Pasadena Superior Court: husband shot wife in the head. Murder charge dismissed, pled to voluntary manslaughter saving him a potential life sentence.
Pasadena Superior Court: 22-month-old victim. Pled to voluntary manslaughter. He contacted me when he got out recently, I went by his house, hugged him and we talked for a bit. Now we're Facebook friends.
Malibu Superior Court: killed his best friend sitting in the passenger seat when he fell asleep at the wheel, drunk and high. Swerved into a semi parked on the shoulder and sheared off the right side of his truck. Probation, 365 days county jail.
Malibu Superior Court/Van Nuys Superior Court: statutory, probation, four years state prison suspended and not imposed, alcohol counseling.
Avenal Superior Court: diagnostic study performed, 365 days in county jail with formal felony probation.
Pasadena Superior Court: same result as Avenal. The judge reduced the case from a felony to a misdemeanor pursuant to Penal Code section 17(b) thereby not triggering the Three Strikes Law.
Beverly Hills Superior Court: civil compromise, dismiss upon completion of anger management program.
Burbank Superior Court: aggravated by resisting law enforcement operations, felony reduced to misdemeanor after preliminary hearing, probation, 365 days county jail, 6 month residential program.
Lancaster Superior Court: misdemeanor, time served, parenting classes.
Van Nuys Superior Court: dismissed via civil compromise.
In general: reductions to disturbing the peace and other lesser offenses.
L.A.X. Superior Court: speedy trial motion granted, case dismissed.
Oxnard Juvenile Superior Court: rejected by the DA's Office after proactive work before filing.
Torrance Superior Court: dismissed.
San Diego Superior Court: probation, 90 days work furlough.
San Francisco Superior Court/San Diego Superior Court: took a $1,900 YSL bag from Neiman Marcus, prior offense with same modus operandi. Significant psychological and substance abuse issues. Probation and credit for treatment already done, transition to outpatient when appropriate. No probation violation based on the prior offense.
L.A.X. Superior Court: third time DUI, crashed into a tree at end of pursuit, two probation violations based upon his two prior DUIs, 152 days county jail.
L.A.X. Superior Court: First breath result .16, second breath result .16, case resolved as an attempted drunk driving which is not a DUI and not prior-able as a DUI. Won DMV hearing, no license consequence.
San Luis Obispo Superior Court: dismissed outright.
Ventura Superior Court: high blood alcohol content, 120 miles per hour, DUI dismissed and client found not guilty of being .08 or above.
Torrance Superior Court: dismissed, client pled to two moving violations and was granted traffic school as to one of them. First breath result .08, second breath result .08.
Hill Street Superior Court: Exhibition of speed. Client applying to be a detention officer and can’t be on probation or will be terminated. Pled to exhibition of speed, first breath result .08, second breath result .08.
Inglewood Superior Court: represented a Calvin Klein underwear male model. .17 blood alcohol content, reduced to a wet reckless.
Pasadena Superior Court: after accident drinking established, client under 21. Dismissed.
Proved through body camera footage the .22 BAC shouldn’t be relied upon because the Title 17 requirement of inverting the blood vial not done.
Van Nuys Superior Court: threatening a witness also charged, civil compromise, dismissed.
Van Nuys Driver’s Safety Office: set aside, first breath result .14, second result .14.
Unbelievably, though officer swore on his statement that he was trained to operate the breath machine, he testified that he was not. Set aside.
El Segundo Driver’s Safety Office: first breath result .33, second result .34, hit two parked cars. Set aside.
Irvine Driver’s Safety Office: set aside, under 21.
San Diego Driver’s Safety Office: refusal case changed to a 30 day suspension saving client a possible eleven additional months of suspension.
Van Nuys Superior Court: August 2025 - 56 grams of methamphetamine suppressed based upon unconstitutionally long detention. Case dismissed.
DMV suspension for a year after a refusal allegation. Wrote Opening Brief including but not limited to the fact that the hearing officer wouldn't permit into evidence appropriate medical documentation showing a concussion which would show that his "refusal" was not a legally malicious one. Six months shaved off a year suspension upon the Attorney General simply reading my Opening Brief.
Burbank Superior Court: case settled via mediation despite extremely aggravated facts and conduct and extremely angry, unsettled complaining witness.
Long Beach Superior Court: dismissed, informal contract through mediation.
Stanley Mosk Superior Court: horrible neighbor situation, filed maliciously. Dismissed.
SCCB Superior Court: reduced to disturbing the peace.
Compton Superior Court: officer agreed to reduce speed from 111 miles per hour to 94 miles per hour so client could get traffic school.
Record Correction: Monterey Park Juvenile Court/Sylmar Juvenile Court/Sacramento DMV: DMV record showed on court probation. This incorrect notation precluded our clients from participating in ride alongs therefore prohibiting him from beginning the process to become law enforcement officer. Notation correction through courts and DMV.
Ventura Superior Court: Pled to a misdemeanor, no jail time, agreement to pay restitution to responding agencies, not placed upon probation due to concern that client would be prohibited from owning guns which were needed due to his line of work as a stunt man.
Burbank Superior Court: reduced to an infraction.