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Criminal Defense Attorneys in Long Beach, California

Every criminal defense lawyer and criminal defense attorney listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to criminal defense matters in Long Beach. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Venue matters. Criminal defense cases from Long Beach are ordinarily heard at the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, serving a city of roughly 466,000. Civil and criminal matters for the harbor area are heard at the Deukmejian Courthouse on Magnolia Avenue, one of the busiest branch courthouses in Los Angeles County; the port economy shapes a steady docket of employment, injury, and maritime-adjacent disputes.

One date controls everything that follows: most misdemeanors: one year to charge; most felonies: three years, per Cal. Penal Code §§ 799–802. Charging deadlines scale with the offense: crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment, and embezzlement of public money, may be prosecuted at any time (Cal. Penal Code § 799). After arrest, arraignment must generally occur within 48 hours (Cal. Penal Code § 825). Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the Long Beach chapter of the registry's statewide record · Criminal Defense Lawyers in California collects every county and city.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Most misdemeanors: one year to charge; most felonies: three years.

Cal. Penal Code §§ 799–802

Charging deadlines scale with the offense: crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment, and embezzlement of public money, may be prosecuted at any time (Cal. Penal Code § 799). After arrest, arraignment must generally occur within 48 hours (Cal. Penal Code § 825).

Court of record · Los Angeles County

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

Courthouse at the county seat: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

For Long Beach: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Criminal Defense · Long Beach roster

142 active attorneys with an address of record in Long Beach list criminal defense among their practice areas on the registry, out of 1,545 active attorneys whose address of record is in Long Beach.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Long Beach attorneys are litigation (269), personal injury (260), business law (234), employment (183) and estate planning (155). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

3 of the 1,545 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 97 of the 1,545 active attorneys in Long Beach, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (94), Chinese (21), Persian (18) and Armenian (18). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Long Beach. For criminal charges, the useful questions are concrete: how often the attorney appears in the specific courthouse where your case is set, their experience with the charged offense, who will actually stand up in court with you, and how fees are structured (criminal defense is typically flat-fee by stage of case). Move fast: early representation matters at arraignment and bail, and pre-filing intervention can sometimes shape charging decisions.

Address of record in Long Beach