Name: Peter F. Iocona
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Peter F. Iocona is a criminal defense attorney who focuses on defending individuals charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI), criminal offenses, and professional licensing matters in California, with an emphasis on Orange County and throughout Southern California. His practice also includes personal injury litigation, primarily in serious and high-stakes matters.

Mr. Iocona is the founder of The Law Office of Peter F. Iocona, APLC. Earlier in his career, he served in trial and leadership roles with the Law Office of Barry T. Simons, where he began his career in the law in 2000 and later became the firm’s Lead Trial Lawyer and Managing Attorney. From 2016 to 2025, Mr. Iocona was a founding partner and served in executive and trial leadership roles at The SoCal Law Network. He subsequently established his current practice, where he continues to focus on criminal defense, DUI defense, professional licensing defense and personal injury matters.

Peter F. Iocona represents clients in complex criminal defense matters throughout Orange County, including high-stakes DUI cases and serious felony and misdemeanor charges such as the following:

Sex Crimes, or Committing Lewd Acts on a Child or Minor
Murder, Homicide, Voluntary Manslaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter
Sex Crimes, such as Sexual Assault or Rape; Statutory Rape; or Spousal Rape;
Creating, Distributing, or Possessing Child Pornography; and Solicitation of a Minor;
Prostitution, Pimping and Pandering, Human Trafficking or Solicitation of Prostitution;
Domestic Violence, Assault and Battery, Assault With a Deadly Weapon, and Kidnapping;
White Collar Crimes, Fraud, Grand Theft Embezzlement, Petty Theft Embezzlement, and Forgery;
DUI, DUI Drugs, DUI With Injury, DUI With Great Bodily Injury, DUI Manslaughter, Watson Murder;
Theft, Robbery, Burglary, Carjacking, Shoplifting and/or Petty Theft, Grand Theft, and Grand Theft Auto (GTA);
Possession of Illegal Firearm, Carrying a Loaded Firearm in Public, Felon in Possession of Firearm, Brandishing a Firearm or Weapon;
Felony Criminal or Terroristic Threats, Misdemeanor Criminal or Terroristic Threats;
Drug Possession, Drug Possession With Intent to Distribute;
Internet/Online Fraud, Phishing or Identity Theft, Hacking;
Felony Vandalism, Misdemeanor Vandalism;
Felony & Misdemeanor Juvenile Charges;
Expungements and Motions to Reduce;
Federal Criminal Charges
Tax Fraud & Tax Evasion

Many of these matters involve significant exposure, parallel proceedings, highly specialized legal issues, or extensive litigation. Depending on the nature of the charges, Mr. Iocona works with other experienced criminal defense attorneys and co-counsel to ensure that each case is handled with the appropriate depth of trial experience, subject-matter focus, and litigation resources.

Mr. Iocona has successfully litigated thousands of DUI cases in courts throughout Southern California, with a particular focus on Orange County, including the following cities: Orange County cities: Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Tustin, and Westminster; as well as Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, and Yorba Linda.

Mr. Iocona has taken more than 50 cases to trial. Based on his reputation as a trial lawyer, he has been repeatedly selected as one of the nation’s "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" by the National Trial Lawyers Association.

In 2015, Mr. Iocona was voted a “Top-Rated DUI/Criminal Defense Attorney” by AVVO and was featured in the annual OC Metro Magazine publication recognizing "Top-Rated" Criminal and DUI Defense Attorneys in Orange County.

Mr. Iocona has been recognized by Super Lawyers and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2015 and 2016. He has been Super Lawyers–rated since 2015.

In 2015, Mr. Iocona was first selected for inclusion in the “Nation’s Top One Percent”, published by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel (NADC), for his work in Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, Professional Licensing Defense, and Personal Injury.

Also beginning in 2015, Mr. Iocona was designated a “Nationally Recognized Superior DUI Attorney” by the National Advocacy for DUI Defense (NAFDD), an invitation-only organization that identifies leading DUI defense attorneys nationwide based on experience, focus, and professional reputation.

In 2017, Mr. Iocona was first selected into America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys, a distinction recognizing both his DUI defense work and broader criminal defense practice.

In 2024, Mr. Iocona was added to the List of Lawyers of Distinction.

Mr. Iocona is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

Mr. Iocona was a Contributing Editor to the two-volume treatise California Drunk Driving Law from 2003 to 2016. He is a member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), the California DUI Lawyer's Association (CDLA), and the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA). As a member of these DUI organizations, through which he has received specialized training in DUI defense.

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