St. Louis Criminal Defense Lawyer — Andrew Brumitt

Charged doesn’t mean conviction or prison. When the State comes after you, you deserve a lawyer who pushes back—personally and relentlessly. At Brumitt Legal, attorney Andrew Brumitt takes your calls, answers your questions, and leads your defense from day one through final result. No handoffs, no runaround—just a fighter on your side.

Call now to speak directly with Andrew Brumitt. Flexible consultations. Urgent matters welcome.

How Andrew Brumitt Fights Your Case

You won’t get a “team” of lawyers with a different one that shows up at each court date—you get one trial-tested lawyer who handles your case end-to-end and keeps you looped in at every step.

Pre-Charge Protection

  • Intervene with detectives and prosecutors before charges are filed

  • Handle all police contact and assert your rights

  • Push for declination or reduced counts at the earliest stage

Bail & Bond

  • Seek release on recognizance or bond reductions

  • Argue for reasonable conditions; request travel/work/school modifications

  • Remove unnecessary monitoring whenever possible

Warrants & New Dates

  • Move to quash/recall warrants and reset court without another arrest

Suppress Illegal Evidence

  • Challenge stops, detentions, searches, and statements

  • File motions to suppress/exclude unconstitutional evidence

Dismissal/Reduction Motions

  • Attack probable cause, charging defects, overcharging, and enhancements

Force Full Discovery

  • Demand complete evidence, enforce deadlines, and seek sanctions for late disclosures

Independent Investigation

  • Interview witnesses, issue subpoenas, secure video/911/body-cam, build alibis

  • Retain investigators and experts where needed

Forensics & Lab Challenges

  • Re-test where appropriate; scrutinize chain of custody and methodology

  • Cross-examine lab personnel and expose error rates

Digital Evidence Review

  • Analyze phone dumps, GPS, social media, surveillance, and metadata

  • Limit unreliable or unduly prejudicial material

Strategic Negotiations (Only When It Helps You)

  • Leverage weaknesses for dismissals, reductions, or deferred outcomes

Diversion & Alternatives

  • Pursue diversion, treatment courts, classes, community service, and record-protective resolutions

Missouri-Specific Relief (SIS/SES)

  • Seek Suspended Imposition of Sentence or Suspended Execution of Sentence where eligible

Sentencing Mitigation

  • Build mitigation packets: work/school history, treatment, character letters, restitution plans

Collateral-Consequence Planning

  • Advise on employment, licenses, housing, firearms, immigration; coordinate when needed

Probation & Parole

  • Defend violations, argue alternatives to revocation, request early discharge/condition changes

Protective Orders Crossover

  • Defend Orders of Protection and related contempt that impact your criminal case

Trial-Ready From Day One

  • Prepare motions in limine, jury selection strategy, and examinations so you’re ready to win if trial is the path

Your First and Last Line of Defense Against the State

Police and prosecutors have power—and limits. Andrew’s job is to enforce those limits and make the government prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Your rights he defends every day:

  • Fourth Amendment: freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

  • Fifth Amendment: right to remain silent and due process

  • Sixth Amendment: right to counsel and to confront witnesses

Sometimes the best result is a dismissal; sometimes it’s a reduction, diversion, or an acquittal at trial. Andrew will give you straight answers, explain your options, and follow the strategy that protects your future.

What We Defend in St. Louis & Across Missouri

DWI / DUI Defense

Missouri treats impaired driving seriously: even a first offense risks jail, fines, license loss, ignition interlock, and a permanent record. Andrew scrutinizes traffic stops, field sobriety testing, and breath/blood procedures for errors and fights both the criminal case and the separate license hearing.

Common scenarios:

  • First-offense DWI, “per se” BAC, drug-related DWI

  • Accidents, alleged injury/death enhancements

  • Prior-offense enhancements and interlock issues

Violent Crimes

Homicide, manslaughter, assault (all degrees), robbery, kidnapping, armed criminal action/weapons offenses. Defenses include self-defense, defense of others, lack of intent, misidentification, and constitutional violations.

