110 criminal defense lawyers ranked by LFR ScoreUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank →
Highest LFR Score in Santa Fe: Tad Law | League City Criminal Defense & Injury Lawyer, LFR Score 69/100; 4.9★ from 230 Google reviews; open 24/7.
Open 24 hours (per Google): Tad Law | Galveston Criminal Defense & Injury Lawyer, posts 24/7 hours; ranked #2 of 110.
Most-reviewed: Jackeline Gonzalez Attorney At Law, 1,068 Google reviews at 4.8★, the most of 110 ranked; ranked #47.
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110 Santa Fe criminal defense lawyers are ranked here by LFR Score, from nine published factors. 25 are open 24/7, 34 open Saturdays and 30 open Sundays, based on posted hours. The median Google rating is 4.8★ across 110 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 | Tad Law | League City Criminal Defense & Injury Lawyer | 69 | 4.9★ (230) | League City, 9 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | Top score |
| 2 | Tad Law | Galveston Criminal Defense & Injury Lawyer | 67 | 5.0★ (142) | Galveston, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | Open 24 hours |
| 3 | Galveston DWI Lawyer Jonathan Zendeh Del | 66 | 5.0★ (86) | Galveston, 18 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 4 | Mark Diaz & Associates - Criminal Defense Lawyers | 66 | 4.8★ (115) | Galveston, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 5 | Enrique Ramirez Law, PC | 65 | 4.8★ (166) | Houston, 24 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 6 | Law Office of Nathaniel Pitoniak | 65 | 5.0★ (186) | Houston, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 7 | The Martinez Law Firm | 65 | 4.8★ (324) | Houston, 30 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 8 | Galveston Criminal Defense and DWI Attorneys | 64 | 4.9★ (67) | Galveston, 20 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) | — |
| 9 | L. Garza Law Firm PLLC | 63 | 5.0★ (192) | Houston, 30 mi away | Sat · Sun · Evenings | — |
| 10 | Walker and Taylor, PLLC | 62 | 4.9★ (152) | Houston, 12 mi away | — | — |
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 Santa Fe
Based in League City, 9 mi away
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 230 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Galveston, 17 mi away
Ranked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 142 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Galveston, 18 mi away
Ranked #3 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 Galveston, 17 mi away
Ranked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 115 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 24 mi away
Ranked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 166 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 29 mi away
Ranked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 186 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 30 mi away
Ranked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 324 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Galveston, 20 mi away
Ranked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 67 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 30 mi away
Ranked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 192 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 12 mi away
Ranked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 152 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Pearland, 14 mi away
Ranked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 29 mi away
Ranked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ 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 Houston, 30 mi away
Ranked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 163 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 Friendswood, 11 mi away
Ranked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 106 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 28 mi away
Ranked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 122 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 12 mi away
Ranked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 65 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Seabrook, 12 mi away
Ranked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 5 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 29 mi away
Ranked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 50 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 25 mi away
Ranked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 18 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Pearland, 14 mi away
Ranked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 59 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Galveston, 20 mi away
Ranked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 7 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in League City, 9 mi away
Ranked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 38 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 23 mi away
Ranked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.1★ from 14 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Angleton, 24 mi away
Ranked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 106 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Houston, 29 mi away
Ranked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 172 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #50, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile. We publish the top 50 of 110 ranked criminal defense lawyers here; the rest are on their profiles.
20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 24/7 Yoakum Law Firm | 4.2★ (85) | 14 mi |
| Cari Brownlee, Attorney at Law | 5.0★ (2) | 20 mi |
| Criss & Rousseau Law Firm LLP | 1.0★ (1) | 17 mi |
| David C. Adams Law | 19 mi | |
| Do It Yourself Documents | 19 mi | |
| Egbuonu Law | 4.9★ (104) | 29 mi |
| James Zier Law Office PC | 4.9★ (102) | 22 mi |
| Judge Gordon Starkenburg, Precinct 3, Place 2 | 5.0★ (1) | 17 mi |
| Law Office of George Tyson | 5.0★ (1) | 30 mi |
| Law Office of Joaquin Jimenez - Personal Injury Lawyer | 4.7★ (74) | 24 mi |
| Lone Star DWI Lawyers of Hitchcock | 5 mi | |
| Lone Star Lawyers | 11 mi | |
| Ortego Ellis J | 3.4★ (5) | In Santa Fe |
| Quintanilla Donnie D | 5.0★ (1) | In Santa Fe |
| Swofford Law Firm | 5.0★ (1) | 7 mi |
| The Daly Law Firm, PLLC | 5.0★ (2) | 11 mi |
| The Law Office of Donale L. Evans | 5.0★ (1) | 29 mi |
| The Law Office of Mike Guarino | 5.0★ (1) | 20 mi |
| The Rosemond Law Group, P.C. | 5.0★ (1) | 23 mi |
| Vance Criminal Defense | 12 mi |
We scored 110 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe 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 |
