Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 239 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Top 25 of 29 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
3 of the 25 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 Sulphur: Colonna Law Firm, LLC, open 24/7.
Rankings can't be bought. Lawyers can't pay to change their rank or score. How we rank
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 | Colonna Law Firm, LLC | 73 | 5.0★ (239) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | The Johnson Firm - Criminal Law Attorneys | 67 | 5.0★ (20) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Delphin Law | 63 | 5.0★ (212) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Mitchell Law Firm, PLLC | 59 | 4.9★ (63) | Orange, 24 mi away | — |
| 5 | Hunt Law Firm | 52 | 4.9★ (132) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | — |
| 6 | Marcus Myers, Attorney at Law | 52 | 4.9★ (113) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | — |
| 7 | Sudduth & Associates, LLC | 52 | 4.9★ (107) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | — |
| 8 | Hawkins Legal | 49 | 4.8★ (31) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | — |
| 9 | Thibodeaux Harold L | 48 | 4.6★ (22) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | — |
| 10 | Barkemeyer Law Firm - DWI Lawyers | 48 | 5.0★ (16) | Lake Charles, 10 mi away | Sat · Sun |
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.
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 239 Google reviews
#2The Johnson Firm - Criminal Law Attorneys
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 20 Google reviews
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 212 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 29 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.
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 239 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #2 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 Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #3 because of its Google rating and review volume: 5.0★ from 212 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Orange, 24 mi away
Ranked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 63 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 Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 132 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 113 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 107 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 31 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 22 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #10 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 Sulphur
Ranked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 7 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.0★ from 12 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 Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ 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 Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 7 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Baton Rouge, 7 mi away
Ranked #15 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.
Based in Orange, 24 mi away
Ranked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.3★ from 18 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Orange, 24 mi away
Ranked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 20 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Family law attorney”.
Based on 6 of 9 factors; bar status, recency and availability not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #18 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.9★ from 84 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 55 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 34 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Family law attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 48 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 29 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Trial attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Orange, 24 mi away
Ranked #23 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.7★ from 76 Google reviews.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 14 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Bankruptcy attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
Based in Lake Charles, 10 mi away
Ranked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.2★ from 17 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based on 7 of 9 factors; bar status and recency not yet collected.
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 |