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67 Criminal Justice Lawyers

Criminal defence lawyers, traffic, and District Court representation. Compare 67 lawyers across 13 cities.

Todd Walker logo
4.9 (29 reviews) | WĀNAKA

Todd Walker - one of Central Otago's leading full service law firm with offices in Queenstown and Wanaka, with a strong reputation amongst their local and national client base for providing specialised legal advice.

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Checketts McKay Law logo
5.0 (33 reviews) | WĀNAKA

Checketts McKay Law has a large team of experienced lawyers providing specialist legal solutions across the Otago region, with offices in Alexandra, Cromwell, Ranfurly and Wānaka. The firm has origins in Central Otago dating back to the 1880s.

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Cathedral Lane Law logo
DUNEDIN

Cathedral Lane Law is a boutique law firm in Napier, New Zealand, offering legal advice and court representation in criminal defence, family court work, civil litigation, and property law. The firm's solicitors accept legal aid for eligible matters. Founded in 2013.

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Resolution Chambers logo
4.0 (4 reviews) | NELSON

Barristers chambers based in Nelson, New Zealand, specialising in criminal, civil, family and commercial law. The team offers a client-focused approach with years of court experience in New Zealand and abroad.

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Lawyer Help logo
4.6 (59 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Barrister Melanie Coxon provides affordable legal advice for criminal and traffic matters including drink driving, work licences, S106 discharges, and S94 community service orders. Based in Auckland with 25 years of experience, serving clients nationwide.

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Arunjeev Singh | Legal Consultancy Law Firm logo
3.7 (46 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Auckland-based barrister Arunjeev Singh provides immigration, criminal, and family law services from his office in Papatoetoe, primarily serving South Auckland communities. His practice also covers employment law, civil litigation, wills and estate, and traffic offences.

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Adam J Holland logo
5.0 (100 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Adam Holland is an Auckland-based barrister and criminal defence lawyer with over 20 years of experience. He represents clients on all criminal charges including drug, sexual, serious violence, fraud and traffic cases, and criminal appeals.

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Albany Legal logo
4.1 (18 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Albany Legal is an incorporated law firm located in Albany Village, Auckland, providing practical legal advice across a range of practice areas including business law, property law, trusts and estate planning, and dispute resolution. The firm's experienced team takes a holistic approach to legal problems, delivering common-sense advice at competitive rates.

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John Munro - Auckland Criminal Lawyer logo
5.0 (84 reviews) | AUCKLAND

John Munro is a criminal defence barrister based in Auckland, New Zealand with over two decades of experience. He represents clients in cases involving sexual offences, drugs, violence, fraud, dishonesty, sports misconduct and court appeals. His chambers, Sentinel Chambers, is located in Auckland CBD and serves clients throughout New Zealand.

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Active Legal logo
4.9 (41 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Active Legal is a specialist criminal law firm handling everything from traffic offences like drink driving to criminal charges such as assault or drug possession. Their team manages each case with care, whether it involves single or multiple charges.

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Bloem Law logo
4.8 (21 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Bloem Law is Auckland's full service criminal defence specialist practice, with a team of exceptional lawyers specialising only in criminal law. Led by Anoushka Bloem, a senior criminal lawyer with over two decades of experience, the firm handles the full spectrum of criminal matters from jury trials for serious crime to appeals, bail, and sentencing.

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Jeremy Bioletti Law logo
5.0 (10 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Jeremy Bioletti is a senior barrister with 30+ years of legal experience defending clients in New Zealand. He specialises in serious fraud and complex criminal defence, including white-collar crime, investment fraud, customs fraud, and immigration fraud. Based in Auckland, he offers trial representation, appeals, second opinion case analysis, and legal aid services for eligible complex cases.

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Alistair Haskett logo
3.4 (5 reviews) |

Alistair Haskett is a defence lawyer based in Auckland, specialising in criminal and traffic law including drink driving defence, careless/dangerous driving, and transport law. He operates through Road Legal Ltd and Legal Defence Service Ltd, appearing in District and High Courts throughout New Zealand.

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Road Legal Ltd logo
5.0 (4 reviews) |

Road Legal Ltd, trading as Drink Drive Law and ROAD LEGAL, is a specialist traffic law firm operated by Alistair Haskett in Auckland. The firm defends motorists facing drink driving, traffic, speeding, careless and dangerous driving, serious crash, and heavy transport charges throughout all Auckland courts and nationwide by arrangement.

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CRIMINAL-LAWYER.NZ logo
3.3 (3 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Criminal defence lawyer Peter Syddall provides legal representation across District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Parole Hearings. Specialises in criminal defence, traffic offences, parole hearings, and work licences. Based in Albany, Auckland.

