84 criminal defense lawyers ranked by LFR ScoreUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank →
Highest LFR Score in Niagara Falls: Arthur L. Pressman, Attorney at Law - Buffalo, LFR Score 71/100; 4.9★ from 562 Google reviews; open 24/7.
Open 24 hours (per Google): Law Offices of Dominic Saraceno, posts 24/7 hours; ranked #2 of 84.
Most-reviewed: The Law Offices of Richard R. Shaw II, 510 Google reviews at 5.0★, the most of 84 ranked after Arthur L. Pressman, Attorney at Law - Buffalo; ranked #4.
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84 Niagara Falls criminal defense lawyers are ranked here by LFR Score, from nine published factors. 22 are open 24/7, 32 open Saturdays and 27 open Sundays, based on posted hours. The median Google rating is 4.6★ across 84 rated law firms.
Ranked by our published LFR Score from public data, not by payment; a rank is not an endorsement or a prediction of results.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Based in | Hours | Notable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur L. Pressman, Attorney at Law - Buffalo | 71 | 4.9★ (562) | Buffalo, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | Top score |
| 2 | Law Offices of Dominic Saraceno | 70 | 4.9★ (422) | Buffalo, 16 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | Open 24 hours |
| 3 | DuBois Law | 69 | 5.0★ (182) | Buffalo, 16 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 4 | The Law Offices of Richard R. Shaw II | 69 | 5.0★ (510) | Cheektowaga, 21 mi away | Sat · Sun · Evenings | Most reviews |
| 5 | The Law Firm of Karl Myles DWI Attorney | 66 | 5.0★ (86) | Cheektowaga, 21 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 6 | Trbovich Law Firm | 66 | 4.8★ (104) | Buffalo, 20 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 7 | Cimasi Law Office | 66 | 4.8★ (61) | Amherst, 15 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 8 | The Tabashneck Law Firm | 66 | 4.8★ (73) | Amherst, 19 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 9 | Criminal Lawyer Avneet Saini - Niagara Falls | 65 | 5.0★ (11) | Niagara Falls, 4 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 10 | Brenda V Sandulak and J Ronald Charlebois Criminal Lawyers | 65 | 4.8★ (20) | St. Catharines, 11 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
Ordered by LFR Score, a 0–100 score from nine published factors. Paid placement never changes the order.
Ranked by our published LFR Score from public data, not by payment; a rank is not an endorsement or a prediction of results.
Ranked #1 in Niagara Falls
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 562 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 16 mi away
Ranked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 422 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 16 mi away
Ranked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 182 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Cheektowaga, 21 mi away
Ranked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 510 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Cheektowaga, 21 mi away
Ranked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 86 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 20 mi away
Ranked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 104 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Amherst, 15 mi away
Ranked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 61 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Amherst, 19 mi away
Ranked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 73 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Niagara Falls, 4 mi away
Ranked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 11 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in St. Catharines, 11 mi away
Ranked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 20 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Niagara Falls, 3 mi away
Ranked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 9 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 138 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 16 mi away
Ranked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 32 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Amherst, 21 mi away
Ranked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 40 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in St. Catharines, 11 mi away
Ranked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.2★ from 19 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Amherst, 15 mi away
Ranked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 9 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in St. Catharines, 11 mi away
Ranked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 21 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 6 of 9 factors; bar status, recency and availability not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 69 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Niagara Falls
Ranked #19 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 119 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 47 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 10 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 13 mi away
Ranked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.3★ from 3 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 17 mi away
Ranked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 28 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kenmore, 13 mi away
Ranked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.3★ from 21 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Buffalo, 21 mi away
Ranked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 8 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 6 of 9 factors; bar status, recency and availability not yet collected.
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #43, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile. We publish the top 43 of 84 ranked criminal defense lawyers here; the rest are on their profiles.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Tully Rinckey PLLC | 58 | 4.9★ (137) | 18 mi |
| 33 | AveryLaw | 56 | 5.0★ (25) | 11 mi |
| 35 | VanDette Law PLLC | 56 | 5.0★ (39) | 17 mi |
| 38 | The Rossi Law Firm | 55 | 4.8★ (39) | 17 mi |
| 43 | The Law Office of Luke Brown | 54 | 4.7★ (13) | 10 mi |
2 more criminal defense lawyers within 30 mi that we can't rank yet: too few reviews, or a practice area we couldn't confirm. Listed A to Z.
| Business | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Craig H. Bernhardt, Attorney | 5.0★ (6) | 28 mi |
| Nicholas D. D'Angelo, Attorney At Law | 2.1★ (7) | 20 mi |
We scored 84 Niagara Falls criminal defense lawyers on nine factors, weighted as shown. A law firm is ranked when its practice area is confirmed and it has 3 or more Google reviews or a claimed profile. A law firm with no Google reviews scores zero on rating, review volume and recency. Other unknown factors are left out, not counted as zero. Scores last refreshed November 9, 2026.
Paid placement never changes a rank or score. Attorney advertising businesses are paid, labelled, limited to 3 and shown above the ranking, outside it.
| Factor | Weight | Computed from | In Niagara Falls data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reputation | 25% | Google star rating, adjusted for how many reviews back it | Measured |
| Bar status | 10% | An active bar or law society record matched to a lawyer at the firm (not measured until a record source is loaded) | Not yet collected |
| Review volume | 10% | Number of Google reviews, compared with the most-reviewed firm on the list | Measured |
| Recency | 10% | Share of reviews from the last 12 months | Not yet collected |
| Availability | 5% | Weekly office hours, Saturday, Sunday, and phones answered 24/7 | Measured |
| Practice focus | 15% | How clearly the firm practises this area (its Google category and name) | Measured |
| Proximity | 5% | An office in the city scores highest, less the farther away it is | Measured |
| Claimed profile | 10% | The firm has claimed its Law Firms Ranked profile (free and paid earn the same) | Measured |
| Law Firms Ranked reviews | 10% | Verified client reviews collected by Law Firms Ranked: their rating and how many there are | Measured |
