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Criminal Defense Lawyers in Los Angeles County, California

Searching for a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles County? Counsel for the accused: from arraignment through trial and record clearance. This page indexes the county's criminal defense coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Home to roughly a quarter of all Californians, Los Angeles County operates the largest unified trial court in the nation, with dozens of courthouses from Lancaster to Long Beach. Venue for most criminal defense matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, seated at Los Angeles.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Penal Code §§ 799–802, the governing period is most misdemeanors: one year to charge; most felonies: three years. 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).

This page is the Los Angeles County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Criminal Defense Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.

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

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

County seat: Los Angeles

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

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.lacourt.ca.gov

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles County roster

4,214 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list criminal defense among their practice areas with an address of record in Los Angeles County.

4,077 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Los Angeles (2,337), Pasadena (165), Long Beach (146) and Encino (108).

56 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 180, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1962 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Los Angeles County Public Defender (192), Los Angeles County District Attorney (119) and Ofc District Attorney (119).

Zachary J. Trotter

Criminal Defense · Torrance · Los Angeles County

Bar #349136 · Admitted 2023

Taking new clients (attorney stated)

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Oshin Baghram

Criminal Defense · San Fernando · Los Angeles County

Bar #322019 · Admitted 2018

Speaks Spanish, Persian, Armenian · Taking new clients (attorney stated)

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Call(818) 877-7529

The full Los Angeles County roster · 4,077 attorneys with an active license and a criminal defense practice area: is listed by surname in the 20 sections below.

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Criminal Defense matters in Los Angeles County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • felony charges
  • misdemeanor charges
  • drug possession and sales charges
  • theft, burglary and robbery charges
  • assault and battery charges
  • weapons and gun charges
  • domestic violence charges
  • homicide and murder charges
  • sex crime charges
  • fraud and white-collar charges
  • gang-related charges
  • arson charges
  • warrants and bail
  • probation violations
  • expungement and record sealing
  • juvenile matters

From the answer files

Can I get a conviction expunged in California?Cal. Penal Code § 1203.4How long does California have to file criminal charges?Cal. Penal Code §§ 799–802How much does a criminal defense lawyer cost in California?Cal. Penal Code § 987

Every criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles County, by surname

Abdo – Bagdasaryan209 attorneysBaghram – Bousaeed202 attorneysBouyer – Cavalluzzi207 attorneysCazares – Croomes201 attorneysCross – Eisen203 attorneysEisner – Galindez202 attorneysGallardo – Greenfield203 attorneysGreenhalgh – Holbrook207 attorneysHolder – Karey205 attorneysKarkanen – Lakobrija203 attorneysLakshmi – Luna203 attorneysLungu – Melnick203 attorneysMelnik – Neptune199 attorneysNerenberg – Pereyra204 attorneysPerez – Rinaldi206 attorneysRingold – Sarkissian205 attorneysSarmiento – Solomon206 attorneysSolouki – Thompson206 attorneysThornton – Weingrow199 attorneysWeinrauch – Zweiback204 attorneys

Criminal Defense by city in Los Angeles County

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Related counsel in Los Angeles County

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Criminal Defense in nearby counties

Criminal Defense in Kern County187 attorneysCriminal Defense in San Bernardino County474 attorneysCriminal Defense in Orange County1,218 attorneysCriminal Defense in Ventura County284 attorneysCriminal Defense Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

Source: Cal. Penal Code §§ 799–802 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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