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Timpany Walton Lawyers logo
4.7 (19 reviews) | TIMARU

Timpany Walton is a law firm based in Timaru, New Zealand, providing legal services across family law, property law, commercial law, litigation, employment, criminal law, asset protection, and estate planning. The firm has been serving South Canterbury since the 1930s.

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Mactodd Lawyers logo
5.0 (28 reviews) | QUEENSTOWN

Mactodd Lawyers is a Queenstown-based law firm with offices in Queenstown, Cromwell, and Wanaka, providing commercial, property, and litigation legal services across the Central Otago region since 1975. Practice areas include commercial and property law, civil and criminal litigation, relationship property, overseas investment, environment and resource management, estate planning, notary public services, and alcohol licensing.

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Grey Street Legal logo
4.5 (13 reviews) | GISBORNE

Grey Street Legal located in Gisborne are a law firm specialising in property, trusts, wills, relationship property, employment and civil litigation.

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Todd Walker logo
5.0 (209 reviews) | QUEENSTOWN

Todd Walker - one of Central Otago's leading full service law firm with offices in Queenstown and Wanaka, with a strong reputation amongst their local and national client base for providing specialised legal advice.

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Todd Walker logo
5.0 (1 reviews) | QUEENSTOWN

Todd Walker is one of Central Otago's leading full service law firms with offices in Queenstown and Wanaka, providing specialised legal advice to local and national clients.

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Todd Walker logo
QUEENSTOWN

Todd Walker is one of Central Otago's leading full service law firms with offices in Queenstown and Wanaka, providing specialised legal advice to local and national clients.

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Cathedral Lane Law logo
3.1 (9 reviews) | NAPIER

Cathedral Lane Law is a boutique law firm in Napier, New Zealand, offering legal advice and court representation in criminal defence, family court work, civil litigation, and property law. The firm's solicitors accept legal aid for eligible matters. Founded in 2013.

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Glen Prentice logo
4.3 (6 reviews) | HAMILTON

Glen Prentice is a Hamilton-based criminal defence lawyer practising since 2011. He handles criminal matters including drink driving, traffic charges, assault, domestic violence, dishonesty, fraud, drug and sexual allegations, and represents clients at parole hearings and appeals.

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Kirstie Barr Barrister logo
2.7 (3 reviews) | HAMILTON

Kirstie Barr is a barrister with over 20 years' experience specialising in family, criminal and traffic law. The firm provides Legal Aid services and represents clients in Family Court, criminal matters, and limited licence applications. Based in Hamilton, New Zealand.

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Rob Quin logo
5.0 (4 reviews) | HAMILTON

Rob has been practicing as a lawyer in Hamilton since 2005. He specialises in criminal and traffic law. He has an excellent record of obtaining the best possible outcomes for clients appearing in Court on a wide range of charges.

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Blomfield Legal logo
5.0 (7 reviews) | QUEENSTOWN

Piers Blomfield is a Queenstown-based barrister and solicitor specialising in criminal, family, and traffic law with over 25 years' experience. A former prosecutor, he accepts direct instructions and serves clients across New Zealand from chambers in Queenstown and Invercargill.

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Stewart Sluis logo
3.0 (2 reviews) |

Stewart Sluis is a barrister based in Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, with over 20 years of experience across criminal, family, and civil law. He has conducted over 500 trials and appears in the Family Court, District Court, and High Court.

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Kate Sheppard Chambers logo
5.0 (1 reviews) | ASHBURTON

Kate Sheppard Chambers is a fully virtual chambers of women barristers located across New Zealand. Members appear in all courts and tribunals throughout Aotearoa across all legal disciplines. The chambers was established in 2020 to support and promote women in the law through a non-hierarchical, collegial structure.

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Limited Licence Lawyer logo
5.0 (1 reviews) |

Specialist fixed-fee limited licence (work licence) application services for all New Zealand District Courts. Led by Rion Norris, a barrister of the High Court of New Zealand, the practice focuses exclusively on helping disqualified or suspended drivers obtain court-ordered limited licences.

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Omega Chambers logo
5.0 (2 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Omega Chambers is an Auckland-based criminal defence law firm specialising in serious criminal charges and complex litigation across New Zealand. Their experienced criminal barristers provide strategic advocacy for clients facing criminal and traffic offences at all levels of seriousness.

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Joon Yi Barrister logo
3.0 (2 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Joon Yi is a criminal law specialist barrister based in Auckland, New Zealand. He represents clients in criminal, traffic, and tax prosecution matters across all New Zealand courts, and is a director at Pōhutukawa Chambers. The practice also handles discharge without conviction applications, appeals, and a range of serious criminal offences.

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Ian Brookie - Barrister logo
4.9 (36 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Ian Brookie is a barrister in Auckland with over 20 years of experience specialising in criminal defence, professional disciplinary tribunal representation, and regulatory defence. He operates from Sentinel Chambers and appears in all levels of New Zealand courts, handling matters from traffic offences to murder and manslaughter.

