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Experienced and Proven Criminal Defense Attorneys

Dedicated Advocates with a Track Record of Success

Based in Marietta, GA, Kilgore & Rodriguez is dedicated to championing criminal defense cases for clients in metro Atlanta including Cobb, Bartow, Cherokee, Douglas, Fulton and Paulding counties. Over 45 years of combined experience in securing positive outcomes for clients in criminal defense cases speaks for itself.

Case Results

Domestic & Family Violence

IMMUNITY MOTION GRANTED/CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Battery

Kilgore & Rodriguez fought to clear the good name of an accomplished entrepreneur who was falsely...

Cobb County, 2023
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Family Violence Battery

After a client and her boyfriend were in a heated verbal dispute that led to pushing and shoving,...

Cobb County 2024
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Assault & Domestic Violence Battery

A wife was arrested for stabbing her husband during a domestic argument. Kilgore and Rodriguez wo...

Cobb County, 2016
Domestic & Family Violence

PROTECTIVE ORDER DISMISSED: Family Violence Protective Order

A Kennesaw man was kicked out of his family home and prohibited from contacting his wife and chil...

Cobb County, 2017
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Domestic Violence

A young woman was attacked as she was moving out of the residence she shared with her domestic pa...

Cherokee County, 2018
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Minor in Possession

A young driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. A thorough i...

Cobb County, 2016
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI (Per Se)

A businessman leaving a dinner meeting was pulled over in Brookhaven, blew twice the legal limit ...

DeKalb County, 2017
DUI & Alcohol

ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE SUSPENSION HEARING WON: DUI

A nurse driving to the hospital was arrested for DUI and served with an administrative license su...

Bartow County, 2018
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Drugs

A Kennesaw commercial driver that was not on the job and simply driving home from a night out tho...

Cobb County, 2023
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Possession of Drugs

Following a noise complaint to a party near KSU’s campus, police arrested the client simply becau...

Cobb County, 2022
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Drugs

A Kennesaw commercial driver that was not on the job and simply driving home from a night out tho...

Cobb County, 2023
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Manufacturing Drugs

A young lady was falsely arrested for possessing and manufacturing a Schedule I Controlled Subst...

Cherokee County, 2017
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession

A man visiting family from out of state got lost driving through Marietta and was confronted by ...

Cobb County, 2017
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession, Obstruction

Following a noise complaint at a Cobb County motel room, police brutally assaulted an innocent wo...

Cobb County, 2018
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession

Following a routine traffic stop, a client’s vehicle was searched by police and pills located in ...

Gilmer County, 2019
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A young man being treated for schizophrenia stabbed his mother to death believing that she was go...

Cobb County, 2011
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A KSU student and former Navy veteran suffered from schizophrenia and intense religious delusions...

Cobb County, 2015
Mental Health

CHARGES REDUCED: Aggravated Assault

A young man with some mental limitations was arrested for assaulting his mother during a disagree...

Cobb County, 2016
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A teenager with schizophrenia suffered from delusions that his mother was poisoning him. Kilgore ...

Cobb County, 2017
Mental Health

CHARGES DISMISSED: Sexual Battery

A client who suffers from autism could not legally appreciate that his behavior was making his fa...

Cobb County, 2024
Mental Health

CASE WON AT U.S. SUPREME COURT: Malice Murder

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that a client with schizophrenia could not be re...

Cobb County case decided in U.S. Supreme Court, 2024
Mental Health

FELONY CHARGES DISMISSED: Child Molestation

A client with schizoaffective disorder was found not competent to stand trial twice, and Kilgore ...

Cobb County, 2023
Mental Health

CHARGES DISMISSED: Criminal Damage to Property

Kilgore & Rodriguez won a dismissal of charges after showing that the arrest was the result of cl...

Cobb County, 2024
Sex Crime

RETROACTIVE FIRST OFFENDER GRANTED: Enticing a Minor Child

A retired insurance executive spent years in prison and more than eight years on probation and pa...

Douglas County, 2018
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Rape and Child Molestation

A teenager falsely accused her father of forcibly raping and molesting her over a period of years...

Cobb County, 2015
Sex Crime

ARREST PREVENTED: Child Molestation

When a family member falsely accused a prominent Cobb County businessman of rape and child molest...

Cobb County, 2017
Sex Crime

SEXUAL DANGEROUS PREDATOR LEVEL REDUCED: Sexual Exploitation/Child Pornography

A client was on probation for possessing deleted images of child pornography on an old hard drive...

Fulton County, 2018
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Child Molestation

A father involved in a messy divorce was falsely accused of molesting his daughter by rubbing her...

Fulton County, 2018
Sex Crime

NOT GUILTY: Rape

Kilgore & Rodriguez fought the state in a week-long jury trial for rape and won a not guilty verd...

Cobb County, 2023
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Sexual Exploitation/Child Pornography

Six years of defending a falsely accused teenager finally ended with a complete dismissal. Kilgor...

Cobb County, 2019
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Assault

A young man fleeing the abusive uncle of his fiancé was falsely accused of striking and injuring ...

Cobb County, 2018
Juvenile Defense

CHARGES DISMISSED: Juvenile Court

The client, a 15-year old (juvenile) high school student with an IEP, was sexually molested by a ...

Cobb County, 2020
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A young man being treated for schizophrenia stabbed his mother to death believing that she was go...

Cobb County, 2011
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A KSU student and former Navy veteran suffered from schizophrenia and intense religious delusions...

Cobb County, 2015
Mental Health

CHARGES REDUCED: Aggravated Assault

A young man with some mental limitations was arrested for assaulting his mother during a disagree...

Cobb County, 2016
Mental Health

NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY: Malice Murder

A teenager with schizophrenia suffered from delusions that his mother was poisoning him. Kilgore ...

