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Frank Scott Moore
Healdsburg, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, Consumer and Employment
U of San Francisco School of Law
When individuals or businesses are involved in any form of litigation, they want an attorney who offers face-to-face contact and provides valuable legal services at competitive and reasonable costs. The Law Offices of Frank S. Moore, APC in San Francisco and Healdsburg, California, has attorneys on staff and "of counsel" that are committed and dedicated to clients and have extensive experience in the following areas of practice: • Business Litigation • Appeals and Writs • Federal and White Collar Criminal Defense • Wrongful Death • Personal Injury • Civil Rights • Disability...
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Thomas Philip Kelly III
Santa Rosa, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 20 years of experience
(707) 545-8700
50 Old Courthouse Square
Suite 609
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-4926
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy, Business and Consumer
Seattle University School of Law
I handle bankruptcy cases, as well as litigation in state court, federal court, and the bankruptcy court. My practice is based in Sonoma County, but I also represent clients in the counties of Napa, Mendocino, Lake, and Marin.
The majority of my practice is focused on matters that require extensive litigation and trials, with a particular focus on consumer financial issues, including wrongful foreclosures and debt collection practices.
I am a native of Santa Rosa, and a British citizen by descent.
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Mr. Eloy Ivan Trujillo
Petaluma, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Stanford University
Eloy I. Trujillo is a DUI defense attorney with over 21 years of experience as a criminal defense lawyer. His mission is to provide quality representation tailored to clients’ individual needs and resources. Before entering private practice, Mr. Trujillo worked as a Deputy Public Defender, legal aid lawyer, and as a staff attorney with the statewide non-profit impact litigation firm, Prison Law Office. During his career he has worked in a variety of practice areas, including criminal defense, correctional mental health and parole suitability.
With a practice focused exclusively on DUI (drunk driving), we provide representation in courts throughout the entire...
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Robert Joseph Cleek
Petaluma, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Robert J. Cleek, a San Francisco native, attended St. Joseph's College Seminary and the University of San Francisco, graduating in 1970. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked for nearly a decade in law enforcement as a correctional officer and counselor at San Quentin State Prison. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Golden Gate University School of Law 1978 and was admitted to practice immediately thereafter. He is admitted to practice before all the courts of California, the local federal District Courts, the Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court of...
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Terry Kolkey
Petaluma, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Boston University School of Law
Criminal Defense federal and state in Oregon and California
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Deborah Sandine Bull
Santa Rosa, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 22 years of experience
Appeals
Empire College School of Law
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Michael Eugene Kinney
Santa Rosa, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Appeals, Employment and Insurance Claims
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Omar Curiel Figueroa
Sebstopol, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Appeals
Stanford Univ Law School
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Barry DeWitt Parkinson
Lakeport, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 52 years of experience
Appeals, Bankruptcy and Business
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Jake Stebner
Santa Rosa, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Appeals
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Julianne Major
Santa Rosa, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 26 years of experience
Appeals
Empire Coll School of Law
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Alan Eisner
Encino, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 38 years of experience
Appeals and White Collar Crime
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Certified by the California State Bar as a Criminal Law Specialist. Over 20 years trial experience. Practice devoted to criminal defense. Top-Rated Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer (Rated Superb 10/10 by Avvo.com; Rated A.V. by Lawyers.com.) The law firm of Eisner Gorin LLP is Rated a Top 5% US Law Firm.
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Joseph Wilson
Yorba Linda, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 23 years of experience
Appeals, Administrative, Tax and White Collar Crime
University of San Diego and James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
Mr. Wilson is a former Federal Prosecutor, IRS Attorney and FTB Attorney. Mr. Wilson is the managing partner at the Wilson Tax Law Group, which is a law firm serving the Newport Beach and Yorba Linda areas that specializes in civil audits and criminal tax matters, involving federal and state tax authorities. The firm represents taxpayers during civil audits, administrative appeals, all phases of collection, judicial proceedings in all trial and appellate courts. The firm handles a wide variety of matters including international compliance and offshore banking matters. The firm is headed by Mr. Wilson, whose impressive background includes...
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Samantha Greene
Escondido, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
University of San Diego School of Law
Samantha Greene is an attorney for the criminal department of Sevens Legal, APC.
Mrs. Greene brings over 10 years of experience as a criminal attorney to the benefit of her clients.
Mrs. Greene began her legal career working as a small criminal defense practice in San Diego. In 2011, Mrs.Greene went into private practice as a criminal defense attorney specializing in both felony and misdemeanor matters.
Mrs. Greene is well respected in the San Diego legal community, including among Judges and Prosecutors for her experience and professionalism.
Mrs. Greene earned her law degree from the University of...
