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Top 25 Criminal defence law firms based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 5,988 criminal defence law firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 35,778 professional contacts across them, including 12,526 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers criminal defence law firms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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5,988Companies
35,778Contacts tracked
12,526Verified emails
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The 25 largest criminal defence law firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 5,988 criminal defence law firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to criminal defence law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000726 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The single overriding objective for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender is to provide zealous and effective representation for indigent individuals who are charged…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000579 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As a national law firm defending corporations, non-profits, associations and their officers & directors in every manner of litigation, O'Hagan Meyer provides individualized…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000518 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The United Firm | La Liga Defensora, A.P.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500515 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) provides and promotes quality legal representation to indigent adults and children facing a loss of liberty in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Partial evidenceBrooklyn, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000500 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Brooklyn Defender Services is a public defense office whose mission is to provide outstanding representation and advocacy free of cost to people facing loss of freedom, family…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Strong evidenceTrenton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000403 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) is the country's premiere statewide legal services organization, providing criminal defense and other services to indigent…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200268 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS) is known nationally and internationally for its innovative, community-based, holistic public defense practice.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Indirect evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200211 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kellogg Hansen works in complex trial and appellate litigation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Strong evidenceDothan, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200184 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Cochran Firm is a national personal injury and criminal defense law firm founded by legendary attorney Johnnie L.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Partial evidenceLivingston, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200180 contacts →

Partial evidence

“McGivney Kluger Clark & Intoccia is one of the nation’s premier defense firms representing a diverse range of clients, from large corporations and insurance companies to small…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Partial evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200166 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Metropolitan Public Defender has been on the cutting edge of public defense since our inception in 1971.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Indirect evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200155 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is consistently recognized as a leading national litigation boutique.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200153 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 2001, Alex Hanna and his Team of Attorneys have handled thousands of different types of cases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Partial evidenceConcord, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500142 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The New Hampshire Public Defender was established in 1972 as a pilot project of New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and has existed as a stand-alone institution since 1985.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Strong evidenceMaitland, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200139 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We provide professional legal services regarding- Insurance Claim Disputes - Personal Injury - Auto Accidents - Criminal Defense - DUI Defense - Insurance Claim Disputes - Family…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Successful Trial Lawyers, Skillful Motion Practice, Sophisticated Advice”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceNew Orleans, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200132 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The mission of the Orleans Public Defenders (OPD) aims to fight for our clients by providing excellent client-centered representation, reforming the system and partnering with the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Strong evidenceNorth Las Vegas, NV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500131 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Law Firm of Higbee & Associates, established in 2006, handles several areas of law, including intellectual property (primarily copyright) criminal defense, business…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200129 contacts →

Partial evidence

“New York County Defender Services first opened our doors in 1997.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Strong evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200121 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Hueston Hennigan LLP is a trial law firm focusing on high-stakes business disputes and white collar criminal defense.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Indirect evidenceRoseville, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“COLEMAN, CHAVEZ, & ASSOCIATES LLP is a legal services company based out of 1731 E.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Strong evidenceFort Lauderdale, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200117 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Law Office of the Public Defender protects the constitutional rights of the indigent and marginalized accused of violating the law or facing involuntary civil commitment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Partial evidenceTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Experienced, dedicated, and thoughtful legal counsel for over four decades has made us one of the largest law firms in the state of Oklahoma.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in Texas in 1994 by attorneys with a passion for trying cases, Hartline Barger is known nationwide for its litigation prowess in high-profile cases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Todd & Weld LLP is a Boston-based firm of trial lawyers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Criminal defence law firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
35.0%Verified-email coverage
6.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
2.7%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
4,839
11-50
932
51-200
134
201-500
19
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
5
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 5,988 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among criminal defence law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “criminal defence law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names criminal defence law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among criminal defence law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 12,526 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Criminal defence law firms by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names criminal defence law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many criminal defence law firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 5,988 criminal defence law firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Colorado State Public Defender, headquartered in Denver, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most criminal defence law firms?

New York leads with 164 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (125) and Atlanta (103).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 12,526 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,988 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.