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Top 25 Criminal defence law firms based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 94 criminal defence law firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 944 professional contacts across them, including 621 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers criminal defence law firms headquartered in Chicago, 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.
The 25 largest criminal defence law firms based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 579 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “More than 25 years ago, six attorneys started a law firm which quickly developed a national reputation as a preeminent litigation law firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gair Gallo Eberhard provides its clients with the hard-charging, strategic top-flight representation of the country’s elite law firms in white collar criminal defense and complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chicago Trial Attorneys Concentrating In Personal Injury And Criminal Defense” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Polales Horton & Leonardi LLP is a firm of experienced courtroom advocates, founded on decades of success, focusing on white-collar criminal defense, business disputes, insurance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We represent clients in state and federal criminal cases and federal civil rights cases.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin, L.L.P.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With a national reputation for excellence and a proven track record of success, Cotsirilos is an elite boutique law firm specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dolan Law is a trial firm that is committed to our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Breen & Pugh has defended countless high-profile criminal cases in both federal and state courts, for clients from every walk of life, including public officials, judicial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Abdallah Law, protecting our clients' rights and safeguarding their liberties is the driving force of our criminal defense practice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With an impeccable reputation for excellence and for taking on cases that other attorneys will not touch, Chicago litigation lawyer Gregory E.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As a white collar and criminal defense firm dedicated to achieving optimal results for our clients, Glozman Law makes it a priority to provide individualized evaluations, conduct…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Reiter Burns was founded in 2018 by long-time colleagues Charles E.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “If you’re facing criminal charges, you need a dedicated criminal defense attorney who will fight to protect your rights and your future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Attorneys from People’s Law Office in Chicago have been successfully fighting for the civil rights of victims of police brutality, wrongful convictions, false arrest and other…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cheronis & Parente LLC is one of the preeminent criminal defense firms in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Law Office of Michael A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Customer driven, team oriented, strong advocate, these are the terms our previous clients have used to describe the service they get from Jayaraman Law.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our attorneys quickly attack our clients’ issues including structuring deals, rendering advice, negotiating transactions, providing litigation, criminal defense, civil plaintiff…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Criminal Defense Firm representing clients accused of committing complex Federal and State felonies” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: criminal defence law firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names criminal defence law firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of criminal defence law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name criminal defence law firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Criminal defence law firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 94 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 Chicago, 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 Chicago 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, 621 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
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Criminal defence law firms by metro in the United States
- Criminal defence law firms in New York164
- Criminal defence law firms in Houston125
- Criminal defence law firms in Atlanta103
- Criminal defence law firms in Chicago94
- Criminal defence law firms in Dallas94
- Criminal defence law firms in Los Angeles90
- Criminal defence law firms in Denver86
- Criminal defence law firms in Phoenix79
- Criminal defence law firms in Miami76
- Criminal defence law firms in San Diego76
- Criminal defence law firms in Orlando57
- Criminal defence law firms in Philadelphia57
- Criminal defence law firms in Tampa56
- Criminal defence law firms in San Antonio55
- Criminal defence law firms in Minneapolis54
- Criminal defence law firms in Austin53
- Criminal defence law firms in Las Vegas49
- Criminal defence law firms in Boston47
- Criminal defence law firms in Seattle46
- Criminal defence law firms in Fort Lauderdale45
- Criminal defence law firms in Columbus38
- Criminal defence law firms in Portland37
- Criminal defence law firms in Washington37
- Criminal defence law firms in Charlotte36
- Criminal defence law firms in Raleigh36
- Criminal defence law firms in Indianapolis34
- Criminal defence law firms in Oklahoma City33
- Criminal defence law firms in West Palm Beach32
- Criminal defence law firms in Colorado Springs31
- Criminal defence law firms in Columbia31
- Criminal defence law firms in Fort Worth30
- Criminal defence law firms in Jacksonville29
- Criminal defence law firms in Charleston28
- Criminal defence law firms in Sacramento28
- Criminal defence law firms in San Francisco28
- Criminal defence law firms in Greenville27
- Criminal defence law firms in Birmingham25
- Criminal defence law firms in Pittsburgh25
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 Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 94 criminal defence law firms headquartered in Chicago, 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?
O'hagan Meyer, headquartered in Chicago, 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 621 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 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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