Cindy Castillo
Cindy Castillo — Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney & Board-Certified Criminal Law Specialist.
When your freedom, reputation, and future are on the line, experience matters but so does judgment. Cindy Castillo is a Phoenix criminal defense attorney known for strategic advocacy, meticulous preparation, and defending clients through the most serious and complex criminal matters in Arizona courts. Cindy Castillo is a Phoenix-based criminal defense attorney who has litigated criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to complex felonies throughout Arizona. Her practice spans municipal courts, justice courts, superior courts, juvenile court, and federal court, as well as appellate proceedings. Cindy Castillo has extensive experience representing individuals charged with first degree murder, manslaughter and complex felony cases, throughout Arizona for over 20 years. Cindy is frequently retained by licensed professionals facing criminal charges or collateral licensing consequences, including doctors, dentists, psychologists, chiropractors, nurses, realtors, appraisers, airline pilots, commercial truck drivers, actors as well as professional athletes, and board members of publicly traded entities. Her representation is tailored to protect not only her clients’ liberty, but also their careers and professional licenses.
She has handled thousands of criminal cases, of which over 100 were tried to a jury. Of those cases, she has had numerous trial victories including driving under the influence (DUI); extreme DUI; DUI Drugs, minor driving under the influence; reckless driving; assaults; aggravated assaults; resisting arrest, shoplifting; trespass; false reporting to law enforcement; possession, sale, and transportation of dangerous drugs, marijuana, and narcotics; drive by shooting; assisting a criminal syndicate; misconduct involving weapons; and vehicular manslaughter. She has successfully negotiated hundreds of lesser included offenses on behalf of her clients and obtained mitigated sentences through the use of mitigation experts, mitigation videos, and psychological and medical experts. She has also argued motions and obtained dismissals on behalf of her clients for a wide range of constitutional violations that include the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments. Finally, she has had a wide range of appellate success including dismissals of lower court rulings and a remand for a new hearing in a Special Action with the Court of Appeals.
