71/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 288 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in Newmarket, ON (2026)
Top 50 of 427 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
25 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 Newmarket: Sondhi Defence Professional Corporation, open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Newmarket 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 | Sondhi Defence Professional Corporation | 71 | 4.9★ (288) | Aurora, 5 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Pazuki Law Group | 70 | 4.9★ (117) | Newmarket | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | What The Law | 70 | 4.9★ (165) | Aurora, 5 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | What The Law | 70 | 4.7★ (881) | Richmond Hill, 24 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Kazandji Law Criminal and Family Lawyers | 69 | 4.9★ (423) | North York, 28 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | JAKE SHEN | 69 | 5.0★ (242) | Markham, 24 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Charitsis Law | 68 | 5.0★ (358) | East York, 31 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Aitken Robertson | 68 | 5.0★ (38) | Newmarket | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Sadro Law Group | 68 | 4.9★ (453) | East York, 33 km away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Costa Law Firm | 67 | 4.5★ (30) | Newmarket | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Newmarket now
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- #1Call (855) 476-6344
#1Sondhi Defence Professional Corporation
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 288 Google reviews
- #2Call (905) 508-4878
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 117 Google reviews
- #3Call (647) 295-6499
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 165 Google reviews
- #4Call (647) 277-2714
Open 24/7 · 4.7 from 881 Google reviews
- #5Call (647) 697-5975
#5Kazandji Law Criminal and Family Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 423 Google reviews
- #6Call (647) 390-1131
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 242 Google reviews
- #7Call (416) 731-7113
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 358 Google reviews
- #8Call (289) 803-0288
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 38 Google reviews
The 50 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Newmarket, 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 427 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 Newmarket
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 117 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#3 What The Law
Based in Aurora, 5 km away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 165 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#4 What The Law
Based in Richmond Hill, 24 km away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 881 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in North York, 28 km away
69/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 423 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#6 JAKE SHEN
Based in Markham, 24 km away
69/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 242 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in East York, 31 km away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 358 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Newmarket
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 38 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in East York, 33 km away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 453 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#10 Costa Law Firm
Based in Newmarket
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 30 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#11 Charitsis Law
Based in Newmarket
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 22 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Scarborough, 42 km away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 419 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Brampton, 37 km away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 201 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Brampton, 37 km away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 192 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#15 Matthew Law
Based in Aurora, 6 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 23 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#16 Norton Law PC
Based in Richmond Hill, 22 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 69 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#17 Citadel Law
Based in Toronto, 43 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 216 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in East York, 39 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 233 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Brampton, 38 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 168 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in East York, 33 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 116 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#21 Pyzer
Based in East York, 39 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 175 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Toronto, 45 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 259 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#23 Dhindsa Law
Based in Brampton, 41 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 188 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#24 Donich Law
Based in Toronto, 45 km away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 207 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Markham, 32 km away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 75 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Top 50 of 427 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.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kahlon Law | 65 | 5.0★ (186) | 46 km |
| 27 | Michael Juskey | 65 | 4.9★ (200) | 45 km |
| 28 | Shaffie Law | 65 | 4.9★ (203) | 45 km |
| 29 | Song Criminal Defence | 65 | 5.0★ (64) | 31 km |
| 30 | Daniel Brown Law LLP | 65 | 5.0★ (159) | 45 km |
| 31 | Vilkhov Law Professional Corporation | 65 | 4.8★ (202) | 45 km |
| 32 | Andrew Edgar Criminal Defence Counsel | 65 | 5.0★ (96) | 41 km |
| 33 | Majoka Law P.C. | 65 | 5.0★ (56) | 33 km |
| 34 | Jassi Vamadevan | 65 | 5.0★ (32) | 26 km |
| 35 | Badesha Law Criminal Lawyer Brampton | 65 | 5.0★ (76) | 38 km |
| 36 | Gold Law | 65 | 5.0★ (42) | 30 km |
| 37 | Posner Craig Stein LLP | 65 | 4.9★ (117) | 43 km |
| 38 | Strategic Criminal Defence | 65 | 4.9★ (140) | 45 km |
| 39 | Norton Law PC | 64 | 5.0★ (106) | 45 km |
| 40 | Saggi Law Firm | 64 | 4.8★ (96) | 40 km |
| 41 | Costa Law | 64 | 5.0★ (25) | 26 km |
| 42 | David Genis | 64 | 4.8★ (39) | 30 km |
| 43 | Michael Kachkar - Criminal Lawyer | 64 | 5.0★ (94) | 45 km |
| 44 | Shikhman Barristers | 64 | 4.8★ (46) | 32 km |
| 45 | Karapancev Law - Criminal Lawyers Toronto | 64 | 4.9★ (105) | 45 km |
| 46 | Branden J. Miller Law | 64 | 4.9★ (84) | 45 km |
| 47 | The Criminal Law Team | 64 | 4.8★ (35) | 32 km |
| 48 | Zamani Law - Toronto Criminal Lawyer | 64 | 4.9★ (80) | 45 km |
| 49 | Batasar Law | 64 | 4.6★ (145) | 47 km |
| 50 | Christien Levien J.D., Lawyer | 64 | 4.8★ (103) | 48 km |
How we ranked emergency criminal defense lawyers in Newmarket
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 Newmarket: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Newmarket are open 24/7?
25 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Sondhi Defence Professional Corporation, Pazuki Law Group, What The Law, What The Law and Kazandji Law Criminal and Family Lawyers.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Newmarket, ON?
Sondhi Defence Professional Corporation is #1, with an LFR Score of 71 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Newmarket 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 Newmarket
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 427 criminal defense lawyers serving Newmarket.