The below 2026 rankings of Leading New York City Criminal Defense Lawyers ranks the top criminal defense law attorneys in New York City specializing in criminal defense and white collar criminal defense matters. These leading New York City Criminal Defense attorneys have been peer-recognized for their exceptional expertise, courtroom skills, and client outcomes across the Greater New York City metropolitan area.
Preeminent
Marc Agnifilo, Agnifilo Intrater LLP
Benjamin Brafman, Brafman & Associates
Joshua Dratel, Dratel & Lewis
Gerald Lefcourt, Law Offices of Gerald B. Lefcourt
Marc Mukasey, Mukasey Frenchman LLP
Susan Necheles, Necheles Law LLP
Anthony Ricco, Law Office of Anthony L. Ricco
Leading
Arthur Aidala, Aidala Bertuna & Kamins
Michael Bachner, Bachner & Associates
Barry Berke, HSF Kramer
Wayne Bodden, Wayne C. Bodden
Cesar de Castro, The Law Firm of Cesar de Castro
Michael Farkas, Michael C. Farkas Esq PLLC
Teny Geragos, Agnifilo Intrater LLP
John Gleeson, Debevoise & Plimpton
Zach Intrater, Agnifilo Intrater LLP
Duncan Levin, Levin & Associates PLLC
Kenneth Montgomery, Kenneth J. Montgomery PLLC
Murray Richman, Law Offices of Murray Richman
Stacey Richman, Richman Hill & Associates PLLC
Charles Ross, Mintz & Gold
Lawrence Schoenbach, Law Offices of Lawrence H. Schoenbach PLLC
Jason Ser, Meister Seelig & Schuster PLLC
Alexandra Shapiro, Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
Ted Wells, Paul Weiss
Mary White, Debevoise & Plimpton
Damian Williams, Jenner & Block
Richard Willstatter, Green & Willstatter
Andrea Zellan, Sarafa Zellan LLC
Recommended
Kenneth Abell, Abell Eskew Landau LLP
Jonathan Abernethy, Cohen & Gresser LLP
Elkan Abramowitz, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
David Anders, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Tony Barkow, Jenner & Block
Paul Batista, Paul Batista
Marianne Bertuna, Aidala Bertuna & Kamins
Noam Biale, Sher Tremonte LLP
Joseph Bondy, Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy
Reed Brodsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
John Carman, John F. Carman Esq.
Christopher Carrion, Carrion Law Group
Kathleen Cassidy, Morvillo Abromowitz Grand Iason & Anello
Priya Chaudhry, ChaudhryLaw PLLC
Lance Clarke, Hamilton Clarke LLP
Gerald DiChiara, Law Offices of Gerald DiChiara
Xavier Donaldson, Donaldson & Chilliest LLP
Bekah Donaleski, Cooley LLP
Jeffrey Einhorn, Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman
Matin Emouna, Emouna & Mikhail
Steven Epstein, Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco
Karen Freiedman Agnifo, Agnifilo Infiltrater
Robert S. Frenchman, Dynamis LLP
Daniel Gitner, Lankler Siffert & Wohl
Robert Gottlieb, Gottlieb Townsend PLLC
Jeffrey Greco, Greco Neyland
Todd Greenberg, Addabbo & Greenberg
Andrea Griswold, Skadden Arps Slater Meagher & Flom LLP
Ilana Haramati, Meister Seelig & Schuster PLLC
Sean Hecker, Hecker Fink LLP
Renée Hill, Richman Hill & Associates PLLC
Victor Hou, Cleary Gottlieb
Ilene Jaroslaw, Elliott Levine Jaroslaw Neils LLP
Katya Jestin, Jenner & Block
Jacob Kaplan, Agnifilo Intrater LLP
Kevin Keating, Law Office of Kevin Keating
Susan Kellman, Law Offices of Susan G. Kellman
Ed Kim, Krieger Kim & Lewin
Isabelle Kirshner, Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP
Ron Kuby, Law Office of Ronald L. Kuby
Lindsay Lewis, Dratel & Lewis
Jeffrey Lichtman, Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman
Alain Massena, Massena Law
Henry Mazurek, Meister Seelig & Schuster PLLC
Gerald McMahon, Law Offices of Gerald J. McMahon
Rebecca Mermelstein, O’Melveny & Myers
Richard Portale, Portale Randazzo LLP
Mark Raccanelli, O’Melveny & Myers
Julie Rendelman, Law Offices of Julie Rendelman LLC
Roland Riopelle, Sercarz & Riopelle LLP
Anjan Sahni, WilmerHale
Diana Fabi Samson,
Melinda Sarafa, Sarafa Zellan LLC
Maurice Sercarz, Sercarz & Riopelle LLP
Karen Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell
Roger Stavis, Mintz & Gold
Harvey Stone, Schlam Stone & Dolan
Peter Tilem, Tilem & Associates
Paul Townsend, Gottlieb Townsend PLLC
Michael Tremonte, Sher Tremonte LLP
Brendan White, White & White