Market data
Criminal defense in Georgia: market data
What public records say about the market for criminal defense in Georgia: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 1,354 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Georgia state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 287 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Georgia state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 157 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Georgia state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 246 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Georgia state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 272 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Middle District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAM:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 63 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Middle District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAM:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 48 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Middle District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAM:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 12 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Middle District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAM:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 646 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 112 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 75 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 179 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 436 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 112 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 34 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 55 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Georgia federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:GAS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal criminal defendants charged Georgia · record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 | 1,415 2025-12-31 | 1,354 2026-06-30 | falling (-4.3%) |
| Federal drug defendants Georgia · record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 | 298 2025-12-31 | 287 2026-06-30 | falling (-3.7%) |
| Federal fraud defendants Georgia · record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 | 175 2025-12-31 | 157 2026-06-30 | falling (-10.3%) |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants Georgia · record criminal-filings:state-GA:2026-06-30 | 235 2025-12-31 | 246 2026-06-30 | rising (+4.7%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 1,468 lawyers a year | 2025 | Georgia state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record ga-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 30 counties | 2026-Q1 | Georgia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 16 counties | 2026-Q1 | Georgia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 3.5 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Georgia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 5,770 firms | 2022 | Georgia state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ga-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 10,888,786,000 US dollars | 2022 | Georgia state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ga-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 6.22 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Georgia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 8,644 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Georgia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 7,025 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Georgia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-13 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 23,930 jobs | May 2025 | Georgia state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:GA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 134,830 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Georgia state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:GA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 1,223 ±352 lawyers | 2020-2024 | Georgia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:GA:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 310 ±89.4 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Georgia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:GA:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 379,474 ±6,856 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Georgia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:GA:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 379,474 ±6,989 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Georgia state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ga · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Georgia have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or pre-approval of ads is required by Rules 7.1-7.3 as amended effective March 1, 2026 (7.4 and 7.5 are reserved). The amended text sets no record-keeping period for ads. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Any communication must include the name and contact information of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content (7.2(d)). Contact information includes a website address, phone number, email address or physical office location (7.2 cmt. [11]). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | A written solicitation about a personal injury or wrongful death action, or about an accident or disaster involving the person or a relative, is barred unless the accident or disaster was more than 30 days before the communication (7.3(c)(3)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | A lawyer may not make a false or misleading communication (7.1). A lawyer who is a specialist by experience, training or education, or is certified by a recognized and bona fide professional entity, may say so if not false or misleading (7.2(c)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for recommending the lawyer's services, except ad costs, usual fees of a lawyer referral service, fees of a bar-operated nonprofit referral service (which may be a percentage of the fee, if the listed conditions are… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | D default rule | Georgia: the state recording statute is not verified against an official text. Federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d)) lets a party to a call, or someone with one party's prior consent, record it; state law may be stricter. |
| Texting | D default rule | Georgia: the state telemarketing statute is not verified against an official text. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227) and its rules apply. |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Georgia: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee in proportion to the work each does, or if each takes joint responsibility for the case, as long as the total fee is reasonable. Joint responsibility must be by written agreement with the client. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: criminal legal services | 102 index | 2023-03 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110B:2023-03 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Georgia (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Georgia (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Georgia (it covers other places)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Federal criminal cases by offense and district (U.S. Courts Tables D-1, D-2 and D-3) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/georgia/criminal-defense/
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How this page is built
Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.