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Tate R. Lounsbery
El Cajon, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and Administrative
University of San Diego School of Law
Tate represents clients in Child Abuse Central Index (CACI) grievance proceedings throughout California.
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Shaun Khojayan
Los Angeles , CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and University of California - Irvine
Call (800) 274-4290 for your free private consultation today and put my knowledge and experience to work for you.
Criminal Defense - Appeals / Appellate law - Federal Criminal Defense
Shaun Khojayan and Associates, a Criminal Defense Law Firm, based in Los Angeles will help you early in your criminal defense matter. We provide criminal defense representation in California State Courts and all United States Federal Courts.
Mr. Khojayan earned his J.D., with Distinction, from the University of the Pacific. He has conducted complex federal felony trials with most resulting in not guilty verdicts. Mr. Khojayan has also written and argued appeals...
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Brian W Freeman
Orange, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 16 years of experience
Appeals, Employment and Workers' Comp
Whittier Law School
Attorney dedicated to "fighting for the average Joe." Brian W Freeman has been a California Lawyer since 2008 and has continually represented the interests of the working man from the beginning of his practice. I have chosen to specialize in Workers' Compensation law in order to pursue my goal of being the best possible workers' comp attorney serving Riverside County. This is something very few workers' compensation attorneys do due to the time commitment and complexity of earning the specialty certification. Since going into private practice, we've handled well over 1,100 workers' comp cases with employees who were injured at...
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Kurt D. Hermansen
San Diego, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mr. Hermansen focuses his law practice on state and federal criminal trials, appeals, and habeas corpus. He's been a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization since 2009, and he's been recognized as a Super Lawyer in criminal law in San Diego every year from 2008 to the present. In addition to representing criminal defendants at state and federal felony jury trials, he frequently argues before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeal. He's also argued before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, and en...
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Thomas D. Mauriello
San Clemente, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 36 years of experience
Appeals, Administrative, Consumer and Environmental
University of San Diego School of Law
Thomas Mauriello assists clients with an array of legal matters, including Business, Consumer, Investment, Government, Real Estate, Stock Broker, Investment and Environmental Law disputes. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Mauriello is committed to delivering quality legal solutions with efficient and personalized representation throughout the State of California.
Mr. Mauriello is dedicated to involvement in his community. This has included coaching youth basketball and volleyball, as well as working with both Volunteers in Parole and the San Diego AIDS Project. Additionally, he has served on the Legal Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club for many years.
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Ronald Burton Funk Jr
Corona, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
BYU Law School and BYU Law School
Ron Funk, a seasoned attorney of over 25 years, graduated from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1996. His legal journey began with an undergraduate degree in English and a minor in family science, initially unaware of the profound impact this education would have on his trajectory in law.
The dividends of his English degree manifested swiftly, winning him the Best Brief award in the first-year moot court competition. This success continued throughout law school, culminating in the prestigious Jack Welch award in his third year.
Commencing as a law clerk, Ron drafted appellate briefs for a plaintiff’s personal...
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John David Rogers
Newport Beach, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 11 years of experience
(949) 625-4487
4000 MacArthur Blvd. East Tower
Suite 615
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
The Law Offices of John D. Rogers is exclusively devoted to criminal defense in both state & federal court. An Orange County based office focusing on white collar, federal charges, homicide, crimes against police officers, domestic violence, and drug offenses. Attorney John D. Rogers is a board-certified specialist in criminal law - a distinction that only a small percentage of California criminal defense lawyers have achieved.
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Matthew B. Wallin
Tustin, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Chapman University Fowler School of Law and University of California - Santa Barbara
I strongly believe that every person accused of a crime is entitled to an attorney who zealously advocates and fights on their behalf.
I have been a part of Wallin & Klarich for many years and I remain committed to providing each of my clients with aggressive and knowledgeable legal representation.
When you hire Wallin & Klarich, you hire a team of attorneys who work together to make certain that every legal avenue is explored in the defense of your rights.
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Paul Jeffrey Wallin
Torrance, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Pepperdine University School of Law
For over 35 years, I have been successfully representing clients facing criminal charges or dealing with family law matters. As the Senior Partner of Wallin & Klarich, A Law Corporation, I work hard to ensure our clients are represented with respect and professionalism. When you hire our firm, you place your trust in a team of attorneys and legal professionals, whose only goal is to obtain the best result possible in your case. You are not alone. We will get through this together.
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Matthew Barhoma
Los Angeles, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Free ConsultationAppeals
California Western School of Law
Matthew Barhoma is the founder of Power Trial Lawyers, P.C.
