Crime: Legal Aid Specialists - London (Firms)
What the Team is Known For
Janes Solicitors has a well-established criminal team handling a broad range of cases on both a private and legal aid basis. The firm represents clients facing serious charges for violent and sexual offences and also able to handle complex investigations into organised crime, including drug and firearms importation and modern slavery cases. It also advises on serious street robbery and motoring offences, as part of a wide-reaching general crime offering.
Strengths
"Janes Solicitors is an excellent firm. They are attentive and quick to respond and find solutions to all problems."
"Janes Solicitors are a fantastic firm and have a great reputation for heavyweight criminal work."
"The team are excellent strategists with an amazing, pragmatic approach to litigation."
Notable Practitioners
Robert Berg is a senior partner and head of the crime department at Janes Solicitors. A solicitor advocate, he regularly defends clients facing serious charges including firearms and drug importation, sexual offences and murder. "He is extremely proactive from the get go, like having an in-house barrister on the case. He is able to cut through issues like senior counsel and can visualise how a case will be presented at trial." "Robert is an excellent solicitor doing top work."
Alex Chapman is building an excellent practice as a criminal defence solicitor, representing clients in cases concerning conspiracy, murder and drugs charges among others. "Alex Chapman is fantastically hardworking with an unusual capacity to think through all sides of a case. I would describe him as a star in the making but he’s pretty much the finished article."
Alex Mincoff is a solicitor advocate who is familiar with criminal proceedings ranging from death by dangerous driving to theft, murder, organised drugs supply and perverting the course of justice. He has experience representing high-profile individuals in sensitive cases. "Alex Mincoff is an excellent lawyer who knows what he needs to know and when he doesn't, he asks the right question in the right way." "Alex is very hardworking, thorough and very concerned about his clients."
