Ranked #1 in Rossmoor
Based in Garden Grove, 3 mi away
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 88 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Top 50 of 717 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.
#1 for emergency criminal defense in Rossmoor: Law Office of Wais Azami | OC Criminal & DUI Defense Lawyer, open 24/7.
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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 | Law Office of Wais Azami | OC Criminal & DUI Defense Lawyer | 69 | 5.0★ (88) | Garden Grove, 3 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | McCready Law Group | 69 | 4.8★ (186) | Long Beach, 7 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Poseidon Defense A.P.C. | 69 | 5.0★ (201) | Fullerton, 12 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | The Law Offices of Bryan R. Kazarian | 68 | 5.0★ (268) | Santa Ana, 14 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Shouse Law Group | 68 | 4.9★ (168) | Orange, 11 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Chambers & Ball | 68 | 5.0★ (156) | Santa Ana, 13 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Manshoory Law Group | 68 | 5.0★ (385) | Los Angeles, 21 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | ALL Trial Lawyers | CPS and Family Law | 68 | 5.0★ (110) | Orange, 11 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Law Offices of David Chesley | 68 | 5.0★ (42) | Long Beach, 3 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | The Law Offices of Bryan R. Kazarian | 68 | 5.0★ (64) | Huntington Beach, 6 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
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.
#1Law Office of Wais Azami | OC Criminal & DUI Defense Lawyer
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 88 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 186 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 201 Google reviews
#4The Law Offices of Bryan R. Kazarian
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 268 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 168 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 156 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 385 Google reviews
#8ALL Trial Lawyers | CPS and Family Law
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 110 Google reviews
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 717 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.
Ranked #1 in Rossmoor
Based in Garden Grove, 3 mi away
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 88 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 7 mi away
Ranked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 186 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Fullerton, 12 mi away
Ranked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 201 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Santa Ana, 14 mi away
Ranked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 268 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Orange, 11 mi away
Ranked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 168 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Santa Ana, 13 mi away
Ranked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 156 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Los Angeles, 21 mi away
Ranked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 385 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Orange, 11 mi away
Ranked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 110 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 3 mi away
Ranked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 42 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Huntington Beach, 6 mi away
Ranked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 64 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Santa Fe Springs, 9 mi away
Ranked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 121 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Irvine, 15 mi away
Ranked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 171 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 7 mi away
Ranked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 56 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Los Angeles, 21 mi away
Ranked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 240 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Newport Beach, 15 mi away
Ranked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 152 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Costa Mesa, 14 mi away
Ranked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 100 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 4 mi away
Ranked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 35 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Santa Ana, 14 mi away
Ranked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 124 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Orange, 11 mi away
Ranked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 71 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Irvine, 15 mi away
Ranked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 112 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Torrance, 14 mi away
Ranked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 104 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Santa Ana, 14 mi away
Ranked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 83 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 7 mi away
Ranked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 48 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Tustin, 15 mi away
Ranked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 177 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Long Beach, 7 mi away
Ranked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 34 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #50, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile.
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 |