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Hartford CT Attorneys

Connecticut Criminal Defense Attorneys

Hartford CT Lawyers specializing in Criminal Defense

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Criminal Defense Law
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No defense is too fierce when your freedom is at stake.

Your most valuable assets can be lost if you have been charged with a crime...your freedom and your reputation…to say nothing of the forfeiture of all your assets.

Prosecutors have the vast resources of police departments and their own investigators working hard to make their case against people, often before they are even charged. These resources must be countered with an aggressive defense that includes state-of-the-art electronic research systems, expert witnesses who are available for the particular type of case involved, and criminal investigators who work with Spinella & Associates to develop the best possible criminal defense.

Obtaining skillful criminal representation is a battle for a person's future. He or she needs to be defended by a fearless trial attorney who has been tested under the fire of criminal litigation and trial.

Connecticut Criminal Defense Law

Spinella & Associates are experienced CT trial attorneys, licensed in the state of Connecticut, who practice in criminal defense law and are battle-tested. Depending upon the particular charge, the proper choice of a criminal defense lawyer may be the most important decision of someone's life.

Spinella & Associates form an experienced, skillful and knowledgeable Hartford criminal defense team, the kind that prosecutors fear and respect. They offer a panoply of criminal services, representing defendants accused of violent and nonviolent crimes as well as a wide range of white-collar crimes. In addition to their representation of defendants at trial, Spinella trial lawyers represent defendants convicted of crime in post-trial proceedings and in the appeal of convictions. Attorneys at Spinella & Associates have a long history of prosecuting appeals in criminal cases before Connecticut and federal courts. Their scholarship in this area makes them qualified to pursue criminal appellate matters of every kind.

Attorney Spinella, in addition to authoring Connecticut Criminal Procedure, the state's foremost textbook devoted to the history and law of criminal procedure in Connecticut, is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's Section on Criminal Justice, the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and a lifetime member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is also actively involved in the American Trial Lawyers Associations.

CT Criminal Defense Practice Areas

Spinella & Associates is a boutique civil rights and Connecticut criminal defense firm with experience litigating on behalf of individuals in nearly every area of civil and criminal practice. Although some of these Connecticut criminal cases are described later in this website, the firm now concentrates its civil practice on a wide range of civil rights violations (including abuses of power by police, municipal, and government authorities), although it still handles complex civil damage claims involving negligence, employment, and fiduciary violations.

Our CT law firm also concentrates its practice in the area of criminal defense by representation of the criminally accused during the pre-trial and trial stages of prosecution, as well as appeal of criminal convictions and post-conviction attacks of convictions by way of habeas corpus.

Spinella & Associates’ areas of practice include the following:
CT Civil Rights and Damage Claims Against Municipal, State and Federal Government Officials and Individuals, Including:

  • False arrest
  • False Imprisonment
  • Malicious Misconduct
  • Excessive Use of Force
  • Whistle blower Claims
  • Unjust Conviction
  • Defense of civil claims against criminal defendants
  • Prosecution and defense of commercial and personal injury lawsuits
  • Employment claims including discrimination and illegal termination
  • Native American Rights

Connecticut Criminal Investigations and Trials:

  • General white collar crimes
  • Business fraud
  • Securities fraud
  • Homicides, and all other violent crimes
  • Narcotics
  • Internet crimes
  • Sex Offenses
  • DUI offenses, vehicular manslaughter, and related offenses

CT Criminal Appeals and Collateral Attacks:
Direct Appeals of criminal convictions and Habeas Corpus claims in State and Federal Courts for:

  • Prosecutorial misconduct
  • Ineffective assistance of defense counsel
  • Newly discovered evidence
  • Violation of due process and constitutional procedural rights