Jason Balestrini

The Most Five-Star Reviewed Criminal Defense Attorney in Memphis. Exclusively Criminal Law. Since 2012. There are attorneys who practice criminal law in Memphis. And then there is Jason Balestrini. Jason has practiced exclusively criminal defense in Shelby County since 2012. Not criminal defense alongside family law. Not criminal defense and traffic tickets. Criminal defense — every case, every morning, every afternoon, without exception or deviation, for more than a decade. That singular commitment is not a marketing claim. It is the foundation of everything that follows. He is the most five-star reviewed criminal defense attorney in Memphis. His clients return. They send their brothers and their cousins and their coworkers. They do this because Jason does something that most attorneys cannot: he tells you exactly what is going to happen before it happens. Not approximately. Not generally. To the letter. He has handled enough cases in Shelby County Criminal Court — against enough prosecutors, before enough judges — that the outcome of most cases is not a mystery to him by the time he picks up the phone. His clients think he is performing miracles. He is not. He is simply the most prepared man in the room. He is at the courthouse at 8:30 every morning. Court does not open until 9. He is at the office at 2:30 every afternoon. He returns every phone call. Every deputy knows him. Every clerk knows him. Every prosecutor in that building knows him — and that matters more than most clients ever realize. Jason handles a volume of cases that gives him a form of leverage most defense attorneys will never possess. A prosecutor who knows that Jason can set fifty cases for preliminary hearings tomorrow has every reason to negotiate today. They do not test him. They have learned that it is not worth it.