{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-25T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/practice-area\/criminal-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:54:13","slug":"criminal-defense","status":"publish","type":"practice_area","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/practice-area\/criminal-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A criminal charge can put your freedom, your job and your record at risk. We act from the first hour: protecting your rights, challenging the evidence and fighting for dismissal, reduction or acquittal.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges we defend<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>DUI and traffic offenses<\/li>\n<li>Drug possession and distribution<\/li>\n<li>Theft, fraud and white-collar charges<\/li>\n<li>Assault and domestic violence<\/li>\n<li>Felony and federal charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If you have been arrested<\/h2>\n<p>You have the right to remain silent and the right to a lawyer. Use both. Call our 24\/7 line before you answer any questions and a defense attorney will call you back within the hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUI, drug, theft and felony charges. We act fast to protect your record, your license and your freedom from the first hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22,"menu_order":2,"template":"","practice_category":[],"class_list":["post-21","practice_area","type-practice_area","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_area\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_area"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practice_area"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practice_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_category?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}