Blog Posts in August, 2020

All Posts
  • Injured in a Car Collision and Want to Seek Bodily Injury Damages? What are the Initial Steps to Pursuing a Claim for Bodily Injury Damages?
    Injured in a Car Collision and Want to Seek Bodily Injury Damages? What are the Initial Steps to Pursuing a Claim for Bodily Injury Damages?

    A vehicle collision is an unexpected, traumatic, and inconvenient event which oftentimes results in bodily injury to the drivers and other passengers involved in the collision. Those injured as a ...

    Read More
  • Recently Enacted Government Code section 51039(g)(1) Permits Defendant’s Currently Charged or Previously Convicted of Sidewalk Vending to Petition to Have the Case Dismissed, Vacated, and Sealed!
    Recently Enacted Government Code section 51039(g)(1) Permits Defendant’s Currently Charged or Previously Convicted of Sidewalk Vending to Petition to Have the Case Dismissed, Vacated, and Sealed!

    Senate Bill 946 was approved by the Governor on September 17, 2018 and significantly changed the regulations relating to sidewalk vending. [1] Senate Bill 946 was enacted by the California Legislature ...

    Read More
  • Post-Conviction Relief: 2001 Penal Code section 273.5(a) Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Offense – Vacated per Penal Code section 1016.5 and Renegotiated to an Immigration Neutral Safe Plea
    Post-Conviction Relief: 2001 Penal Code section 273.5(a) Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Offense – Vacated per Penal Code section 1016.5 and Renegotiated to an Immigration Neutral Safe Plea

    Recently, at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse in Los Angeles County, I successfully litigated a Penal Code section 1016.5 Motion to Withdraw a Plea on behalf of my client for his 2001 misdemeanor ...

    Read More
  • Informal Diversion Granted for Client Charged with Misdemeanor “Prostitution” in Violation of Penal Code section 647(b)(2) - Case Completely Dismissed After Successful Completion of the Diversion Program
    Informal Diversion Granted for Client Charged with Misdemeanor “Prostitution” in Violation of Penal Code section 647(b)(2) - Case Completely Dismissed After Successful Completion of the Diversion Program

    Our client was charged with violating Penal Code section 647(b)(2), “Engaging in an Act of Prostitution” after being arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from an undercover police officer during an ...

    Read More
  • Superior Court of Los Angeles County Expands Audio and Video Appearances for Criminal Courtrooms and Other Practice Areas!
    Superior Court of Los Angeles County Expands Audio and Video Appearances for Criminal Courtrooms and Other Practice Areas!

    On August 6, 2020, Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile of the Los Angeles County Superior Court announced the expansion of remote courtroom appearances in hundreds of Los Angeles County Criminal and Family ...

    Read More
  • Felony Penal Code section 459, “Second Degree Burglary of a Vehicle” Case Completely Dismissed and Sealed for Juvenile Client that Successfully Completed the District Attorney’s Office JOIN Program!
    Felony Penal Code section 459, “Second Degree Burglary of a Vehicle” Case Completely Dismissed and Sealed for Juvenile Client that Successfully Completed the District Attorney’s Office JOIN Program!

    At the time of this offense, our client was seventeen (17) years old and was arrested for stealing items from a parked vehicle. Our client had no prior arrests or juvenile offenses and was charged ...

    Read More