70/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 154 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in Sycamore, IL (2026)
Top 50 of 124 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 Sycamore: Hirsch Law Group Sycamore Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers, open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Sycamore 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 | Hirsch Law Group Sycamore Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers | 70 | 4.9★ (154) | Sycamore | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Law Office of Doyle and James, LLC | 69 | 4.8★ (96) | Sycamore | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Hirsch Law Group St. Charles Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers | 66 | 4.9★ (192) | Saint Charles, 20 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Law Office of Doyle and James LLC | 66 | 4.9★ (352) | Rockford, 28 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Hirsch Law Group Rockford Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers | 66 | 4.8★ (300) | Rockford, 26 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Hirsch Law Group | 65 | 4.8★ (162) | Crystal Lake, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Law Offices of Peter Buh | 65 | 4.8★ (92) | Geneva, 21 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Dohman Law | 64 | 5.0★ (157) | Wheaton, 30 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | The Law Offices of Neil Patel | 64 | 5.0★ (123) | Wheaton, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Van Der Snick Law Firm Ltd | 64 | 4.0★ (4) | Sycamore | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Sycamore now
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- #1Call (815) 683-3099
#1Hirsch Law Group Sycamore Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 154 Google reviews
- #2Call (815) 980-2494
#2Law Office of Doyle and James, LLC
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 96 Google reviews
- #3Call (815) 534-1680
#3Hirsch Law Group St. Charles Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 192 Google reviews
- #4Call (779) 500-0167
#4Law Office of Doyle and James LLC
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 352 Google reviews
- #5Call (815) 205-1464
#5Hirsch Law Group Rockford Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 300 Google reviews
- #6Call (331) 284-3396
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 162 Google reviews
- #7Call (630) 319-4945
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 92 Google reviews
- #8Call (847) 999-7227
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 157 Google reviews
The 50 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Sycamore, 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 124 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 Sycamore
69/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 96 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Saint Charles, 20 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 192 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Rockford, 28 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 352 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Rockford, 26 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 300 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Crystal Lake, 25 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 162 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Geneva, 21 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 92 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#8 Dohman Law
Based in Wheaton, 30 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 157 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wheaton, 29 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 123 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Sycamore
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.0★ from 4 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wheaton, 29 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 216 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Lake in the Hills, 22 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 35 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Rockford, 29 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 43 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#14 DUI Lawyers 24/7
Based in Geneva, 21 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 16 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Aurora, 25 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.4★ from 49 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Saint Charles, 20 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 12 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#17 Appelman Law LLC
Based in Naperville, 28 mi away
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 42 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Rockford, 27 mi away
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 420 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based in Wheaton, 30 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 22 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Rockford, 28 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.2★ from 17 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wheaton, 29 mi away
58/100LFR 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 in Woodstock, 18 mi away
58/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 228 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Bankruptcy attorney”.
Based in Saint Charles, 20 mi away
54/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.2★ from 90 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
#24 Vernsten Law
Based in Rockford, 29 mi away
54/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 66 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Divorce lawyer”.
#25 Wilbrandt Legal
Based in Crystal Lake, 25 mi away
53/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 46 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Attorney”.
Top 50 of 124 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 Sycamore
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 Sycamore: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Sycamore are open 24/7?
25 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Hirsch Law Group Sycamore Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers, Law Office of Doyle and James, LLC, Hirsch Law Group St. Charles Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers, Law Office of Doyle and James LLC and Hirsch Law Group Rockford Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Sycamore, IL?
Hirsch Law Group Sycamore Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers is #1, with an LFR Score of 70 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Sycamore 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 Sycamore
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 124 criminal defense lawyers serving Sycamore.