law Offices takes matters ranging from criminal traffic tickets to capital first-degree murder in Maricopa County. City, state, and federal courts are all in range.

Robert J. Campos & Associates has served Arizona clients since 1996. Campos spent seven years as a Maricopa County prosecutor and two more in La Paz County, including five years on sex crimes.

He later sat as a pro tem judge in the Scottsdale and Glendale city courts. Certified as a criminal law specialist in 1995, he also takes appeals.

Matthew Long and Jefferson Simmons put more than 50 years of combined work behind their Phoenix practice. Both are board-certified specialists and former major felony prosecutors.

Long & Simmons Law defends sex crime, DUI, and vehicular manslaughter charges. The firm also takes serious injury and wrongful death claims.

Founded in 1988, Blumberg & Associates has spent more than three decades in Phoenix courtrooms. Bruce Blumberg is one of the few Arizona attorneys board-certified as a criminal law specialist.

Roughly 100 jury trials sit on his record, several of them death penalty matters. The practice also handles divorce, paternity, and orders of protection.

Tucson and Scottsdale offices give Your Arizona Lawyer reach across southern and central Arizona. The practice defends criminal charges statewide and keeps legal staff available at all hours.

An Avvo Clients' Choice award and a BBB A+ rating back up its record.

DuMond Law Firm, PLLC pairs criminal defense with probate, estate planning, and family law. Samantha DuMond leads a small Phoenix team that also takes post-conviction relief, including ineffective assistance claims and new evidence petitions.

Cases run across four Arizona counties.

Crimmigration is the specialty here. Ballecer & Segal, LLP handles criminal charges and their immigration consequences together, which matters when a plea can trigger removal.

Danilo Ballecer and Natalee Segal have each practiced in Phoenix for about three decades.

Bernardo Garcia has practiced Arizona criminal law since 1991 and concentrates on defendants living with mental illness or substance dependence. He speaks Spanish, offers fee discounts to veterans, and visits clients in jail.

Garcia Law Firm, PLC is based in downtown Phoenix.

Two of Arizona's five certified DUI law specialists work at AZ Defenders, alongside three board-certified criminal law specialists. Founder Craig Rosenstein is a past president of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

The firm covers Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Scottsdale.

Richard J. Suzuki prosecuted felonies for Maricopa County, then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona. He now leads Suzuki Law Offices in Phoenix, where the attorneys all came from the prosecution side.

Criminal charges, DUI, and injury claims make up the caseload.

Law Offices Michael E. Ziton P.C. has defended Arizona charges since Ziton joined the bar in 1992. A former City of Phoenix prosecutor, he has tried more than 80 jury trials and handles drug offenses, domestic violence, and DUI from Scottsdale.