Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers

What Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers does

Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers, Inc. is a privately held, single-firm criminal defense practice headquartered in Los Angeles and serving defendants across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Riverside Counties. The firm provides legal representation for misdemeanor and felony matters including DUI, domestic violence, drug crimes, sex crimes, theft, violent crimes, white collar offenses, and homicide, plus post-conviction expungement and pre-filing intervention services. It is led by Managing Attorney Michael E. Kraut, a Harvard Law School-educated former Senior Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney with 14 years of prosecutorial experience, 86+ jury trials to verdict, and a claimed 99% felony trial win rate, supported by one Associate Counsel, two Associate Attorneys, and one Of Counsel attorney.

The firm runs a direct-to-consumer go-to-market motion centered on a 24-hour intake line, free consultations, and physical presence at six courthouse-adjacent office locations. Marketing is built on an extensive SEO-optimized content library (organized by code section, charge name, defense type, and courthouse), two topical blogs, organic social on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Justia, paid Google AdWords remarketing, and significant earned media from features on CNN, Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, the LA Times, the NY Times, and other national outlets. Brand reputation is reinforced by an Avvo 10.0 rating, Justia 10 rating, a 4.9 client rating across 488+ reviews, and 274+ five-star Google reviews.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees for legal representation; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm has no outside funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed API or proprietary technology platform beyond its content website, and no AI/ML capabilities. Operational differentiation rests on the founder's prosecutorial background, the pre-filing investigation methodology, and trial-ready defense posture built for Los Angeles Superior Court.

Name

Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers

Legal name

Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers, Inc.

Website

https://www.losangelescriminallawyer.pro/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers is a Los Angeles-based criminal defense and DUI firm representing individual misdemeanor and felony defendants across five Southern California counties, led by a former Senior LA Deputy District Attorney and structured around trial-ready defense and pre-filing intervention.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Criminal Defense Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Defense (BPAHAAAN)

Keywords

• Criminal defense services
• DUI defense representation
• Felony defense litigation
• White collar crime defense
• Expungement legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Defense Services: Professional legal services for criminal defense and DUI cases, including representation at all stages from pre-filing investigations through trial and appeal. Revenue generated through attorney fees for comprehensive legal representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kraut Law Group provides criminal defense and DUI legal representation for individuals facing misdemeanor or felony charges in Los Angeles County. Services span the full lifecycle of a criminal case — from independent pre-filing investigations aimed at preventing charges, through arraignment, motion practice, trial defense, sentencing, appeals, and post-conviction expungement. The firm operates six regional offices covering the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, with representation focused on DUI, violent crimes, drug crimes, white-collar crimes, domestic violence, sex crimes, theft, and homicide.

Product overview

Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers is a single-firm legal practice offering criminal defense services through a unified platform of specialized legal representation modules. The core offering centers on comprehensive criminal defense litigation across all charge types (misdemeanors and felonies), anchored by DUI defense and general criminal defense services. Additional specialized modules include domestic violence defense, white collar crime defense, expungement services, and pre-filing investigation services. The firm operates multiple regional office locations (Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, Glendale, Burbank, Beverly Hills) to serve clients across the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, with each office providing the full range of practice area services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Criminal Defense Legal Services Comprehensive criminal defense representation for individuals facing misdemeanor and felony charges, including violent crimes, drug crimes, theft crimes, sex crimes, and homicide defense across Los Angeles County courthouses.
• DUI Defense Specialized defense for driving-under-the-influence charges, including felony DUI, DUI with injury, DUI murder, and passenger-under-14 cases, with expertise in charge reduction, wet reckless pleas, and DMV administrative hearings.
• Pre-filing Investigation Services Independent investigative and legal services conducted before the prosecution files charges, aimed at preventing or limiting criminal cases by shaping the narrative and identifying defense strategies earlier than law enforcement.
• Expungement Services Legal services to expunge convictions and terminate probation early under California Penal Code sections 1203.3 and 1203.4, helping clients clean up criminal records.
• Domestic Violence Defense Defense representation for domestic violence charges under California Penal Code 273.5 PC, covering arrest investigation, court process, sentencing, trials, and related matters such as child abuse, elder abuse, and restraining orders.
• White Collar Crime Defense Defense representation for financial crimes including embezzlement, fraud, identity theft, insurance fraud, forgery, extortion, and securities fraud, with particular focus on professionals facing charges that threaten their licenses.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% win rate on felony jury trials
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Geragos & Geragos: Prominent Los Angeles-based criminal defense firm founded by Mark Geragos, handling high-profile felony and white-collar cases across Southern California. Directly comparable as an LA criminal defense competitor with a similar prosecutor-to-defense pipeline and celebrity-tier media presence.

Regional players

• Law Office of David S. Chesnoff: High-profile Las Vegas-based criminal defense firm with a national reputation for complex and celebrity cases. Comparable in aggressive trial-driven approach and media-driven client acquisition, though geographically distinct.

Broad incumbents

• Avvo: Online legal directory and attorney-client matching platform that competes with boutique firms for consumer client acquisition through SEO, ratings, and lead generation — directly competing for the same DUI and criminal defense search demand.
• LegalZoom: Mass-market online legal services platform offering document preparation and attorney matching. Adjacent competitor that intercepts entry-level legal needs and shapes consumer price expectations for legal services.
• Justia: Legal directory, marketing platform, and publisher of free case law — both a partner (the firm maintains an active Justia profile) and competitor for organic search traffic and consumer legal inquiries.
• FindLaw: Thomson Reuters-owned legal marketing platform and directory that connects consumers with attorneys. Competes for organic search traffic and lead conversion in the criminal defense category.
• Nolo: Long-standing publisher of DIY legal information, books, and software. Shapes consumer expectations around self-help legal options and is adjacent to the firm's content-driven client acquisition model.
• Rocket Lawyer: Online legal services platform offering document automation and on-demand attorney access. Competes for entry-level consumer legal demand and could evolve into a more direct criminal-defense intermediary.
• Martindale-Hubbell: Established legal directory and peer-review rating platform that competes for attorney visibility and client referrals through ratings-based discovery, paralleling Kraut Law Group's emphasis on Avvo/Justia reputation signals.

Others

• Clio: Leading cloud-based legal practice management software serving tens of thousands of law firms. Not a direct competitor but a key infrastructure provider that enables boutique criminal defense firms like Kraut to operate at multi-office scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/lacrimelawyer
• Facebookfacebook.com/Los-Angeles-Criminal-Lawyers-Kraut-Law-Group-174187739843
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kraut-law-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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