Domestic Violence & Orders of Protection

From felony domestic assault to misdemeanor charges, plus OP hearings. Andrew protects your parenting time, employment, and firearm rights while challenging inconsistent statements and bad investigations.

Drug Crimes

Possession, possession with intent, distribution/delivery, trafficking, manufacturing, paraphernalia, prescription/drug-scheme cases, and federal drug conspiracies. Focus: search and seizure litigation and quantity/weight challenges.

Sex Crimes

Rape/sexual assault, statutory offenses, child exploitation/pornography, sexual misconduct, internet stings. These cases require technical, constitutional defenses and careful handling to protect your reputation and rights.

Weapons Offenses

Unlawful use/possession, ACA enhancements, defaced serial numbers, carrying offenses, and federal firearms charges.

Theft & Property Crimes

Stealing, shoplifting, burglary, robbery, tampering/auto theft, arson, property damage, identity/financial fraud.

Juvenile Cases

Keep kids in school and at home. Pursue sealed outcomes and second-chance resolutions.

Federal Crimes

Indictments, grand-jury investigations, conspiracy, fraud, firearms, trafficking, cyber, and white-collar matters. Early intervention is critical under mandatory minimums and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Missouri Felonies & Misdemeanors Explained

What Is a Felony in Missouri?

Felonies are the most serious crimes and carry prison exposure in the Missouri Department of Corrections, heavy fines, and long-term collateral consequences (employment, voting, and firearms restrictions). Missouri classifies felonies as A through E:

  • Class A Felony — 10–30 years or life in prison.

  • Class B Felony — 5–15 years in prison.

  • Class C Felony — 3–10 years in prison.

  • Class D Felony — Up to 7 years in prison; fines may apply.

  • Class E Felony — Up to 4 years in prison; fines may apply.

Examples range from murder and kidnapping (Class A) to certain assaults, robberies, burglaries, drug offenses, and weapons crimes (various classes depending on facts).

Why it matters: class level drives the sentencing range, probation eligibility, and collateral consequences. Andrew targets charge level as part of your defense strategy—aiming to reduce or avoid a felony conviction wherever possible.

What Is a Misdemeanor in Missouri?

Misdemeanors are lower-level crimes but still bring jail, fines, probation, and a record that employers and landlords see. Missouri misdemeanor classes:

  • Class A Misdemeanor — Up to 1 year in jail and $2,000 fine.

  • Class B Misdemeanor — Up to 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine.

  • Class C Misdemeanor — Up to 15 days in jail and $700 fine.

  • Class D Misdemeanor — Fine up to $500.

  • Unclassified — Penalties set by the specific statute.

Common examples include first-offense DWI, possession of paraphernalia, petty theft/shoplifting, trespass, peace disturbance, and certain traffic offenses.

Goal: keep misdemeanors off your record—through dismissals, diversion, SIS, or reductions to non-jailable infractions whenever possible.

Defense Strategies Andrew Uses in St. Louis Cases

  • Alibi / Misidentification

  • Self-Defense / Defense of Others / Castle Doctrine / Stand-Your-Ground

  • Duress / Necessity

  • Consent (where legally applicable)

  • Lack of Intent / Accident

  • Entrapment

  • Miranda & Fifth Amendment Violations

  • Fourth Amendment Suppression (illegal stop, search, seizure)

  • Forensic & Digital Evidence Reliability Challenges

Every case is different—Andrew will explain which defenses fit your facts and which motions give you leverage.

Why Clients Choose Andrew Brumitt

  • Direct Access: You talk to Andrew, not a file handler. You get his personal cell phone and 24 hour access.

  • Fast Action: Same-day strategy on arrests, warrants, or bond.

  • Relentless Motions Practice: Suppression, dismissal, exclusion, and discovery enforcement.

  • Trial-First Mindset: Prepared for a jury from day one, which improves results at every stage.

    Get a fighter in your corner. Reach out now to speak directly with Andrew Brumitt about your case.