73/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 204 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in New Britain, CT (2026)
Top 33 of 137 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
25 of the 33 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 New Britain: Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys, open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in New Britain 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 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 73 | 4.8★ (204) | New Britain | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo | 72 | 4.8★ (316) | Hartford, 9 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Iron Chris - Criminal Defense & Immigration | 70 | 5.0★ (117) | Middletown, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Ali Baba Bail Bonds | 70 | 4.9★ (124) | Hartford, 9 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers | 70 | 4.8★ (118) | Hartford, 8 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | The Kaloidis Law Firm LLC | 70 | 4.8★ (248) | Waterbury, 16 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Carlson & Dumeer, LLC | 70 | 5.0★ (91) | Middletown, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Attorney Teresa DiNardi | 69 | 4.9★ (36) | New Britain | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Carlson & Dumeer, LLC | 68 | 5.0★ (41) | Hartford, 8 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Law Office of Douglas D. Rudolph | 68 | 5.0★ (68) | Wallingford, 14 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in New Britain now
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- #1Call (860) 248-2173
#1Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 204 Google reviews
- #2Call (860) 987-3090
#2Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 316 Google reviews
- #3Call (860) 530-1781
#3Iron Chris - Criminal Defense & Immigration
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 117 Google reviews
- #4Call (860) 246-5245
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 124 Google reviews
- #5Call (860) 524-8118
#5Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 118 Google reviews
- #6Call (203) 597-0010
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 248 Google reviews
- #7Call (877) 795-5594
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 91 Google reviews
- #8Call (888) 523-9384
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 36 Google reviews
The 33 emergency criminal defense lawyers in New Britain, 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 137 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.
Scores below: based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected. Hatched segments mark factors we don't have yet.
Based in Hartford, 9 mi away
72/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 316 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Middletown, 10 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 117 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 9 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 124 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 8 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 118 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Waterbury, 16 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 248 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Middletown, 10 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 91 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in New Britain
69/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 36 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 8 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 41 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wallingford, 14 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 68 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#11 Iron Chris
Based in Hartford, 9 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 39 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Glastonbury, 10 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 37 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in New Haven, 26 mi away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 131 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 9 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Waterbury, 14 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 16 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Enfield, 26 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 40 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in New Haven, 25 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 21 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Waterbury, 16 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 7 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#19 Volz Legal Group
Based in Farmington, 11 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 3 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Glastonbury, 11 mi away
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and review volume: 5.0★ from 128 Google reviews.
#21 Hardy Law Group
Based in West Hartford, 7 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.6★ from 117 Google reviews.
Based in Middletown, 10 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 77 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based in Middletown, 10 mi away
58/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 43 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Divorce lawyer”.
Based in Glastonbury, 9 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 25 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based in New Haven, 26 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 132 Google reviews.
Top 33 of 137 criminal defense lawyers by emergency score
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #33, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 52 | 4.8★ (137) | 8 mi |
| 27 | Law Offices of Salvatore Bonanno | 52 | 4.9★ (128) | 9 mi |
| 28 | Colson Law Firm, LLC | 51 | 4.9★ (85) | 8 mi |
| 29 | Woolf & Ross Law Firm, LLC | 51 | 4.9★ (73) | 7 mi |
| 30 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 50 | 4.9★ (104) | 15 mi |
| 31 | Brian J. Glenn, Esq. | 50 | 4.9★ (76) | 11 mi |
| 32 | Attorney John F. O'Brien | 49 | 4.6★ (76) | 15 mi |
| 33 | Klein Gerald M | 47 | 4.0★ (21) | 9 mi |
How we ranked emergency criminal defense lawyers in New Britain
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 New Britain: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in New Britain are open 24/7?
25 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys, Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo, Iron Chris - Criminal Defense & Immigration, Ali Baba Bail Bonds and Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in New Britain, CT?
Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys is #1, with an LFR Score of 73 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in New Britain 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 New Britain
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 137 criminal defense lawyers serving New Britain.