Cobb County, 2017
Mental Health

CHARGES DISMISSED: Sexual Battery

A client who suffers from autism could not legally appreciate that his behavior was making his fa...

Cobb County, 2024
Mental Health

CASE WON AT U.S. SUPREME COURT: Malice Murder

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that a client with schizophrenia could not be re...

Cobb County case decided in U.S. Supreme Court, 2024
Mental Health

FELONY CHARGES DISMISSED: Child Molestation

A client with schizoaffective disorder was found not competent to stand trial twice, and Kilgore ...

Cobb County, 2023
Mental Health

CHARGES DISMISSED: Criminal Damage to Property

Kilgore & Rodriguez won a dismissal of charges after showing that the arrest was the result of cl...

Cobb County, 2024
Sex Crime

RETROACTIVE FIRST OFFENDER GRANTED: Enticing a Minor Child

A retired insurance executive spent years in prison and more than eight years on probation and pa...

Douglas County, 2018
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Rape and Child Molestation

A teenager falsely accused her father of forcibly raping and molesting her over a period of years...

Cobb County, 2015
Sex Crime

ARREST PREVENTED: Child Molestation

When a family member falsely accused a prominent Cobb County businessman of rape and child molest...

Cobb County, 2017
Sex Crime

SEXUAL DANGEROUS PREDATOR LEVEL REDUCED: Sexual Exploitation/Child Pornography

A client was on probation for possessing deleted images of child pornography on an old hard drive...

Fulton County, 2018
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Child Molestation

A father involved in a messy divorce was falsely accused of molesting his daughter by rubbing her...

Fulton County, 2018
Sex Crime

NOT GUILTY: Rape

Kilgore & Rodriguez fought the state in a week-long jury trial for rape and won a not guilty verd...

Cobb County, 2023
Sex Crime

CHARGES DISMISSED: Sexual Exploitation/Child Pornography

Six years of defending a falsely accused teenager finally ended with a complete dismissal. Kilgor...

Cobb County, 2019
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Possession of Drugs

Following a noise complaint to a party near KSU’s campus, police arrested the client simply becau...

Cobb County, 2022
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Drugs

A Kennesaw commercial driver that was not on the job and simply driving home from a night out tho...

Cobb County, 2023
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Manufacturing Drugs

A young lady was falsely arrested for possessing and manufacturing a Schedule I Controlled Subst...

Cherokee County, 2017
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession

A man visiting family from out of state got lost driving through Marietta and was confronted by ...

Cobb County, 2017
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession, Obstruction

Following a noise complaint at a Cobb County motel room, police brutally assaulted an innocent wo...

Cobb County, 2018
Drug & Marijuana

CHARGES DISMISSED: Drug Possession

Following a routine traffic stop, a client’s vehicle was searched by police and pills located in ...

Gilmer County, 2019
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Minor in Possession

A young driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. A thorough i...

Cobb County, 2016
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI (Per Se)

A businessman leaving a dinner meeting was pulled over in Brookhaven, blew twice the legal limit ...

DeKalb County, 2017
DUI & Alcohol

ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE SUSPENSION HEARING WON: DUI

A nurse driving to the hospital was arrested for DUI and served with an administrative license su...

Bartow County, 2018
DUI & Alcohol

CHARGES DISMISSED: DUI Drugs

A Kennesaw commercial driver that was not on the job and simply driving home from a night out tho...

Cobb County, 2023
Domestic & Family Violence

IMMUNITY MOTION GRANTED/CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Battery

Kilgore & Rodriguez fought to clear the good name of an accomplished entrepreneur who was falsely...

Cobb County, 2023
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Family Violence Battery

After a client and her boyfriend were in a heated verbal dispute that led to pushing and shoving,...

Cobb County 2024
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Assault & Domestic Violence Battery

A wife was arrested for stabbing her husband during a domestic argument. Kilgore and Rodriguez wo...

Cobb County, 2016
Domestic & Family Violence

PROTECTIVE ORDER DISMISSED: Family Violence Protective Order

A Kennesaw man was kicked out of his family home and prohibited from contacting his wife and chil...

Cobb County, 2017
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Domestic Violence

A young woman was attacked as she was moving out of the residence she shared with her domestic pa...

Cherokee County, 2018
Domestic & Family Violence

CHARGES DISMISSED: Aggravated Assault

A young man fleeing the abusive uncle of his fiancé was falsely accused of striking and injuring ...

Cobb County, 2018
Juvenile Defense

CHARGES DISMISSED: Juvenile Court

The client, a 15-year old (juvenile) high school student with an IEP, was sexually molested by a ...

Cobb County, 2020

Practice Areas

Mental Health Defense


  • Mental Health Cases
  • Mental Competency Process
    Insanity Defense
    Charge Reduction
    Alternative Sentencing

Sex Crime Defense


  • Rape
  • Sexual Battery
  • Child Molestation
  • Child Porn/Sexual Exploitation
  • Statutory Rape

Drug & Marijuana Charges


  • Drug Possession
  • Minor in Possession
  • Possession with Intent to Distribute
  • Trafficking
  • Manufacturing
  • Evidence Admissibility

DUI & Alcohol Offenses


DUI (Driving Under the Influence)
Alcohol, Drugs, Medications
Minor in Possession
Diversion Programs
Evidence Admissibility

Domestic & Family Violence


Domestic Violence
Family Violence Battery
Stalking & Aggravated Stalking
Cruelty to Children
Temporary Protective Orders

Juvenile Defense


Juvenile Misdemeanor & Felony
Possession & Underage Drinking
Theft, Shoplifting
Vandalism
Assault and Battery
Delinquent Acts

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