Matthew has been an advocate and analyst in various forms of the media addressing important issues across the country. He has been a legal analyst for numerous media outlets including, Fox News, ABC, CNN, Forbes, Associated Press, CourtTV and Law and Crime and more, regarding high profile cases around the country. Matthew is frequently quoted in print media such as the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo News, People and more.
Mr. Barhoma received his B.A. from University of California, Irvine, and his J.D. from California Western School of Law. He has been...
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Michael Jay Berger
Woodland Hills, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 43 years of experience
6320 Canoga Avenue 15th Floor
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Free ConsultationAppeals and Bankruptcy
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Serving Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Riverside and all of California! I am a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law. I am an "AV"* rated attorney with 42 years of experience in solving bankruptcy problems. I am a Mensa certified genius with a strong ability to analyze and solve problems. If you are being hounded by creditors, I can legally erase your debts and get you a fresh start. If your business needs reorganization, I can give you protection from your creditors while you reorganize. If you have a claim against an individual or company...
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Aaron Spolin
San Francisco, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Spolin Law P.C.’s founder, Aaron Spolin, is a former prosecutor and award-winning criminal appeals attorney. He has achieved successful outcomes on hundreds of criminal cases, including numerous dismissals of major felony cases; non-criminal resolutions to complex fraud and insurance fraud defense cases; successful appellate outcomes from various appellate courts; and multiple not-guilty jury verdicts at trial. Innocent Spolin Law clients wrongfully accused of murder and other serious crimes are now free because of his work.
Aaron is the recipient of various awards for his advocacy, including the American College of Trial Lawyer’s Medal for Excellence in Oral Advocacy as well as...
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Scott Tillett
Sherman Oaks, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
University of Southern California
Scott Tillett co-founded Pine Tillett Pine LLP in 2016 where he handles civil appeals, specializing in plaintiff-side appeals with an emphasis on employment matters. Mr. Tillett is recognized as a Certified Appellate Law Specialist by the State Bar of California and he has been named to the Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars list consecutively since 2016. He was selected as one of five finalists for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles's (CAALA) Appellate Attorney of the Year Award in 2019. Along with his partner, Norman Pine, Mr. Tillett was a recipient of the Daily Journal's 2020 California Lawyer...
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Carin Leanne Johnson
Walnut Creek, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Carin Johnson is a passionate defender of parents’ rights and has practiced dependency and juvenile law for over 27 years. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Chico State University and is a graduate of Golden Gate University, School of Law, 1993.
In September 2010, Carin presented oral argument in the California First District Court of Appeal, involving a case where the dependency court denied her client reunification services and sought to terminate her parental rights. Carin fought hard for the mother and won a rare REVERSAL, of the lower court’s ruling. This changed California law.
Again, Carin argued a wrongfully-accused...
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Konstantine A Demiris
Walnut Creek, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 19 years of experience
(925) 378-2520
700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 140
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationAppeals
Santa Clara University
Konstantine "Kosta" Demiris is a partner at the law firm of Demiris & Moore, located in the heart of downtown Walnut Creek, in the center of Contra Costa County. His practice focuses on litigation involving elder abuse (financial and physical), will and trust litigation, conservatorships, guardianships, HOA's, and appeals. Kosta is actively involved in the Contra Costa County legal community. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa County Bar Association's Elder Law Section. He serves as court-appointed counsel in Conservatorship cases in Contra Costa County. Kosta is dedicated to helping...
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John Toby Schreiber
Benicia, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 37 years of experience
Appeals
Santa Clara University School of Law
I assist clients and/or their trial counsel in California's appellate courts, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. I am a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. I am one of about 300 certified specialists in this practice area in the State of California.
Recent statistics published by California's Judicial Council show that civil appeals are reversed about 17% of the time. When I represent an appellant, over the course of almost 30 years of handling civil appeals my reversal rate is over 3 times that.
For almost...
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Sa'id Vakili
Los Angeles, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 30 years of experience
(800) 260-7105
3701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1135
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2822
Appeals, Business, Consumer and Employment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
For nearly 25 years, Sa'id Vakili has represented businesses and individuals in litigation matters involving complex business and contract disputes, business torts, direct and derivative shareholder disputes, intellectual property disputes, and all forms of employment claims. He has also handled a variety of serious injury tort claims including those arising under maritime and aviation law. Mr. Vakili is admitted in California, New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. and has handled cases in various other jurisdictions such as Florida, Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, and Virginia through associations with local law firms in those locations. Mr. Vakili has also served...
