69/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 156 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in Weirton, WV (2026)
40 criminal defense lawyers ranked by LFR ScoreUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
12 of the 40 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 Weirton: Wyland Law Group, open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Weirton 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 | Wyland Law Group | 69 | 4.8★ (156) | Mount Lebanon, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Joe Pometto Law | 68 | 4.8★ (146) | Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Disney Law | 66 | 5.0★ (55) | Pittsburgh, 28 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Attorney Steven M. Recht | 65 | 3.8★ (6) | Weirton | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Joseph Horowitz Law | 65 | 4.5★ (51) | Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Criminal Defense Attorney at Law Marc Daffner | 64 | 4.7★ (32) | Pittsburgh, 29 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC | 60 | 5.0★ (5) | Washington, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Recht Law Offices | 60 | 4.7★ (29) | Weirton | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Arcuri Frank Law Office | 60 | 4.0★ (5) | Washington, 25 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Aronson, Fineman & Davis Co., LPA | 57 | 4.8★ (25) | East Liverpool, 14 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Weirton now
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- #1Call (412) 219-7456
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 156 Google reviews
- #2Call (412) 593-4529
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 146 Google reviews
- #3Call (412) 212-8051
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 55 Google reviews
- #4Call (304) 748-5850
Open 24/7 · 3.8 from 6 Google reviews
- #5Call (412) 406-6082
Open 24/7 · 4.5 from 51 Google reviews
- #6Call (412) 284-5903
#6Criminal Defense Attorney at Law Marc Daffner
Open 24/7 · 4.7 from 32 Google reviews
- #7Call (724) 395-8077
#7Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 5 Google reviews
- #8Call (304) 748-5850
Open 24/7 · 4.7 from 29 Google reviews
The 40 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Weirton, ranked
24/7 first, then same-day service, then the rest. Each group is in LFR Score order on emergency weights.
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 Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 146 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#3 Disney Law
Based in Pittsburgh, 28 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 55 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Weirton
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.8★ from 6 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 51 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Pittsburgh, 29 mi away
64/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 32 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Washington, 25 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 5 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Weirton
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 29 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Personal injury attorney”.
Based in Washington, 25 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.0★ from 5 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in East Liverpool, 14 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 25 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Law firm”.
Based in Wheeling, 26 mi away
57/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 72 Google reviews.
Based in Fernway, 29 mi away
54/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 30 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Divorce lawyer”.
Based in Washington, 25 mi away
49/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.7★ from 120 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wheeling, 25 mi away
48/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 77 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#15 Logue Law Group
Based in Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away
48/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.1★ from 173 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#16 DeLuco Law
Based in Pittsburgh, 27 mi away
46/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 49 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wheeling, 16 mi away
44/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 7 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Weirton
44/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.7★ from 84 Google reviews.
Based in Pittsburgh, 29 mi away
43/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.1★ from 26 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Pittsburgh, 29 mi away
43/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.5★ from 19 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#21 Gianni Floro
Based in Carnot-Moon, 21 mi away
43/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.2★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#22 Bishop Law LLC
Based in Mount Lebanon, 26 mi away
43/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 10 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#23 Lane Turturice
Based in Washington, 25 mi away
43/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.5★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Carnot-Moon, 24 mi away
41/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.8★ from 193 Google reviews.
Based in Fernway, 25 mi away
40/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 3.7★ from 3 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
All 40 criminal defense lawyers by emergency score
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #40, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bowers Fawcett & Hurst, LLC | 38 | 4.5★ (65) | 22 mi |
| 27 | Akman & Associates, LLC | 38 | 4.8★ (55) | 24 mi |
| 28 | Craig J. Allen Law Office | 36 | 3.3★ (7) | 4 mi |
| 29 | Zavolta Law Office | 36 | 4.7★ (34) | 29 mi |
| 30 | Law Office of John A. Biedrzycki - The Steel City Lawyer | 35 | 4.6★ (28) | 26 mi |
| 31 | Law Offices Eric J. Yandrich | 35 | 5.0★ (20) | 27 mi |
| 32 | Robert J. Colaizzi, Esq. | 34 | 4.8★ (18) | 29 mi |
| 33 | James Jeffries & Associates | 34 | 3.9★ (19) | 25 mi |
| 34 | Schrader Duff Law & Lowe, PLLC | 34 | 4.6★ (12) | 25 mi |
| 35 | Robert G. McCoid | 34 | 4.5★ (13) | 25 mi |
| 36 | Gregory Diulus Law | 32 | 4.8★ (5) | 24 mi |
| 37 | Louis W. Emmi, Attorney at Law | 32 | 4.2★ (5) | 26 mi |
| 38 | Turturice & Associates, LLC | 31 | 5.0★ (3) | 25 mi |
| 39 | Shafer Law Offices | 31 | 1.8★ (4) | 25 mi |
| 40 | Law Offices of Robert Goldman | 30 | 5.0★ (3) | 29 mi |
How we ranked emergency criminal defense lawyers in Weirton
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 Weirton: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Weirton are open 24/7?
12 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Wyland Law Group, Joe Pometto Law, Disney Law, Attorney Steven M. Recht and Joseph Horowitz Law.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Weirton, WV?
Wyland Law Group is #1, with an LFR Score of 69 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Weirton 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 Weirton
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 40 criminal defense lawyers serving Weirton.