PA Criminal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Steve Rice Law. If you are looking for a criminal defense attorney who practices in Pennsylvania, we can help. Below we help you do your homework. We talk about the who, what, where, when, why, and how of our firm. Once you get to the bottom of the page, we offer you a free phone consultation, if you want that, to see if we are a good fit. Thank you for your interest.
Who
Criminal Defense Attorney // Board CertifiedSteve Rice
David R. Erhard
Criminal Defense Attorney 
Criminal Defense Attorney // Board CertifiedTim Barrouk
What
All charges
We can help with all charged violations of Pennsylvania law. Including DUI and crimes involving, drugs, sex, violence, guns, property.
All defenses
We can help with all defenses. Including reasonable doubt, mistake, consent, duress, self defense, entrapment, illegal police conduct, mitigation.
All deals
We can help with all deals. Including ARD, reduced charges, alternatives to jail (e.g., probation, house arrest, inpatient), boot camp, work release, good time.
All events
We can help with all court events. Including preliminaries, pretrials, motions, hearings, trials, appeals, PCRAs (claiming ineffective assistance of counsel).
Where
Service area
If your case is in Pennsylvania, we can help. We are licensed to practice throughout the state. But we usually stick to South Central, PA. Including Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York County.
Office locations
Our main office is in Gettysburg, PA. We also have branches in Chambersburg, Carlisle, and York, PA. But we can do a Zoom with you no matter where you or your case are located.
Residential locations
Steve lives in Gettysburg, which is in Adams County, but he grew up in Lancaster County and still has family there. Dave lives and grew up in Mechanicsburg, which is in Cumberland County. Tim lives and grew up in Dillsburg, which is in York County.
When
Office hours
We are open from 8am to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday. Except on Friday we normally cut out early, at 5pm. We are also in the office on Tuesday up until 8pm. You can book a call at the bottom of this page.
After hours
We are also available after hours to connect with potential clients. The best way to connect with us is by text message. You can do that by clicking/tapping the blue text icon on the right. The number is (717) 339-0011.
Why (us)
Board certified
We are the only criminal defense firm in the state with two Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorneys. They earned their speciality certification from the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a PA Supreme Court approved agency.
The #1 Pick
We are the #1 pick of criminal defense firms for our local service area (in 2025). More people hire us than anyone else. Due to how many cases we deal with, we know how things work. Ask around. People know who we are.
Prep before court
We meet with clients before court. Not at court or in court. Not in the hallways just before court. We meet before the day of court. For each court event, we have a consultation, to help us prepare.
Go anywhere tech
We are powered by world class cloud technology. We are not tied down to a physical location. We can help you from wherever we are. Because we can carry our office and all our tools with us wherever we go, in our iPads.
Why (not some of them)?
The bait and switch ploy
The website of one competitor says they have a client satisfaction guarantee. They say if you don’t win, you don’t pay. They say these things on every page of their website. What they don’t say on every page is these promises apply to personal injury cases and never to criminal defense cases. You have to click around and read carefully to figure that out.
The scare-and-save ploy
The website of another competitor all but says that other lawyers stink and that the world is going to end unless you hire them. Then you have a chance. But they can’t back it up with anything but blather. The person at the helm barely takes cases any more. He has mostly young lawyers working for him who do not resemble the seasoned, fierce warriors he portrays online.
The content shuffle ploy
A lot of websites of criminal defense firms are full of slop. Could you come up with the same kind of content on your own using an AI chatbot? Is that what they did? Is the content written for you or to game the search engines? Is it done by a lawyer or an internet marketing agency, a master of shuffling content for different crimes, locations, and service areas? Is it hard to tell the difference?
None of that
Why is this happening? We are living in the era of the Wild West when it comes to law firm advertising. It’s pretty much anything goes. Just because a lawyer’s website says it does not make it true. If a lawyer can’t prove it, be skeptical. Even if we are that law firm. We think you will find that we don’t say things we can’t prove. We talk straight. We write our own words. If you think we are full of it, call us out.
How (much)
from $1500
for Summaries
Flat fee representation
Minimum amount (not max)
More specific quote is free
from $3000
for Misdemeanors
Flat fee representation
Minimum amount (not max)
More specific quote is free
from $4500
for Felonies
Flat fee representation
Minimum amount (not max)
More specific quote is free
Want a free consultation?
Give us a call, text us, or fill out the free consultation form.
If you go through the form, we offer a 5% discount on the fee for representation, if you hire us during the consultation.
Free consultation form
Frequently Asked Questions
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There are 11 Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocates as of 3/20/26.
For more information, go to our board certified page.
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Our local service area includes Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and York County. The rankings are based off of that area as a whole.
For more information, go to our rankings page.
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Of course they do. But some (not all) lawyers do not meet with their clients before the day of court, based on our experience.
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Yes, but just about every lawyer we can think still goes to court with paper files. We go to court with iPads.
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No, not as a rule. Most lawyers we know we like and respect.
But a couple firms have questionable marketing tactics.
And more than a few have sloppy website content.
It’s so bad out there you would arguably be better off going to ChatGPT for information in most cases.
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We have to be careful when it comes to pricing because every case is different. But we understand that it helps to have some sense of what all of this is going to cost, at a minimum. Please understand that the prices can vary, a lot, depending on the case. The prices here are not the maximum.
Check out the numbers above to see if they are in the ballpark of what you can afford. If they are, book a free consultation to get a more specific quote. That is part of the idea.
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You are eligible if:
You are now charged with a misdemeanor or felony crime;
The case is in Adams, Franklin, Cumberland, or York County;
You want and can afford to hire a lawyer for representation; and
You book the free consultation right here (and not on the phone).
For more information, go to our free consultation page.