The Criminal Defense Team Baldwin, Perry & Wiley, P.C.
Indianapolis, IN Courts in Indiana
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About The Criminal Defense Team
The Criminal Defense Team, Baldwin, Perry & Wiley, P.C., is an Indiana law firm that handles criminal defense only. It represents people charged with misdemeanors and felonies across the state, taking cases that range from lower-level offenses to Level 1 and 2 felonies such as murder and voluntary manslaughter.
Areas of work described on the site include sex crimes, drug crimes, domestic violence, DUI and OVWI, battery, robbery, manslaughter, and gun crimes. The firm uses a team approach, assigning more than one attorney and a paralegal to a case.
The firm states that five of its attorneys hold board certification in criminal trial law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy, that it also has associate attorneys, and that its lawyers have more than 100 years of combined trial experience. It was built around the team concept by founding partner Andrew J. Baldwin, with Kathie A. Perry serving as managing partner.
The firm operates three offices in Indiana: Indianapolis, Franklin, and Noblesville. Its Indianapolis office moved to 1060 Villa Avenue in July 2023 to sit near the Marion County Criminal Justice Campus. The firm offers free initial consultations and can be reached at (317) 687-8326.
Editor's Review
VerifiedLawFirms editorialScope of representation
Baldwin, Perry & Wiley, P.C. represents people charged with crimes throughout Indiana. The firm uses The Criminal Defense Team as its public name. Criminal defense is the only field of law identified on its website.
The firm handles misdemeanor and felony cases. Its site also refers to Level 1 and Level 2 felonies, murder and voluntary manslaughter. This focused scope gives prospective clients a direct account of the work the attorneys accept.
In my opinion, the firm's clearest feature is this narrow legal focus. The attorneys do not divide their listed work among unrelated civil and criminal fields. Every stated practice area concerns criminal accusations or their later effects.
Charges and criminal matters handled
The firm's listed work covers sex crimes, domestic violence, drug crimes and gun crimes. It also includes DUI and OVWI cases. These categories address charges that can differ greatly in their facts, penalties and court procedures.
Violent crime work includes murder, manslaughter, robbery and battery. The website also identifies violent crimes as a broader practice category. It does not publish case outcomes or settlement figures, so the available evidence concerns the types of cases handled and the attorneys assigned to that work.
Appeals and record-related work
Sierra Phillips handles criminal appeals and expungement matters alongside trial-level criminal cases. Her listed work also includes fraud, internet crimes, theft, drug crimes, gun crimes, sex crimes and violent crimes. This adds appellate and expungement work to the firm's stated defense services.
The practice list supports the firm's description of a criminal defense only office. It covers alcohol-related driving allegations, property offenses and serious violent charges. The site presents these as recurring areas of representation across Indiana.
How the attorney team is built
The website identifies five attorneys who hold Criminal Trial Advocacy certification through the National Board of Trial Advocacy. They are Andrew J. Baldwin, Kathie A. Perry, Maxwell B. Wiley, Kelly N. Pyle and Michael C. Cunningham. The firm also reports four associate attorneys and more than 100 years of combined trial experience.
Firm leadership
Andrew J. Baldwin is the founding partner. He earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Akron School of Law in 1994. He earned a B.A. in English and Journalism from Franklin College in 1989.
Baldwin may practice in Indiana and in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.He has held National Board of Trial Advocacy certification in criminal trial law since 2008. His prior partnership roles included Eggers & Baldwin and Baldwin & Roesener.
Kathie A. Perry is the managing partner. She practiced in Marion County for nearly 15 years before joining the firm and first worked from its Franklin office.She led the firm's Indianapolis expansion in 2019 and also holds Criminal Trial Advocate certification.
Other named attorneys
Maxwell B. Wiley handles criminal defense matters in the Indianapolis area. He graduated from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2008.The National Board of Trial Advocacy lists his credential, and the firm names him among its five attorneys board-certified in criminal trial law.
Kelly N. Pyle is based in Franklin and focuses on criminal defense.The firm also identifies her as board-certified in criminal trial law. Her listed role reinforces the firm's criminal-only structure in its Franklin office.
