71/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 128 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 Petaluma, CA (2026)
Top 50 of 57 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
24 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 Petaluma: Wilber Law Offices, P.C., open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Petaluma 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 | Wilber Law Offices, P.C. | 71 | 5.0★ (128) | Santa Rosa, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Law Offices of Evan E. Zelig, P.C. | 71 | 5.0★ (103) | Santa Rosa, 15 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | The Law Office of Peter Kuykendall | 71 | 4.9★ (91) | Santa Rosa, 15 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Brownstein Law Group, P.C. | 70 | 5.0★ (58) | Novato, 13 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Fiumara Law Criminal Lawyers | 70 | 4.8★ (79) | Santa Rosa, 15 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Law Office of Amy Chapman | 70 | 5.0★ (69) | Santa Rosa, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Law Offices of Kevin Heaney | 68 | 5.0★ (39) | San Rafael, 16 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Summit Defense Criminal Lawyers - San Rafael Office | 68 | 4.9★ (37) | San Rafael, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Will Morehead Law | 66 | 5.0★ (23) | San Rafael, 19 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Chambers Defense | 66 | 5.0★ (20) | San Rafael, 19 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Petaluma now
24-hour hours mean the firm lists itself as open around the clock on Google; that does not show its phone is answered. A lawyer may not be able to visit a jail or appear in court the same day: ask what they can do now and what it costs before you agree.
- #1Call (707) 527-3451
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 128 Google reviews
- #2Call (707) 737-9707
#2Law Offices of Evan E. Zelig, P.C.
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 103 Google reviews
- #3Call (707) 595-0663
#3The Law Office of Peter Kuykendall
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 91 Google reviews
- #4Call (415) 795-9059
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 58 Google reviews
- #5Call (760) 832-6118
#5Fiumara Law Criminal Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 79 Google reviews
- #6Call (866) 957-7487
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 69 Google reviews
- #7Call (415) 302-9609
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 39 Google reviews
- #8Call (415) 843-8428
#8Summit Defense Criminal Lawyers - San Rafael Office
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 37 Google reviews
The 50 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Petaluma, 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 57 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 Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
71/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 103 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
71/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 91 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Novato, 13 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 58 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 79 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 17 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 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 San Rafael, 16 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 39 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in San Rafael, 17 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 37 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in San Rafael, 19 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 23 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#10 Chambers Defense
Based in San Rafael, 19 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ 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 Napa, 19 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ 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 Petaluma
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ 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 Napa, 19 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 16 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in San Rafael, 17 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 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 Santa Rosa, 18 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 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 Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 8 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 18 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 8 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in San Rafael, 19 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 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 Vallejo, 23 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 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 San Rafael, 17 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 6 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.3★ from 6 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in San Rafael, 17 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.2★ from 5 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
#23 Eloy I. Trujillo
Based in Napa, 19 mi away
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ 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 Santa Rosa, 15 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 16 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Santa Rosa, 18 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 14 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 6 of 9 factors; bar status, recency and availability not yet collected.
Top 50 of 57 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 Petaluma
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 Petaluma: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Petaluma are open 24/7?
24 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Wilber Law Offices, P.C., Law Offices of Evan E. Zelig, P.C., The Law Office of Peter Kuykendall, Brownstein Law Group, P.C. and Fiumara Law Criminal Lawyers.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Petaluma, CA?
Wilber Law Offices, P.C. is #1, with an LFR Score of 71 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Petaluma 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 Petaluma
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 57 criminal defense lawyers serving Petaluma.