Jack Rice

Experience | Dedication | Results

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Meet Jack Rice, JD

Jack is a nationally recognized and award winning criminal defense lawyer, awarded Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2023, Among the Best Lawyers of 2022, winner of the Minnesota Attorney of the Year Award for 2021 and founder of Jack Rice Defense. He was awarded the Professional Excellence Award from the MSBA for 2020, and is an MSBA Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist. He is also a former Prosecutor and a former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Officer. This St. Paul Criminal Defense Lawyer has decades of experience successfully representing thousands of clients facing everything from Sex Crimes, Child Pornography, Domestic Assault to DWI to Murder to other serious criminal charges. If you have yet to be charged, contact Jack Rice Defense for a free confidential consultation on pre-charge representation.

jack@jackrice.org
(651) 447-7650

MSBA Board Certified Criminal Trial Specialist

  • Fewer than 3% of all registered attorneys in MN are certified specialists in their field

  • Extensive Jury Trial Experience to Verdict

  • Jury Transcript Review for Proficiency

  • Successfully received State Board endorsement

  • Judge Recommendations

  • Prosecutor Recommendations

  • Peer Recommendations

  • Ethics Board Review

  • CLE Board Review

  • Peer Review

  • Successfully passed advanced criminal law examination

 

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Awards + Acknowledgements

  • Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist, MSBA

  • 2023 Minnesota Super Lawyer

  • 2023 Best Lawyers in Minnesota, Minnesota Monthly

  • 2023 Elite Criminal Defense Lawyer Award

  • 2022 Best Lawyers in Minnesota, Minnesota Monthly

  • 2022 Elite Criminal Defense Lawyer Award

  • 2022 Lead Counsel Verified by Thomson Reuters

  • 2022 Best DWI Lawyers in St. Paul, Expertise

  • 2021 Minnesota Attorney of the Year

  • 2021 Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in St. Paul, Expertise

  • 2020 Professional Excellence Award, MSBA

  • Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law and Politics

  • Rising Star Award, Minnesota Law and Politics

  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyer

  • 10.0 Attorney Rating from the Independent Rating Site Avvo.com

  • North Star Award, MSBA

  • International Criminal Court Bar Association Training Certificate, The Hague

  • Program Director, National Institute of Trial Advocacy

  • Instructor, Lawyers Without Borders

  • The National Freedom of Speech Award, Talkers Magazine

 
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