Michael C. Cunningham earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2017. He also holds a B.A. in History from Purdue University. He began his legal career at Mullin, McMillin & McMillin, LLP in Brookville and joined The Criminal Defense Team in 2024.
Cunningham now represents criminal defense clients across Indiana.The firm names him as its fifth attorney board-certified in criminal trial law. Amanda C. Price and JD Bembry are also identified as attorneys, while Phillips handles the specific criminal matters listed on her profile.
Case staffing and office coverage
The firm says it assigns more than one attorney and a paralegal to a case. That structure allows several members of the team to participate in the representation. The published description ties the firm's public name to an actual case staffing method.
As a reviewer, the stated staffing model is one of the more useful operational details on the site. It tells a prospective client that responsibility may extend beyond a single lawyer. The firm does not describe one fixed assignment for every charge, so the precise team can depend on the case.
Indiana locations
The firm operates offices in Indianapolis, Franklin and Noblesville. Its Indianapolis presence began with an expansion in 2019. The firm moved that office near the Marion County Criminal Justice Campus in July 2023.
The three locations give the attorneys a presence in central Indiana while the stated service area covers the whole state. Perry's Marion County background connects with the Indianapolis office, while Pyle and Phillips are associated with Franklin. The Noblesville office adds a location north of Indianapolis.
What the published record supports
The strongest documented points are the firm's exclusive criminal defense focus, its named attorneys and its statewide service area. The website also gives specific education and court admission details for Baldwin. It supplies education and career information for Wiley and Cunningham, along with Perry's Marion County experience and management role.
The National Board of Trial Advocacy credentials are clearly attributed to five named lawyers. That is more precise than a general claim about courtroom ability because the site identifies both the credentialing body and the attorneys. The firm also states its combined trial experience and explains how it staffs cases.
The available material presents a criminal defense firm with leadership roles, board certifications and defined categories of work. Its attorneys handle misdemeanors, felonies, appeals and expungement matters, subject to each lawyer's listed practice. The firm operates in Indianapolis, Franklin and Noblesville, and takes criminal defense cases throughout Indiana.
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Amanda C. Price
Andrew J. Baldwin Founding Partner
Andrew J. Baldwin is the founding partner of The Criminal Defense Team. He earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Akron School of Law in 1994 and a B.A. in English and Journalism from Franklin College in 1989. He is admitted to practice in Indiana and in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. He has been certified as a Criminal Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 2008 and previously practiced as a partner at Eggers & Baldwin and at Baldwin & Roesener.
JD Bembry
Kathie A. Perry Managing Partner
Kathie A. Perry is the managing partner of The Criminal Defense Team. She practiced in Marion County for nearly 15 years before joining the firm, where she first worked from the Franklin office. She is certified as a Criminal Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Under her leadership the firm opened its downtown Indianapolis office in 2019 and later relocated the Indianapolis practice.
Kelly N. Pyle Board-Certified Criminal Trial Specialist
Kelly Noel Pyle is a criminal defense lawyer based in Franklin, Indiana. She practices at Baldwin Perry & Kamish, P.C. Her work focuses on criminal defense matters.
Maxwell B. Wiley Board-Certified Criminal Trial Specialist
Max Wiley is an attorney at Baldwin Perry & Wiley, P.C. in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he handles criminal defense matters. He graduated in 2008 from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He holds a credential listed with the National Board of Trial Advocacy and represents clients in the Indianapolis area.
Michael C. Cunningham Board-Certified Criminal Trial Specialist
Michael Cunningham earned a J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2017 and holds a B.A. in History from Purdue University. He began his career at the firm of Mullin, McMillin & McMillin, LLP in Brookville, Indiana, and in 2024 joined the Criminal Defense Team (Baldwin, Perry & Wiley, P.C.). His practice focuses on criminal defense for clients throughout Indiana, including trial work and appeals argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Supreme Court. He has served as chair of the Indiana State Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section and as a board member of the Indiana Public Defender Council.
Sierra Phillips
Sierra Phillips is a criminal law attorney with The Criminal Defense Team at Baldwin Perry & Wiley P.C. in Franklin, Indiana. Her practice covers criminal matters including criminal appeals, drug crimes, expungement, fraud, gun crimes, internet crimes, sex crimes, theft, and violent crimes.
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