66/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 236 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in Lake Wales, FL (2026)
Top 50 of 74 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
14 of the 50 criminal defense lawyers on this list post 24/7 hours. 24/7 law firms come first, then same-day, each ranked by LFR Score with availability weighted higher.
If you or someone you know is arrested: you can stay silent and ask for a lawyer before answering questions. Calls from jail are usually recorded, so do not discuss the facts of the case on them.
The short answer
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#1 for emergency criminal defense in Lake Wales: Florida DUI Lawyer, open 24/7.
Rankings can't be bought. Lawyers can't pay to change their rank or score. How we rank
Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales at a glance
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida DUI Lawyer | 66 | 4.9★ (236) | Kissimmee, 30 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Grajek Criminal Defense Attorneys Lakeland | 66 | 4.8★ (131) | Lakeland, 24 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Smith & Eulo Law Firm: Criminal Defense Lawyers | 65 | 4.6★ (89) | Lakeland, 22 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Musca Law | 65 | 5.0★ (66) | Lakeland, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Richard Nick Kelley, P.A. | 64 | 4.9★ (90) | Kissimmee, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Ernest J. Mullins | 64 | 4.8★ (81) | Kissimmee, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Pearl & Thompson, PLLC | 64 | 5.0★ (41) | Lakeland, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Salazar & Kelly Law Group, P.A. | 63 | 4.5★ (83) | Kissimmee, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Smith & Eulo Law Firm: Criminal Defense Lawyers | 63 | 4.7★ (56) | Kissimmee, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Sara Jones Law, P.A. | 61 | 4.6★ (147) | Lake Wales | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Lake Wales now
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- #1Call (407) 705-3233
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 236 Google reviews
- #2Call (863) 880-1275
#2Grajek Criminal Defense Attorneys Lakeland
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 131 Google reviews
- #3Call (863) 344-3602
#3Smith & Eulo Law Firm: Criminal Defense Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.6 from 89 Google reviews
- #4Call (863) 512-5269
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 66 Google reviews
- #5Call (407) 847-6259
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 90 Google reviews
- #6Call (407) 846-1111
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 81 Google reviews
- #7Call (863) 359-5238
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 41 Google reviews
- #8Call (407) 483-0500
#8Salazar & Kelly Law Group, P.A.
Open 24/7 · 4.5 from 83 Google reviews
The 50 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales, ranked
24/7 first, then same-day service, then the rest. Each group is in LFR Score order on emergency weights. The full ranking of all 74 is on the criminal defense lawyers page.
Ranked by our published LFR Score from public data, not by payment; a rank is not an endorsement or a prediction of results.
Based in Lakeland, 24 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 131 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lakeland, 22 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 89 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#4 Musca Law
Based in Lakeland, 25 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 66 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 29 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 90 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 29 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 81 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lakeland, 25 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 41 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 29 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 83 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 29 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 56 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Wales
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 147 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Law firm”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#11 RHINO Lawyers
Based in Lakeland, 21 mi away
59/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.9★ from 369 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 29 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 252 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Kissimmee, 30 mi away
56/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 260 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#14 McMann, P.A.
Based in Lakeland, 24 mi away
54/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.9★ from 105 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Bankruptcy attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Bartow, 16 mi away
56/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 25 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 Bartow, 16 mi away
56/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 30 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 Sebring, 30 mi away
55/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 68 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 Winter Haven, 13 mi away
54/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.1★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 6 of 9 factors; bar status, recency and availability not yet collected.
#19 Matthew Kaylor
Based in Lakeland, 22 mi away
52/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 13 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 Bartow, 16 mi away
52/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 5 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 Bartow, 16 mi away
50/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 284 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Bartow, 15 mi away
49/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 127 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#23 Lobb & Mohr
Based in Bartow, 16 mi away
48/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 116 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#24 Kaylor Law Group
Based in Lakeland, 22 mi away
48/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ 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 Bartow, 16 mi away
47/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 53 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Top 50 of 74 criminal defense lawyers by emergency score
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #50, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile.
How we ranked emergency criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales
Emergency lists move 10 points of the LFR Score from reputation to availability: 15% and 15%. Availability credits 24/7 hours, same-day service, weekend hours and weekly open hours. 24/7 criminal defense lawyers are listed first, then same-day, then the rest; ranks follow that order. Paid placement never changes a rank.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reputation | 15% | Google star rating, adjusted for how many reviews back it |
| 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) |
| Review volume | 10% | Number of Google reviews, compared with the most-reviewed firm on the list |
| Recency | 10% | Share of reviews from the last 12 months |
| Availability | 15% | Weekly office hours, Saturday, Sunday, and phones answered 24/7 |
| Practice focus | 15% | How clearly the firm practises this area (its Google category and name) |
| Proximity | 5% | An office in the city scores highest, less the farther away it is |
| Claimed profile | 10% | The firm has claimed its Law Firms Ranked profile (free and paid earn the same) |
| Law Firms Ranked reviews | 10% | Verified client reviews collected by Law Firms Ranked: their rating and how many there are |
Emergency criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales are open 24/7?
14 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Florida DUI Lawyer, Grajek Criminal Defense Attorneys Lakeland, Smith & Eulo Law Firm: Criminal Defense Lawyers, Musca Law and Richard Nick Kelley, P.A..
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Lake Wales, FL?
Florida DUI Lawyer is #1, with an LFR Score of 66 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Lake Wales ranked?
Emergency lists move 10 points of the LFR Score from reputation to availability: 15% and 15%. Availability credits 24/7 hours, same-day service, weekend hours and weekly open hours. 24/7 criminal defense lawyers are listed first, then same-day, then the rest; ranks follow that order. Paid placement never changes a rank.
What should I do before the criminal defense lawyer arrives?
If you or someone you know is arrested: you can stay silent and ask for a lawyer before answering questions. Calls from jail are usually recorded, so do not discuss the facts of the case on them.
How many emergency criminal defense lawyers here list a phone number?
25 of the 25 law firms ranked in full list a phone number. Tap Call to dial it.
Update log for Lake Wales
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 74 criminal defense lawyers serving Lake Wales.