Case Results

After nearly two years of negotiations with the prosecutor’s office, we successfully secured a significantly reduced sentence. Instead of a lengthy prison terms, our client received probation and one year in custody.(Click to read Press Enterprise and 10News San Diego articles about this case)

After a long term romantic relationship ended, our client was accused of felony vandalism and several misdemeanor offenses by her former lover, “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss. Despite the high-profile nature of the accuser, we successfully had all misdemeanor charges dismissed. Furthermore, we achieved a significant victory by reducing the remaining felony charge to a misdemeanor.(Click here to read Press Enterprise news article about the case)

After lengthy court proceedings, we were able to convince the prosecutor to dismiss the charge of possession with intent to sell leveled against our client. Our client plead guilty to one misdemeanor child endangerment charge and was placed on probation with house arrest.

We reviewed the search warrant and concluded that it lacked probable cause to connect our client’s home to any illegal activity. We then challenged the search warrant in court on the basis that the warrant was issued in violation of the 4^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The DA’s Office fought to save the warrant. The judge who heard the evidence agreed with us, stating that the warrant was “woefully inadequate” and that the SWAT team should have known better than to rely on the inadequate warrant to search our client’s home. The entire case against our client was dismissed.

Book author and former newspaper editor was charged with felony criminal negligence (Penal Code 399) after his large dog bit a child on the face and neck. The dog had a history of aggression towards children — due to the nature of the injuries and the dog’s history, the prosecutor insisted on a prison sentence. After lengthy court proceedings, we were able to convince the Judge to sentence the individual to probation and house arrest. (Click here to read Press Enterprise news article about the case)

Our efforts led in an extraordinary outcome: the judge sentenced our client to just 2 years. This remarkable outcome was so unexpected that it prompted the U.S. Attorney’s Office to file an appeal.

An office manager was accused of grand theft and embezzlement of approximately $55,000 from her employer. A subsequent background investigation revealed that the office manager was previously involved in a $3-million real estate scam for which she was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. We successfully negotiated a resolution that resulted in probation and house arrest for the office manager’s new case.

Based on the specific details of the case, we were able to convince the District Attorney’s Office to reject filing criminal charges.

Upon review of police reports and the audio and video footage of the incident, we discovered that the officers had withheld crucial information during their investigation. We challenged the constitutionality of our client’s arrest based on these findings. This legal challenge prompted the prosecutor to negotiate, resulting in a significantly reduced sentence for our client.

Law enforcement alleged that our client disabled the bank’s alarm systems, cut through reinforced concrete, and accessed cash from the vault and safe deposit boxes. Reports also linked our client to a burglary ring that allegedly stole up to $10 million in cash and jewelry from jewelry stores. Despite these serious allegations, our client received a sentence of just 3 years and 1 month in federal prison—avoiding a potential 25-year sentence.
(Click to read Los Angeles Times and CBS News articles about the case.)