To protect our client's Constitutional and Due Process rights in all civil and criminal law cases, and ensure their access to justice through a California court of law.
DUI/DWI
First things first...schedule your DMV Administrative Per Se hearing within ten (10) calendar days of receiving your DUI citation and the Notice of Suspension (the pink piece of paper which serves as a temporary license) from the law enforcement officer. If you do not do this in a timely manner, you will forfeit your right to a hearing and your driving privileges will be suspended! The best way to avoid a license suspension or to obtain a restricted license for work is to consult with a competent attorney right away. The DMV and the Superior Court proceedings are two completely separate legal processes.
Wrongful Death
Traffic Violations
If you have received a speeding ticket for a violation of California Vehicle Code Section (CVC) 22348(b) - driving in excess of 100 MPH - while traveling along Interstate 15 (I-15), Interstate 40 (I-40), or any other freeway or highway in California, you can be assessed a base fine amount of up to $500.00 on a first-offense, up to $750.00 for a second offense within a three-year period, and up to $1,000.00 for a third offense within a five-year period of time, if convicted. In addition to the statutory base fine, the state and county will add penalty assessments which as of January 1, 2016, would bring the total amount of bail / fine monies owed on a first offense to over $850.00 - a conviction for a second offense would require bail / fine monies to be paid to the Court, which would exceed $1,000.00! In addition, the following penalties may also be incurred upon a conviction of CVC 22348b...
Sex Crimes
Our office has been involved in all manner of criminal defense proceedings over the past several decades, from simple traffic infractions to misdemeanor DUI violations to heavy duty felony proceedings, such as armed robbery, statutory rape and grand theft. The three (3) most important Constitutional and Due Process protections a criminal defendant has is as follows...
Robbery
Burglary
White Collar Crimes
Theft
Misdemeanors
Our law office works directly with company safety departments, CDL employees, legal service plans devoted to commercial drivers, and individual owner-operators. Our clients are primarily located throughout the United States, and some are based in Canada and Mexico. We have been successfully defending commercial transportation clients in the State of California, against both traffic infraction and misdemeanor charges, for over 15 years now.
A law enforcement officer has the discretion to issue you a citation for Reckless Driving (a Misdemeanor charge) whenever he considers the operation of your motor vehicle to be a “...willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property†as outlined in California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 23103. For example, our office has successfully handled multiple traffic matters over the years where clients have been cited for having traveled in excess of 120 + MPH. While there was no personal injury or property damage that occurred in these cases, the clients would have all been candidates for a Reckless Driving charge just based upon the fact that their vehicles were traveling at such a high rate of speed on a highway surrounded by other vehicles (all moving at a much slower rate of speed) carrying a variety of passengers. It would be reasonable to assume the traffic defendant had either a "willful or wanton disregard" for the safety of other motorists or their property. Fortunately, the citing officers in these cases did not re-allege the more serious charges, and instead, prosecuted the cases as traffic Infraction charges only.
A competent personal injury attorney will assess the merits of your case, and also determine what assets (e.g. bank accounts, personal property, real estate holdings, etc.) the defendant has available to satisfy a potential monetary judgment against them. Insurance companies are often brought in to defend an individual or entity against a lawsuit, depending upon the type of liability coverage or insurance policy they maintain. In this case, the insurance company would be responsible for satisfying a monetary award of damages against their insured or policyholder.
Medical Malpractice
Economic damages. Economic damages are those damages that have a monetary value attached to them (e.g. medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, etc.), and non-economic damages are those damages that do not have a monetary value attached to them (e.g. pain & suffering, mental anguish, etc.). The exception to this exclusion would be when the UD suffers an injury at the hands of an intoxicated driver who ultimately gets convicted of a DUI, in connection with the subject car accident. Medical Malpractice (MM) cases also come with a cap on the maximum amount of damages you can recover. You can recover all of your economic damages in an MM case, but you can only recover a maximum of $250,000 in non-economic damages.