Probation is a pain in the ass, especially if you are looking for a job. Employers don’t like to hire employees who are on probation – especially because probation requirements can often get in the way of job requirements, but also simply because of the stigma attached to probation (i.e., you’ve broken the law). The…
I was in traffic court this morning in Long Beach, good old 415 West Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802. No big surprise there, Im a traffic lawyer so I go to the various Los Angeles traffic courts almost every day. But what made today noteworthy was the tremendous line for the traffic clerk’s office….
This charge can be filed as an infraction or as a misdemeanor. The consequences can vary significantly depending on how the charge is filed. If your “license was suspended” because of traffic tickets, a prosecutor may reduce the charge to driving without a license VC 12500(a) if you get your actual (physical) license back and…
People are often confused as to what exactly the Child Abuse Central Index is, let alone what a CACI Grievance Hearing is. Usually a person receives a letter in the mail from a local California County Welfare Services Agency which states that the agency has completed an investigation of alleged child abuse or neglect and…
I defend DUI charges in Riverside County, and as I was waiting for my client’s DUI case to be called, I overheard another defendant discussing her DUI charge with the judge at her pretrial hearing. This defendant stated that she was in fact not under the influence while driving. The D.A. looked at the defendant’s…
I fight a lot of traffic tickets in LA County. If you are given a traffic citation and don’t do what it tells you to do, i.e., you fail to pay it or fail to appear in court on the date the citation tells you to, then your ticket will be referred to GC Services…
Recently, I spoke about discrimination in screening tenants and in the landlord-tenant relationship. Any prohibited rental discrimination practice normally may be effectively redressed under California state law – the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and/or the California Unruh Civil Rights Act. A discrimination claim can usually only be upheld when the discrimination is against…
Sealing Juvenile Records Generally, whether your juvenile criminal case was heard in the Long Beach Courthouse, Inglewood Courthouse, Downey Courthouse or Orange, your juvenile criminal records will appear on your criminal record. On your 18th birthday, you will be eligible to petition to have your juvenile records sealed. Upon being sealed, no one can access…
As a criminal defense attorney, sometimes it can be easy to think that our cases effect only our clients and that the facts of a case will never be significant outside of that client’s life. But other times, a case has greater significance than you could have ever guessed. This past July, I was privileged…
This started out around 7:50 as a suspect DUI. It quickly turned into a high speed chase complete with helicopters, multiple police departments taking over the chase, and a circus of tweets over the internet. Not much is known about the people in the chase except for the fact that there were two people inside…
