72/100LFR Score
Ranked #1 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 316 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Emergency Criminal Defense Lawyers in Windsor, CT (2026)
Top 33 of 130 criminal defense lawyers, in emergency orderUpdated 0 paid placements in this rankingHow we rank
25 of the 33 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 Windsor: Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo, open 24/7.
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Top emergency criminal defense lawyers in Windsor 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 | Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo | 72 | 4.8★ (316) | Hartford, 7 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 2 | Ali Baba Bail Bonds | 71 | 4.9★ (124) | Hartford, 6 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 3 | Bernard OUI Defense | 71 | 4.9★ (334) | Springfield, 17 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 4 | Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers | 70 | 4.8★ (118) | Hartford, 7 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 5 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 70 | 4.8★ (204) | New Britain, 15 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 6 | Carlson & Dumeer, LLC | 69 | 5.0★ (41) | Hartford, 7 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 7 | Iron Chris | 68 | 4.9★ (39) | Hartford, 7 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 8 | Iron Chris - Criminal Defense & Immigration | 68 | 5.0★ (117) | Middletown, 20 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 9 | Carlson & Dumeer, LLC | 67 | 5.0★ (91) | Middletown, 20 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
| 10 | Paetzold Law Group | 67 | 4.9★ (37) | Glastonbury, 10 mi away | Open 24 hrs (Google) |
Call an emergency criminal defense lawyer in Windsor now
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- #1Call (860) 987-3090
#1Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 316 Google reviews
- #2Call (860) 246-5245
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 124 Google reviews
- #3Call (413) 731-9995
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 334 Google reviews
- #4Call (860) 524-8118
#4Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 118 Google reviews
- #5Call (860) 248-2173
#5Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys
Open 24/7 · 4.8 from 204 Google reviews
- #6Call (860) 455-4179
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 41 Google reviews
- #7Call (860) 530-5225
Open 24/7 · 4.9 from 39 Google reviews
- #8Call (860) 530-1781
#8Iron Chris - Criminal Defense & Immigration
Open 24/7 · 5.0 from 117 Google reviews
The 33 emergency criminal defense lawyers in Windsor, 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 130 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 Hartford, 6 mi away
71/100LFR ScoreRanked #2 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 124 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Springfield, 17 mi away
71/100LFR ScoreRanked #3 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 334 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 7 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #4 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 118 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in New Britain, 15 mi away
70/100LFR ScoreRanked #5 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 204 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 7 mi away
69/100LFR ScoreRanked #6 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 41 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#7 Iron Chris
Based in Hartford, 7 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #7 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 39 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Middletown, 20 mi away
68/100LFR ScoreRanked #8 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 117 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Middletown, 20 mi away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #9 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 91 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Glastonbury, 10 mi away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #10 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 37 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Waterbury, 29 mi away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #11 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 248 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Enfield, 12 mi away
67/100LFR ScoreRanked #12 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 40 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in New Britain, 15 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #13 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 36 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Hartford, 6 mi away
66/100LFR ScoreRanked #14 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 13 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Wallingford, 29 mi away
65/100LFR ScoreRanked #15 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 68 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Springfield, 18 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #16 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 10 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Springfield, 18 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #17 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.8★ from 10 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#18 Volz Legal Group
Based in Farmington, 10 mi away
63/100LFR ScoreRanked #18 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 3 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Waterbury, 28 mi away
62/100LFR ScoreRanked #19 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 16 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
Based in Glastonbury, 10 mi away
61/100LFR ScoreRanked #20 because of its Google rating and review volume: 5.0★ from 128 Google reviews.
#21 Hardy Law Group
Based in West Hartford, 8 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #21 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.6★ from 117 Google reviews.
Based in Waterbury, 29 mi away
60/100LFR ScoreRanked #22 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.6★ from 7 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Criminal justice attorney”.
#23 Daly Law, P.C.
Based in Springfield, 18 mi away
58/100LFR ScoreRanked #23 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 5.0★ from 68 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Law firm”.
#24 Raipher, P.C.
Based in Springfield, 18 mi away
58/100LFR ScoreRanked #24 because of its Google rating and review volume: 4.5★ from 123 Google reviews.
Based in Springfield, 17 mi away
58/100LFR ScoreRanked #25 because of its Google rating and practice area focus: 4.9★ from 65 Google reviews, listed on Google as “Attorney”.
Top 33 of 130 criminal defense lawyers by emergency score
#1 to #25 are shown in full above. Here are #26 to #33, in LFR Score order; each links to its profile.
| Rank | Business | LFR Score | Google rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Law Offices of Salvatore Bonanno | 52 | 4.9★ (128) | 7 mi |
| 27 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 52 | 4.8★ (137) | 7 mi |
| 28 | Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys | 51 | 4.9★ (104) | 8 mi |
| 29 | Colson Law Firm, LLC | 51 | 4.9★ (85) | 7 mi |
| 30 | Attorney John F. O'Brien | 50 | 4.6★ (76) | 8 mi |
| 31 | Woolf & Ross Law Firm, LLC | 50 | 4.9★ (73) | 13 mi |
| 32 | Law Office of Joseph M Pacella | 49 | 4.9★ (95) | 18 mi |
| 33 | Klein Gerald M | 47 | 4.0★ (21) | 7 mi |
How we ranked emergency criminal defense lawyers in Windsor
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 Windsor: questions
Which criminal defense lawyers in Windsor are open 24/7?
25 on this list post 24/7 hours, including Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo, Ali Baba Bail Bonds, Bernard OUI Defense, Sills DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyers and Ruane DUI & Criminal Defense Attorneys.
Who is ranked #1 for emergency criminal defense in Windsor, CT?
Law Offices of Angel A. Lugo is #1, with an LFR Score of 72 out of 100 on emergency weights.
How are emergency criminal defense lawyers in Windsor 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 Windsor
- November 2026: LFR Scores recalculated for 130 criminal defense lawyers serving Windsor.