Here are the Top 10 criminal defense law firms in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?


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Top 10 Arizona criminal defense law firms

Here are the Top 10 white collar criminal defense law firms in Arizona, as featured in the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. DM Cantor

Background: DM Cantor’s DUI/Criminal Defense team has three board certified criminal law specialists per the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization (the most certified criminal law specialists of any firm in Arizona), 160 complete jury trial acquittals (not guilty, all charges) and more than 5,000 case victories in Arizona. Since becoming a lawyer in 1989, David Cantor has handled many high-profile cases which have been covered by the local and national news media. He has been interviewed and has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Anderson Cooper Live,” CNN, “Inside Edition,” the “CBS Morning Show,” “Hannity and Colmes,” and every local Arizona news channel, including Univision.

2. MayesTelles

3. Lerner and Rowe

4. J. Belanger Law

5. Lewis Roca

6. Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman

7. Snell & Wilmer

8. Adams & Associates

9. Ballard Spahr

10. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Here are the Top 10 criminal defense law firms in Arizona, as featured in the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. MayesTelles Attorneys

Background: MayesTelles is an established law firm based in Phoenix and serving clients throughout the State of Arizona since 2010. MayesTelles consists of 21 attorneys, 15 of which focus on criminal defense only. With a combined 200-plus years of experience, MayesTelles is the law firm clients can trust. 

2. DM Cantor

3. Lerner and Rowe Law Group

4. Gurion Legal

5. Snell & Wilmer

6. J. Belanger Law

7. Benjamin C. Green Law

8. Debus & Kazan

9. Feder Law Office

10. Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman

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