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The answer is yes!! Most people who are placed on probation are not aware that they can motion to have their probation terminated early. Early termination usually requires the following: 1. Complete at least half of your probation term 2. Satisfaction of ALL probation terms, including payment of all court fines/fees, and restitution if this…
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What’s the harm if an internet ad tracks your every move? Not much, says a California judge. Can you sue for invasion of privacy? Maybe, but you might not get very far after a Golden State judge threw out a class-action suit against Specific Media for allegedly tracking users’ online behavior. Judge George Wu of…
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There are two main types of crimes to look out for because of the severe impact on a non-citizen’s ability to remain in the United States. 1. Crimes of Moral Turpitude The following types of crimes have been held to involve moral turpitude: *crimes in which either an intent to defraud or an intent to…
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POST CONVICTION RELIEF: “Motion to Withdraw/Vacate Plea” based on trial courts failure to advise a non-citizen defendant of immigration consequences Many people who are non-citizens are not aware that there are severe immigration consequences that result from entering a guilty plea to a number of criminal offenses and later seek post-conviction relief to “erase” their…
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With a pinch of Arizona thrown into his recipe, California Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has proposed a law that would require the state’s employers to verify that workers are here legally via the federal government’s E-Verify system. He argues it would help save California taxpayers billions of dollars spent on services for illegals. But some…
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An Arizona school district violated the IDEA when it removed an elementary school student with autism to an interim alternative educational setting (IAES) without justification. The student did not inflict serious bodily injury on another person, an ALJ concluded. However, the ALJ declined to award the student compensatory education, since the IAES provided him meaningful…
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Orange County lawyer and flock of legals founder Mark A Gallagher made a cameo on NBC news yesterday for his involvement in a whale of fish story. Gallagher represented John Brady and co-counsel Christopher J McCann represented John Apothaker. Both men were charged with catching a giant sea bass in Newport Beach. The case resulted…
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Change in Child’s Classification Qualifies Parents As Prevailing Party Posted on June 17, 2010 by kamorofflaw.com The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that the change in a student’s classification was sufficient to confer prevailing party status on the parents, even in light of of the fact that the student received appropriate…
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I’m another California Lawyer, who happens to be friends with the lawyer who runs this site (props to the first wave reference). I run a boutique law office in Orange County, where we primarily focus on Special Education Law. As such, from time to time I’ll be adding information related to Special Education Law, and…
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Everybody knows that lawyers never shut up and that lawyers always know a bunch of lawyers. We started this blog to allow attorneys to blog about topics such as traffic law, criminal law, DUI, DMV problems, juvenile law, bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, family law, personal injury, accident law, medical marijuana defense and more. This way…