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Pohutakawa Chambers logo
4.7 (3 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Independent barristers delivering culturally aware, client-focused criminal defence across Aotearoa. Pōhutukawa Chambers is a female-led criminal defence chambers established in 2022, combining courtroom excellence with cultural awareness and a commitment to representing diverse clients throughout New Zealand in the High Court, District Court, and Court of Appeal.

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Emma Priest logo
4.9 (93 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Leading criminal defence barrister based in Auckland, New Zealand, undertaking jury trials, appeals and parole work for private and legally-aided clients. Over 25 years of experience across the full spectrum of criminal law including serious violence, sexual offending and drug crime.

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Claire Farquhar Barrister logo
5.0 (12 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Claire Farquhar is a barrister specialising in criminal law. She represents defendants at all phases of a criminal proceeding, from seeking bail for clients in custody, through to defending clients appearing in jury trials and arguing appeals in the higher Courts of New Zealand.

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Criminal Lawyers Auckland logo
4.5 (8 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Criminal lawyers at Durham Street Chambers have more than 70 years' combined legal experience, specialising in all aspects of criminal law. They represent clients across the full spectrum of criminal matters from common assault to murder, drug offences, fraud, traffic offences, and appeals, with a focus on cost-effective, professional defence in the District Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal.

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Steven Lack | Barrister logo
4.2 (5 reviews) | AUCKLAND

Steven Lack is an experienced Auckland-based criminal defence barrister specialising in serious crime, appeals, and regulatory matters, providing strategic legal representation to clients facing high-profile and complex criminal cases across New Zealand.

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Andy Wei Barrister logo
AUCKLAND

Andy Wei is a Chinese-born, Western-educated barrister sole in Auckland, specialising in criminal litigation including trials, bail applications, appeals, and proceeds of crime matters. Fluent in English and Mandarin, he accepts private instructions across New Zealand.

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Cruickshank Pryde logo
4.8 (29 reviews) | INVERCARGILL

Cruickshank Pryde is a law firm with offices in Invercargill, Gore, Queenstown, and Christchurch, providing legal services across commercial, rural, employment, family, property, resource management, and estate planning. Established in 1926, it is one of the largest provincial law firms in New Zealand.

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Finding the Best Criminal Justice Lawyer

Picking the right criminal justice lawyer matters. The provider you choose handles your job, determines turnaround, and quietly affects your outcome through quality and reliability. Here's what to look for.

Why Use a Criminal Justice Lawyer?

  • Save time: A lawyer handles the work end-to-end, so you focus on the parts that need your attention.
  • Faster turnaround: A specialist criminal justice lawyer already has the workflow dialled in — you get results faster than going in cold.
  • Fewer mistakes: Professional service means fewer rework loops, missed details, and downstream issues.
  • Scalability: As your needs grow, a good lawyer scales with you — no need to find a new provider every time the job size changes.

What to Look for in a Criminal Justice Lawyer

Not every lawyer is a good fit. When evaluating a criminal justice lawyer, check these four things:

Transparent Pricing

Reputable criminal justice lawyers quote in writing. If they won't put pricing in an email, move on.

Turnaround

Ask for a realistic turnaround estimate before booking. Vague answers usually mean delays down the line.

Insurance & Credentials

Confirm the lawyer carries the right insurance and credentials for the work. Get it in writing.

Communication

The best criminal justice lawyers respond quickly and keep you in the loop — not a ticket queue.

The Criminal Justice Onboarding Process

Expect onboarding to look roughly like this:

  1. Initial enquiry — You reach out with the scope, timing, and any constraints.
  2. Quote & agreement — The lawyer sends pricing and a service agreement. Review carefully before signing.
  3. Setup — You share the details they need and confirm a start date.
  4. First job — A small starter job validates the workflow before committing at volume.
  5. Ongoing relationship — Once live, the lawyer runs on its own with periodic check-ins.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Compare lawyers in your area on the listings above by service area, rating, and credentials. Shortlist two or three, request written quotes, and check recent reviews before booking.
What does a lawyer typically cost in your area?
Pricing varies by scope and urgency. Reputable lawyers in your area provide written quotes up front and clearly itemise labour, materials, and any callout fees. Avoid providers who won't put pricing in writing.
How do I check a lawyer's credentials?
Ask for the lawyer's licence or registration number and verify it directly with the relevant licensing authority for your area. A reputable lawyer will share their credentials and insurance details on request.
How long does it take to get a lawyer on site?
Many lawyers in your area respond within one business day to standard enquiries. Emergency callouts can be faster. Confirm the start window and any callout fees in writing before booking.
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