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Practice area marketing

Criminal Defence and DUI Lawyer Marketing in Alberta

Criminal clients search in a crisis. Someone has just been charged, or a family member is in custody, and the firm that appears first and picks up the phone usually gets the case. Criminal defence marketing is built around speed: showing up for urgent searches at any hour and making the first conversation easy.

  • One firm per practice area, per city
  • Built around Law Society of Alberta marketing rules
  • SEO, Ads, Maps and AI search together

How we market Alberta criminal defence firms

Every Alberta criminal defence lawyer client we work with gets the same connected 360 system: search, paid ads, Map Pack, AI visibility and intake planned together and measured on qualified consultations. Here is how it is tuned for your practice area.

Charge-specific pages

Dedicated pages for impaired driving, assault, drug offences, theft and fraud, weapons and youth matters, each explaining what happens next in plain language.

Around-the-clock ads

Google Ads scheduled for the hours arrests actually happen, with call extensions and tracking so every call is counted.

Map Pack by courthouse city

Visibility in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge and the other cities where your clients appear in court.

Fast, discreet intake

After-hours answering, missed-call text back and short intake forms that respect how stressful the moment is.

Charges we build pages and campaigns for

Clients search by what happened to them. We build pages around those searches and connect them to your consultation process.

  • Impaired drivingCriminal impaired charges and Alberta's roadside sanction program, one of the highest-volume searches
  • Assault and domesticAssault, domestic charges and release conditions
  • Drug offencesPossession and trafficking allegations
  • Theft and fraudShoplifting, theft, fraud and breach of trust
  • Weapons and serious chargesFirearms and indictable offences where clients research carefully
  • Youth mattersParents searching on behalf of a young person

What is different about criminal defence marketing in Alberta

Impaired driving in Alberta often starts with Immediate Roadside Sanctions rather than a criminal charge, and people search for help with both. Firms that explain the difference clearly, and what a person can do next, earn a large share of those searches. We build that content with you, reviewed by your lawyers.

Criminal clients also look for reassurance that you handle cases at their courthouse. City and courthouse pages, a Google Business Profile that lists your real services, and clear information about availability all help the right client pick up the phone.

What the same system has done for other firms

We have not published an Alberta criminal defence case study yet, and we will not dress up someone else's numbers as one. What we can show is what this exact system produced for GrowMinion law firm clients in Ontario, where the searches, the competition and the pressure to respond fast look very similar.

200qualified leads in 120 days, injury firm
1.00average Map rank, franchise firm
16.7xorganic click growth, immigration practice
361qualified leads across multi-client ad accounts

See all results

Results depend on practice area, market and competition. Past results are not a promise of the same outcome.

Criminal defence marketing, DUI lawyer SEO and criminal lawyer advertising

Criminal defence lawyer marketing, criminal lawyer advertising, DUI lawyer marketing, impaired driving lawyer SEO and criminal defence SEO all point to the same outcome: being the firm a person finds in the first minutes after a charge. We target every variant, in both the Canadian "defence" and American "defense" spellings clients type, so none of those searches slip past you.

Pricing for criminal defence and dui firms

Solo and new firms usually start with Demand Capture: Google Ads management from $499 a month, or SEO with Google Business Profile and AI search foundation from $999 a month. Growing firms that want every channel working together choose Market Capture, starting from $2,000 a month. These are starting prices. We build a custom quote around your city, competition and goals. See full pricing.

Joydip Kirtunia
Joydip KirtuniaFounder, GrowMinion LLC. Seven years marketing Canadian law firms. Reviewed 2026-09-29.
Questions

Frequently asked

Can you market impaired driving and roadside sanction services?

Yes. They are some of the highest-volume criminal searches in Alberta. We build pages that explain options clearly and campaigns that reach people quickly after a stop.

Do criminal defence ads need to run overnight?

Often, yes. Many calls come in evenings and weekends. We schedule ads and intake around when your clients actually need help, and track which hours produce retained cases.

How do you handle reviews for criminal clients?

Carefully. Many criminal clients value privacy. We use a compliant, opt-in request process, never script reviews, and never share client details.

Is criminal defence advertising regulated in Alberta?

Yes. Lawyer marketing must follow the Law Society of Alberta Code of Conduct. We avoid guarantees about outcomes and misleading claims in every page and ad.

Will you work with another criminal firm in my city?

No. We work with one criminal defence firm per city.

Win the searches that become criminal defence and dui cases.

Book a free 20-minute strategy call. We will show you where your firm stands on Google, Maps, ads and AI search, and the fastest path to more signed cases.