Testimonials

Most people who are happy with their attorney will shake his hand and thank him when their case is over.  Occasionally, someone will write a letter. The letters mentioned below are from people who gave permission to post them online. However, I have still shortened — and in some cases changed — the names to protect privacy of my clients.

Rachel

Rachel is actually not the name of the client in this case. Instead, Rachel hired me to represent a young man she considers one of her kids. The young man in question had walked away from an in-house drug treatment program and was looking at prison time. I won’t go into why “J” walked away from the program, but suffice to say that he had good reasons. “J” remained in jail on a probation hold while I worked his case. The primary goal was to avoid actual time in prison. A secondary, but not unimportant, goal, was to find a way to get him the help he needed for mental health and substance abuse issues. Ultimately, an agreement was worked out which avoided any actual prison time and “J” was released to Rachel, who planned to help him get necessary counseling and education to avoid further trouble with the law. Click here to read Rachel’s letter.

Jose and Jesusa

A domestic violence, or “DV,” charge can be especially problematic when the client is not a citizen of the United States. A DV conviction is grounds for deportation. In this case, I was able to show the Deputy District Attorney that although my client reacted to a situation with more anger than he should have, the injury which resulted was purely accidental. Additionally, if my client was deported, his family would lose not only his income, but his young children would be permanently deprived of visitation with their father. In this case, both my client and his sister wrote letters to me.

Mike

Mike was arrested for driving under the influence in a case with some very interesting facts. These facts included police reports that differed greatly from the statements of witnesses — unrelated to Mike — found by my investigator. The end result of this case was that Mike was acquitted on a charge of driving with blood alcohol (BAC) greater than 0.08%. He was convicted, however, for what is known as a “wet & reckless driving” charge. Since the BAC charge was not dismissed, but resulted in an acquittal, the DMV is required to return Mike’s license. You can read Mike’s letter here.