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Michael Semanchik
San Diego, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(619) 535-1811
2869 Historic Decatur Road
Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92106
Appeals and Business
California Western School of Law
Michael Semanchik is the Managing Attorney at Semanchik Law Group. He comes to the team with nearly a decade of experience working for the California Innocence Project (CIP). Michael began as a student at CIP while in law school and found himself as a staff attorney several years later. In 2013, California Lawyer Magazine named him Attorney of the Year for his work on the Brian Banks case. Several months after receiving the award, he embarked on a 712 mile walk to deliver clemency petitions to Governor Brown for 12 innocent clients.
In the fall of 2013,...
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Aaron R. Gott
La Jolla, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Florida State University College of Law
Aaron R. Gott focuses on challenges to government conduct, business and competition litigation, and appeals.
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Dennis Geis Temko
San Diego, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
California Western School of Law
Dennis Temko provides exceptional representation in appellate matters in California State Courts in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and elsewhere. His appellate practice is focused on family law matters including custody, property division, child and spousal support, stock options, high income earners, Ostler Smith (bonus support orders), domestic violence restraining orders, and imputation, among other issues. Most of his practice has been devoted to family law appeals and writs since his 2013 admission to the California State Bar. Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Mr. Temko as a rising star in 2017, and again in 2018.
Mr. Temko has...
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David M. Boertje
Carlsbad, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Insurance Claims, Products Liability and White Collar Crime
University of San Diego School of Law
David M. Boertje, Esq., has dedicated his professional life to defending those accused of crimes and has personally handled hundreds of criminal cases. Mr. Boertje is experienced in handling all misdemeanor and felony cases including DUI defense, domestic violence, theft crimes, white collar crimes, drug crimes, probation violations, violent crimes, strike cases, and murder. Mr. Boertje has obtained successful results for many of his clients including case dismissals, not guilty verdicts, reduced charges, and favorable plea bargains. Mr. Boertje has received some very impressive results for his clients.
Mr. Boertje received his Juris Doctor degree at the University of San...
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Majid Foroozandeh Shahraki
Irvine, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy, Business and Immigration
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Court Admissions:
United States District Court, Central District of California, May 30, 2007
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, October 26, 2009
United States District Court, Southern District of California, November 16, 2009
United States Tax Court, November 19, 2009
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, January 10, 2010
United States District Court, Eastern District of California, June 3, 2010
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, July 13, 2010
United States Court of International Trade, January 2, 2014
United States Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, June 30, 2015
United States Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, May 3, 2017
United States...
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Mark Anchor Albert
Los Angeles, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 36 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Consumer and Securities
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
For over 30 years, Mark Anchor Albert has consistently achieved outstanding results for his clients in complex business litigation and trials. He has been instrumental in obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients from corporations and their insurance carriers in difficult cases involving complicated liability, damages, and related insurance coverage issues. He also has successfully defended companies and individuals facing hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars in potential liability, often succeeding in having difficult cases dismissed by motion before trial, or otherwise obtaining deeply discounted settlements on favorable terms.
Mr. Albert provides sophisticated legal services for...
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Jerod Gunsberg
Beverly Hills, CA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Jerod Gunsberg is the founder and lead attorney of the Law Offices of Jerod Gunsberg. He is a seasoned criminal law defense attorney, representing clients in all California state and federal criminal matters. He focuses his practice on many different types of criminal cases, including misdemeanors, violent offenses, complex narcotics, white collar crime, medical marijuana defense, sex crimes, elder abuse, computer crime and juvenile criminal issues. Mr. Gunsberg spent the early part of his career in the entertainment industry and even owning his own independent record label for a time. When he decided to follow his life long dream...
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Caitlin Dukes
San Francisco, CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
1390 Market Street
Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free ConsultationAppeals
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Attorney Caitlin Dukes is a former prosecutor who handles criminal appeals, writs, and other post-conviction relief for the criminal appeals firm Spolin & Dukes P.C. She has a wide array of experience in state and federal courts. Besides having served as a Deputy District Attorney, her background includes work for multiple judges and government entities (including Federal District Court Judge James Knoll Gardner and the United States Department of Homeland Security) as well as private sector experience defending clients wrongfully accused of crimes.
Ms. Dukes’s primary goal on any given case is to identify the strongest arguments, clearly and succinctly present...
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Mr. Floyd James Fernandez
Valencia , CA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Appeals and Immigration
Regent University
Floyd J Fernandez is founder and managing attorney of Pacifica Legal Services. His breadth of experience in this field has included individual visa applications, family-based and employer-based, non-immigrant work, travel, and study visas (both domestic adjustment of status and consular applications), deportation defense and appellate work (before BIA, AAO, U.S. 9th & 7th Circuits, and U.S. Supreme Court). My clientele has included individuals both from within all of Southern California, several other U.S. states, and several additional nations.
He has strong writing and research skills from his work in appellate law along with a rich cultural experience...